Milky Way over Tree at Hill End
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The Tree in "Milky Way Over Hill End" ~ © Nate Cochrane Canon 5D Mk II • Canon 16-35mm L f/2.8 @ 16mm • f/2.8 • 20 sec • ISO 3200 |
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Nate continues to blog extensively on Holtermann, the photography he financed, and has even found his lost resting place.
Challenges: Nate's biggest challenge for this photograph was the cold. It drops to below zero degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) at Hill End in winter and this night there was also a strong fog that curtailed a longer shoot because he had to wipe the lens dry between exposures. The sodium-vapor street lamps threw up strange colors, but rather than blast them out, Nate used their tinge to warm the landscape, which he thinks added something special to the final image.
Nate continues, "While I have no proof, I'd like to think this tree was around when Holterman’s photographers, Beaufoy and Merlin, were snapping with their view cameras, so I'm completing a circle of life and photography. People tell me they love this image and that it means different things to them. That's the power of any art—once the artist releases it to the world, it takes on a meaning and a life of its own that could not have been anticipated when it was conceived and executed."
Tools and Software: The Gitzo Traveler tripod is Nate's constant companion when shooting at night because it's light and sturdy. He never goes anywhere without his Giotto Rocket Air Blower, in order to keep his camera's imaging sensor free of dust and spots. When shooting at night it's helpful to have a few LED torches (he prefers the LED Lenser) to see what's in one's bag and to avoid stumbling into holes in the ground (there are many hidden mine shafts still in the town). He use a laser pointer to assist in focusing. "The bright, pin-point reflected light is easy for the camera’s auto-focus to see, and it’s easier than performing hyperfocal calculations in my head," says Nate.
A technical issue familiar to anyone who shoots stars against landscapes, is trying to keep the foreground sharp while letting in enough light through a wide aperture. The above image was shot all in camera, with limited post processing, so while the focus of the tree is sharp, much of the rest of the foreground is soft. "Since I made this photograph, I’ve worked on blending images, shooting separately for the ground and the sky and bringing them into Photoshop for post-processing," says Nate.
Nate Cochrane lives in Sydney, Australia. He is an Australian technology journalist, photographer and media consultant who contributes to the Sydney Morning Herald, a Fairfax Media broadsheet newspaper, among other publications. He was previously editor-in-chief for IT publications CRN Australia, SC Magazine and iTNews.
As a journalist and professional photographer, who specializes in reporting on technology and shooting for news, Nate enjoys the challenge of shooting low-light subjects. His work has been exhibited in Sydney at the Australian Centre for Photography, the Head On Photo Festival and appears in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's The Age newspapers. "I'm blessed that my calling enables me to travel the world, shooting and reporting on what I experience," reports Nate.
You can find more of Nate's photos and writing at Flickr, on his blog and website, which is currently running a special gallery of low-light images, including more from the Hill End set. (Note: for a limited time, readers of this blog can receive 25% off the list price of prints fulfilled through his website, by entering the code "21214-ITN-BLOG" near the end of the checkout process.)
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