Stargazing cum sunrise

My first star shot

I would be probably be saying this way too many times but too many episodes that happened since the last post that I had no appetite for words. Yup... way too many episodes. Well it happens...

The above shot was made on the day of Chinese New Year where we got a crazy idea with the cold weather the whole country was experiencing. Since most of people were out of town and gambling won't start for the Chinese till sun rises, we made a crazy move to go up Genting Highlands, Pahang.

We searched for spots to satisfy our shutter that we moved from place to place. We also dare the cold down to 13 Celsius and I couldn't feel my fingers. We were looking for the Milky Way but with my phone battery just wouldn't be fair it failed in the cold weather - LOL.

Choices had to be made until we landed to the best spot around with less light pollution and more scenery.We stayed until a group told us that it was the spot for sunrise that made our 2am journey stretched to sunrise and coming down without the use of car air-condition all the way home - LOL.

Details:
2 Exposure
For stars
ISO 400
f 2.8 @ 30 seconds
For foreground
ISO 400
f 9 @ 162 seconds

First spot

Details:
Single Exposure
ISO 400
f 2.8 @ 20 seconds

Keep the search - under city lights

Details:
2 Exposure
For stars
ISO 400
f 2.8 @ 30 seconds
For foreground
ISO 400
f 8 @ 143 seconds

We need foreground

Details:
2 Exposure
For stars
ISO 400
f 2.8 @ 30 seconds
For foreground
ISO 400
f 8 @ 209 seconds

New spot

Here comes the sun (in HDR)