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Brevard
04:17 am
Nikon D750, Nikkor 20mm f/1.8 lens shot at 13 second exposure and f/3.2, ISO3200, 3600K I used a Lonely Speck PureNight (didymium ) filter as I was shooting east and there is a good bit of light pollution from several cities in that direction.
Added a bit of clarity, vibrance and saturation.
The shot was taken at Mile Marker 422 on the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Fetterbush Overlook. The tree is pretty popular with local photographers as it has a beautiful crown and it really shows off sky and stars once the leaves drop. I was facing east in hopes that once Venus and Spica rose high enough to see I would get lucky and catch a meteor, Venus, and Spica all in one shot. No meteor, but Venus and Spica were putting on a show of their own.
