A couple friends and I tried to hike to the Boston Mine last night, but the conditions proved to difficult to get there in the time we had. We'd hoped to reach the mine around 8:00 PM to catch the moon rays on the surrounding mountains. By 9:15 with with moon going down quickly we stopped instead at the remains of this mining cabin.
The Boston Mine is located off SH-91 just south of Copper Mountain on the way to Leadville, CO.
These shots represent my first attempt at this type of star shots and the lesson learned is I'm woefully under geared. It's presented here only because of the lack of detail needed on an internet post, a bit of processing talent and a stubbornness to produce something since we froze our asses off. Unfortunately, as cool as the shot is, there is no way I'm going to be able to print it. Still, it was a really great hike/adventure and I hope to practice this type of shooting often.
These are a compilation of 3 shots exposing for the stars, snow/mountains and building independently with a little bit of light painting thrown in.
16mm, f/2.8, 30 - 230 sec, ISO 400.
16mm, f/2.8, 30 sec, ISO 400 - 1600.
