Bixby Bridge by Starlight
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Photographer
Christopher Axe
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Date of Photograph
June 29, 2014
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Technical Info
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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Website
Bixby Bridge is an iconic structure on US Hwy 1 in Big Sur California. At night it is even more amazing with the milky way in the sky.
This image is a three image panorama. The foreground and bridge was exposed for 5 minutes at f2.8 and ISO 1250 the additional sky images were exposed at f2.8 for 30 seconds at ISO 2000. The light streak is of a south bound car.
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Biography
Having a lifetime passion for photography and a graduate of Brooks Institute, in recent years I have taken an avid interest in outdoor photography.
Living on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula, it was a natural inclination to take up outdoor and fine art photography. I have explored the many inspiring locations around the Central Coast of California, photographing the immense beauty I see.
My images have appeared in Popular Photography Magazine, Where Berlin Magazine and Outdoor Photographer. My clients include Samsung, Axel Springer SE, Ernst and Young etc.
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Awards
First place in the Popular Photography annual photograph contest 2015.
Second place in the Outdoor Photographer American Landscape Contest in 2018.
