Photographer Risks Getting Burned To Capture Lava, Meteor, Milky Way And Moon In A Single Shot

Oct 16, 2016 9:13 PM

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awesome pic

American adventure photographer Mike Mezeul II took an amazing shot that captures the diverse beauty of Mother Nature. Photographed in Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii, it contains the Moon, the Milky Way, a meteor, and a stream of lava all in one image.
“I was literally in shock,” he told The Huffington Post. “It was my third frame to shoot after the sun had set, and after I saw the meteor, I knew I couldn’t beat that image, so I packed it up and headed back.”
Mike hiked about 13 miles and had only a few seconds to shoot because there was a huge risk of getting burned: “Some of the most extreme landscape I’ve ever been.” For all photography geeks who are interested in the technicalities, he used a Nikon D810 body and Nikkor 14-24mm lens at ISO 2500, f/2.8, and 25 seconds.

Pffft. Why dramatize everything.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

The most perfect Fantasy Metal album cover...EVER.

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Well that's national geographic award winner next year

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I could do that... v

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This is one of the only cosplay posts I've upvoted in my life

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I swear they photoshop this shit, there is no way

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Yes it is photoshopped. No it's not fake. The contents of the photo do exist as-is. But you can NOT see this with the human eye. aka HDR.

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Kinda insensitive but like it ????

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pfft. no northern lights. this sucks

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Is that a cybernetic organism?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

best fucking comment. Lol'd extensively

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Accurate gif!

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Hau dit u faint dis

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is that a cybernetic organism?

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Is this even possible? The brightness of the moon alone is enough to ruin any decent shot of the milkyway.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

This is going to be one hell of a prog rock album.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

All that's missing is a few wolves howling.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I think you meant mother fucking dragons.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I would love to know how the moon didn't wash out the milky way. That is what happens every time I try to photograph it... advice welcome!

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

ND filters ?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You can check out a moon calendar online and try to shoot the Milky Way on a night with no moon. The Milky Way is also more prominent in the

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

summer of you live in the northern hemisphere

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Good idea. But how did this photo capture both the moon and milky way? Separate exposures?

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ha. best gif here.

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(him after the shot) "Holy shit. That's it. Pack it up. We're done here."

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This is so beautiful

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It doesn't look real. Looks like the sci-fi cover for No Man's Sky.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"Hello, yes. I am an adventure photographer."

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thanks for the new phone wallpaper

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Upvoting for the calcium required for the skeleton war. +1

9 years ago | Likes 67 Dislikes 2

*Nito

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Thought it read "heato" for a second, because lava.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

2spoopy

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

nice selection of skeleton

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I don't know I laughed so hard at this. But +1 to you.

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This is the perfect combination of stupidity and dedication

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9 years ago (deleted Oct 31, 2016 6:13 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

best comment ever XD

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

and photoshop

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think the word you're looking for is stupidication.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

*Dead-ication

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The photographer missed their calling as a geologist.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Have you ever been to the volcano? Lava doesn't flow very fast, more like molasses and under the crusty part.

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One could say they are the same thing. That would be overly philosophical though.

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I see amazing photos like these & then think "that can't be possible without a ton of Photoshop." Am I wrong? I hope so.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Not a ton, but almost every single photographer uses PS or lightroom, photos straight out of camera in RAW format need tunning

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

This looks like he lowered the highlights so you can see the lava or else it would be way too bright at a 25sec shutter

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Yeet

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sounds like a political opinion

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And a damn good photo!

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just symmetrified the left bottom of the first one... oh my.

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Fucking brutal

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... I'm seeing way too many faces in there than I am comfortable with.

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Excellent picture. I mean...I honestly can't stop looking at it. And your user name...it's just all so perfect. I love you, stranger.

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Looks like the ship from Metroid.

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ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

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And ladies and gentlemen, may I proudly reveal to you this special evening, the one and only... 4TH DIMENSIONAL DAFT PUNK VAGINAAAA!!!

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MRW someone downvotes this seconds after I typed it http://pa1.narvii.com/6018/1697e0bf6da507899adbe1307119f30e35583052_hq.gif

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And a burning city way in the distance on the left

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Nope. Most likely the big crater at volcanoes national park.

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v

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Neat.

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25 WHAT?!

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25 bottles of beer.

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Speed

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I would have thought 30 speed.

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25 Humungous

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Gay?

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Faps Per Second

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Slow down bruh.

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"If you smoke after sex, you're doing it too fast. Or on a volcano."

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The world may never know

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Children. He used 25 children to cross the lava river

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He used an exposure of 25 seconds which is quite impressive since with the heat from lava and having the shutter open didn't cause damage.

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25 kilos balls.

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Sorry 25 seconds

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It is amazing what can happen in 25 seconds, during a photography shoot we literally got to the last 3 pics and my husband got the best shot

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Shutter speed

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I'm guessing respawns

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Ones.

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I'm guessing 25 second exposure.

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Correct

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The only way of getting both the moon and the Milky Way properly exposed

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So would the lava just be really dark? Also wouldn't that be on tripod too?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Anything longer than fractions of a second should be on a tripod no matter how steady your hand is, you will move over that time.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Look up 'reciprocal rule' for photography for more info

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We visited a dark sky park, I'm not sure how you get moon and milky way in the same pic, it's SUPER bright.

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My first thought as well, moon more than 50% full is bright, at 100% even more so. Took a moon night shot, only saw constellation nearby.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Composite photograph

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Definitely.

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I'm guessing either a lens filter or stacking. Also being able to use high ISO helps

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Lot of post processing

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Same thoughts, with the moon out you cannot capture the milky way without radial blur from the rotation of the Earth's axis.

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

Layers.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

.......wot? Does the moon being out somehow increase the rotational speed of the earth..?

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Definitely overplayed a few photos together to get this shot. In long exposures moon is way too bright to get the Milky Way that well

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The clouds have very minor blur to them as well. Should have a hell of a lot more.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

clouds also move more than what is visible here. moon is plausible. you can even see the light clipping on the edge what happens when (1/3)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

you over exposure, and bring it down to the point where you run out of sensor dynamic capabilities. also the meteor looks weird as (2/3)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

the bright part isn't the other end, but in the middle (satellite+ps). foreground 4-10s exposure, probs with moon. rest with 25s (3/3)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nah. Here's a straight out of camera JPG of both the MW and the moon in one shot from my backyard: http://imgur.com/Q0UcBNo

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Canon 6D + Samyang 14mm f/2.8 - ISO-3200, 30", f/2.8 for those wondering.

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

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9 years ago (deleted Feb 9, 2017 10:19 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

A 14mm lens can expose for up to 42 seconds without causing star trails using the 600 rule.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

30" = 30 sec exposure?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Edit that up! It'll look solid I think! Bit of cloning for the wires bottom left but easy stuff. Where was this?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

*His, but I don't seem to be able to find the RAW for that pic unfortunately. Here's a more recent shot instead: http://imgur.com/bTGktNo :)

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Man, to live in an area without light pollution... I'm surrounded by greenhouses. The sky is permanently orange at night.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh, and i'm located down the bottom of Australia on a little island named Tasmania. Very spoiled down here with almost no light pollution!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wow, rad image! Lucky to have that dark sky! Do you have an Instagram? @christiantisdale is mine, I've got a bunch of Milky Way stuff!

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