Milky Way over Ruth, Shuksan and Baker

This was one of my first nights shooting the Milky Way in mid-summer.

Mountains and the night sky are two of my favorite things, and

combining them hardly gets better. The moon rose as I was starting to

shoot, taking away some starlight but lighting the peaks very well.

Taken at 1600 ISO, F4, 30 seconds, 10mm. All comments and critiques

welcome.

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David,  Excellent image of splash of stars with the cloud (may be wrong word) coming down to the middle of the mountains.  This must have been a really long exposure.   I'd appreciate learning your technique in capturing an image like this. Thanks.  Larry