Half Dome Light Trails from Clouds Rest 2

Trip timelapse video: vimeo.com/453073583

A few months after my 2016 Half Dome light trail adventure, a Half Dome/hiking fanatic named Griff Joyce emailed my hiking partner Kurt Lawson and asked if we would photograph a group of Griff's friends hiking it four years in the future. I shrugged, assuming that plans would change. Shockingly, they didn't. Griff celebrated his 50th birthday by getting a group of 50 people to hike Half Dome, catch sunset on the top, and hike down at night. Kurt photographed it from our old spot on Mt. Watkins, I hiked four camera bodies up Clouds Rest and photographed it from there, and Matthew Saville hiked to the Cascade Cliffs (near Starr King) for a third angle.

10 15-minute exposures were stacked to produce this. A meteor is visible in the top left, and climbers can be seen camping on the face of El Capitan. I carried four camera setups up the nearly-10,000 ft tall Clouds Rest, but the photos were worth it. My backpack weighed 55 lbs (25 kg), and the vast majority of that was camera gear. I didn't even bother with a tent or stove.

A tighter version of this photo can be viewed at www.flickr.com/photos/geekyrocketguy/50287748546.

Taken in: United States / California / Curry Village (show map)

Taken on: July 25, 2020

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM4, f/3.5, 888 sec, 55mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM4
Lens:	FE 55mm F1.8 ZA
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	888
Focal Length:	55mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Windows)
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