Commute to the Core
by Mike Lee
Title
Commute to the Core
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
This image was captured very early on a mid-March morning in Lassen County, California, USA. The highway in the foreground is US 395 at a small ridge known as Bass Hill. The mountain in the background is Thompson Peak, which can be seen in a number of my images as I’m truly blessed to live at its base. The star of the show, of course, is the core of our amazing galaxy, the Milky Way, as it rose in the southeastern sky.
This image is a blend of a series of long exposures to create the light streaks on the highway as cars went over the hill and several shorter exposures for the sky that were blended to reduce digital “noise” and create a clean image.
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March 16th, 2021
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Comments (90)
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the July - Sept 2024 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Adrienne Wilson
This is really a stunning sky. How lucky you are to see the Milky Way so bright and alive. Lovely capture.
Nirav Shah
Amazing long exposure photography with excellent postprocessing technique to blend the cosmic light display with the the artificial one. It's interesting to see how things appear to move in different timescales in the universe! l/f
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Commute to the Core composition, lighting, shading, excellent color and artwork! F/L
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Thanks for sharing this popular beauty! Congratulations! Your wonderful work is featured on the home page of the Over 3000 Views group. Please make it available for future viewing by posting your feature in the Featured Images Archive discussion thread and any other appropriate discussion threads-- ie sales of your group images etc.
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