Gunung Bromo
Gunung Bromo, located in East Java, Indonesia, is one of the most iconic and active volcanoes in the world. Standing at 2,329 meters tall, Gunung Bromo is part of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park and is a popular destination for tourists and photographers alike. The stunning landscape surrounding the volcano, including the vast sea of sand, the rugged terrain, and the picturesque sunrise views, make it a photographer's paradise. Some of the best photography locations at Gunung Bromo include the Penanjakan viewpoint, where visitors can capture breathtaking sunrise shots overlooking the volcano and surrounding mountains, as well as the Whispering Sands and the Bromo crater itself.
Beautiful starry night over Mount Bromo caldera. Lots of cars traffic too. This was shot at around 3am. The sunrise is at 6am, if you are not there 4 hours before, you don't have to chance to secure a good spot to put your tripod!
Full Milky Way arch over Bromo caldera, shot from King Kong Hill. The relatively small observation deck was packed with photographers almost fighting to get a good spot.
Vertical Milky Way over Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia.
This is the first time I am using the so-called stacking technique to process the Milky Way. This technique is used to reduce the noise, specially when shooting at very high ISO.
I was using the Nikon Z7 & Nikkor Z 14-30mm f/4, so the widest aperture I could use was f/4.
Shooting at 14mm and in order to get a sharp milky way, I applied the NPF Rule, which recommends to use 15s exposure (instead of the 500 rule which would allow 500/14=35s). Therefore I had to increase the ISO to 16,000.
So I took 9 consecutive exposures (ISO 16,000 f/4 15s), plus one so-called 'Dark Frame' and used the Sequator software to stack all the exposures.
For the foreground, I used a separate exposure at ISO 4000 f/4 144s.
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Shot during my trip to East Java Indonesia last July. This area is a famous photography spot to shoot the sunrise on Mount Bromo, sunrise was at 5.45am but we had to be there at 2am to secure a good spot, and the temperature was below 10C. During the whole trip, I used the Nikon Z7 with the Nikkor Z 14-30mm, this is an awesome combination, the 14-30mm f/4 is as sharp as my 14-24mm f/2.8, and it has a standard 82mm and I was able to use my NiSi v6 100mm filter system.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Gunung Bromo!
Most notably Daniel Cheong, Jorge Císcar and Romain Pontida.