China's Temple of Heaven

[mSummers]

From my trip in January:

 

[Chris B]

Very nice Michael. ; Love the fact that you can see the stars in the sky.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[jbwolffiv]

Very nice, I like the angle you took it with! ; Here is one I took last summer.

 

[HW]

I was thinking the same about the stars too Michael.

 

[HW]

JB nice shot.

 

[mSummers]

thanks guys!

Nice shot JB!

 

[Roger]

Awesome shot Michael!

 

[mSummers]

Thanks Roger!

 

[zackiedawg]

Nice and crisp, good sky, and nice reflection too - everything one would want in a night shot!

 

[mSummers]

Thanks Justin!

 

[MJHurley]

Very nice. I like the reflection and the clear sky.

 

[goofy101]

thats a great shot

 

[Scottwdw]

Excellent...the sky is amazing when you think about all the light pollution of central Florida. ;

 

[mSummers]

Thanks everyone!

Excellent...the sky is amazing when you think about all the light pollution of central Florida. ;

I was surprised at how good the sky turned out too. ; It was really cold that week, so I wonder if that helped in any way ;

 

[Roger]

It was really cold that week

Cold improves sensor response - heat kills it. ; So the colder the better. ; I'm surprised no one has created a liquid nitrogen mod for a camera yet....

 

[mSummers]

Cold improves sensor response - heat kills it.

I knew the sensors worked better in cold weather. ; I was wondering if the cold weather did anything to reduce the haze and therefore reduce the light pollution.

 

[zackiedawg]

yes...absolutely! ; In the heat, there is a lot of haze, humidity (and resultant thick moisture atmosphere), low cloud, etc. that muddle up the skies. ; In the cool weather, Florida skies usually clear up quite a bit - without the haze and cloud, the massive light pollution doesn't reflect back at you and you can actually get some clear skies with a couple of stars too (though the light pollution usually limits us to only a handful of the brightest stars - not like you Western open-country folks with the billion points of light!).

On a very rare summer night, you might get a cloudless and hazeless night, where you can get a fairly clear sky even in the heat...I got lucky back in June with this one:

 

[mSummers]

Nice work Justin! ; That shot is on my list for Pixelmania this year. ; There were too many people walking around the night I was there in January.

 

[Tim]

Michael, the stars above the temple give it a very nice touch.

 

[mSummers]

Thanks Tim!