The Rain


  • Photographer
    William Zhou
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    N/A
  • Date of Photograph
    8/12/2016

Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea-level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. On August 11-12, the Perseid meteor shower peaked overnight as Earth passed through the long trail left by Comet Swift-Tuttle on a moonless night. With this once in a lifetime opportunity afoot, I made sure to make the proper preparations (equipment, weather check, etc.). After about a 2-hour hike from Mount Rainier's Sunrise Visitor Center, I reached my shooting spot where I set up my camera and tripod at around 12 AM of August 12. After setting up my equipment, I had my camera taking consecutive 30-second exposures at f/4.0 and ISO 3200 from about 12 AM to 3 AM. During post processing, I selected all the shots that had shooting stars in them and layered them on top of each other to create a rain-like effect with the star streaks that captured the beautiful nocturne.

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