"Stars on the Water."
Star trails are reflected on the surface of Lake McDonald, in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald Lodge glows warmly along the distant shore. Behind the lens. I can't begin to tell you how hard it is to create an image like this. Photographing dim stars is one thing, but trying to record the much dimmer reflections of stars on the surface of a lake is even more challenging. Just to make it more fun, there's also a small creek entering the lake off-camera to the left. So even though it's windless, there are small, one-half inch compression waves on the lake surface. These small waves act to spread out each stars' pinpoint reflection into a constantly wiggling line. Persistence and patience usually pay off, eventually. So after only two or three attempts, I finally caught the stars on the water.
glacier national parkLake McDonaldnightstarsstar trailsmontanaJohn Ashley
