贪婪洞窟攻略41:Magnificent views of the Milky Way

Jonathan Woods writes
Sleep deprivation leads people to do crazy things. For Norwegian photographerTerje Sorgjerd, a week atop Spain's highest mountain with very little shuteye produced results that even he was surprised by.
Sorgjerd talked with us about the experience of capturing the images.
Terje Sorgjerd
The Milky Way is seen above, through a Saharan sandstorm.
Terje:As I set up to shoot a five-hour sequence of the milky way [above], Igot hit by a large Saharan sandstorm. I took cover behind some rocks andeventually made it over to the camera only to find that it had capturedsome amazing pictures of the Milky Way through the sandstorm clouds.
Jonathan:What I find remarkable about these images is the way Terje is able tocapture light without significant manipulations. The human eye has muchgreater latitude to see details cameras cannot. High Dynamic Range is aform of manipulation that enhances images. In the captions below, Terjeis asserting that by not using HDR technology, he has not substantiallymanipulated these images.
It is also worth mentioning that aphotographer who is skilled at his or her craft can make substantialimprovements to images when, as Terje references below,making adjustments to the raw image.
Terje Sorgjerd
Thesun rises off Mount Teide with views of Grand Canarya. Image shot usinga Canon 5D Mark II with 16-35mm/2.8LII and 3-stop graduated neutraldensity filter to bring out the colors. No HDR or Photoshop. Only rawadjustment.
Terje: Aftera magnificent view of the Milky Way, it was time to move on to shootingsunrise and what a magical sunrise we got. In the distant backgroundyou can see the neighboring island of Grand Canarya.
Terje Sorgjerd
A valley on Mount Teide. No HDR or Photoshop. Only raw adjustment. The video frame is over twice the resolution.
Terje Sorgjerd
Thesun sets on Mount Teide. Photographed with a Canon 5D MarkII with16-35mm/2.8LII and 2-stop graduated ND filter. No HDR or Photoshop. Onlyraw adjustment.
Terje: Asyou hike around this island, you will notice how regular and precisethe weather patterns really are. I noticed this spot with the cloudsmoving in a very nice pattern and decided to mark it off as a sunsetspot the next day. An absolute marvelous sunset it was.
Norwegianphotographer Terje Sorgjerd speaks with TODAY.com's Dara Brown aboutthe stunning images of the Milky Way captured glittering in the nightsky from Spain's highest mountain, El Teide.
Terje Sorgjerd
Themilky way glows above photographer Terje Sorgjerd in a self portrait.The photo was a 30 second exposure shot through a 24mm/1.4 lens at ISO2000. No HDR.
Terje: Afterseven days of hiking and shooting without sleep I was making my waydown to the airport when I realized I did not have a single shot ofmyself and the Milky Way. This was the very last shot and the only onewith myself in it. I am lit up by a macbookair screen hid about 10meters away reflecting off a rock.
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