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We have all faced the issue at some point or another. You just took what appeared to be (on the camera LCD screen) an awesome portrait, only to later find out the focus was not on the eyes, but the back of the ears. Turns out this is not uncommon at all when it comes [...]
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Castle Peak
After a two and a half hour hike up to the top, I ate dinner with my group and setup camp on the very top of the summit. Once it got dark I took several long exposures, and then decided to try a longer one, maybe around 30 minutes. I setup the camera, started the exposure and promptly fell asleep. I awoke two hours later and realized it had run out of battery and shut off. After warming up the battery in my pocket, I popped it into the camera to take a quick look at what it had captured. To my delight, I saw this spectacular view of the stars! Apparently it had run for 1.5 hours before shutting off.