Moonlight, snow, and Orion

[Steph_Abegg]

It's a great time of year to do some moonlight snowshoeing. Here are 2 photos taken up at Mt. Baker backcountry ski area (WA) under a full moon at midnight. In the first photo, the color on the horizon is city lights, I believe. The second photo shows Orion, a wonderful winter constellation.

If you are interested, click this to see more of my night photography (http://www.summitpost.org/album/469281/Some-Night-Photography.html).

http://www.summitpost.org/images/original/469291.jpg
(6 min, f/10.0, ISO 100)

http://www.summitpost.org/images/original/469737.jpg
(30 sec, f/4.5, ISO 250)

[bowtie`]

Gorgeous shots steph_! I really like the composition of the first shot. I like that you got the snow *glitter* on the second shot. It matches well with the starry Orion. Thanks for sharing!

[Celestron]

Beautiful shots !