The Big Dipper, Golden Trout Photo Workshop, by Paul Roark

This photo was taken at the Golden Trout Camp, July 2009. A Canon 5D2 with 35 mm f/2 lens was used to make 3 images, which were stitched in Photoshop CS4. The light on the mountains and trees is from the moon. The cabin was a bit dark in the first frame, so my diode headlamp was used for fill light. In larger sizes, the print shows that the stars are clearly tiny streaks, caused by the 30 second exposure.

The Canon 5D2 with the 35mm at f/2.8 and 3200 ISO sees more stars than I could see (with glasses) in person at the time.