Orion over Mt. Athabasca (left) and Mt. Andromeda (right) at the Columbia Icefields, Jasper National Park, on the morning of Sept 13, 2014 in bright moonlight from the waning gibbous Moon off frame at upper right, and from brightening morning twilight. Though hard to see, there are a couple of spots of light on the glacier on Mt. Athabasca at left from headlamps from climbers ascending before dawn. I was able to watch their lights moving up the mountain while I was doing this pre-dawn shoot. This is a single 10 second exposure at f/2.5 with the Canon 24mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.
The stars setting into the west over the Columbia Icefields and Athasbasca (left) and Stutfield (right) glaciers, and Snowdome peak. I shot this Sept 6 under very clear skies and a bright waxing gibbous Moon off frame at left. I shot this from the moraine at the upper parking lot. This is a stack of 100 frames, each 20 seconds at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens at 22mm and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1000. One frame was selected for the foreground, to ensure sharp shadows. Two other frames supply the point-like stars at the beginning and end of the trails. Stacked with Advanced Stacker Plus actions in Photoshop.
A star trail sequence shot at Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, showing two cameras at work shooting a time-lapse dolly motion control sequence (at left) and a static camera star trail sequence (at right). This is a stack of 100 frames out of 400 shot by the third camera, with one frame shot a couple of minutes after the sequence and layered in to add the blurry but point-like stars at the ends of the trails, including the Big Dipper. Each frame was 32 seconds at f/4.5 (stopped down too much by accident) with the 24mm lens at Canon 6D at ISO 800 in bright moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon.
