Moulton Barn by Stars

Artist: Edward Mendes;
Exposure Date: 2013:09:24 05:09:13;
ImageDescription: I wasn't planning on photographing the famed Moulton barn on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park by starlight but as usually I arrived well before sunrise and decided to make the most of the morning instead of staying warm in the car.I wanted to show as much of the sky as possible so I choose a wide angle composition, which also made manual focusing much easier as I was able to simply set the lens on infinity and have confidence that everything would be sharp. The half moon was at my back hitting the front face of the barn and helped to exposure it a bit.I've tried a few different croppings of the image, mostly taking out some of the foreground, however they don't seem to work for me as well as this uncropped version as the ratio of the images becomes a bit awkward, obviously cropped but not quite a panoramic. Tilting the camera upward and incorporated more sky and less foreground in the original composition may have been a nice alternative but of course hindsight is 20/20. As it it I enjoy the image very much.;
Copyright: Copyright 2013 Edward Mendes / Edward Mendes Photography. All rights reserved. This image may not be reproduced in any way without the written consent of Edward Mendes;
Make: NIKON CORPORATION;
Model: NIKON D7000;
ExposureTime: 30/1 s;
FNumber: f/3;
ISOSpeedRatings: 1600;
ExposureProgram: Manual;
ExposureBiasValue: 0/6;
MeteringMode: Pattern;
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode;
FocalLength: 24 mm;
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 36 mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows;