Emrrado Photography (2024)

08/08/2023

A Beautiful Starry Night at Caples Lake.

This shot is very dear to me since it was taken on a special night, with a special friend and at a special place. I’ve always loved dead tree branches in photographs, I think they add some texture and life to the composition, and capturing one Along with the milkyway feels like a good connection between life and death, light and dark matter.
This is a blended photo of a Single photo for the sky at f2.8 | 13s | ISO 1000, and a single photo for the foreground at f6.3 | 30s | ISO 1000. Taken with the Nikon Z9 and my friend’s Nikkor z 14-24mm 2.8 S that she kindly let me use.

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06/08/2023

“August Super Moon”

I had the chance to capture this beautiful moonrise this past August 1st. It was a little bit cloudy, but the clouds added some mood to the scene 🌕

Camera: Nikon z9
Lens: Nikkor 200-500mm 5.6
ISO 1000 | f5.6 | 1/3s | 440mm.
Location: Sacramento, California

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18/07/2023

“The Sunflower Field”

Camera: Nikon z9
Lens: Nikkor Z 17-28mm 2.8
f16 | 1/50s | ISO 64 | 17mm
Location: Woodland, California

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01/07/2023

Lupine Bloom in Folsom Lake 💜

Camera: Fujifilm GFX 50s ii
Lens: Laowa 19mm 2.8

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28/06/2023

Category: Single

“Etheral”

This is a single shot taken at the beautiful Caples Lake, in California. It was a little bit overcast during the sunset, but the clouds were kind of enough to let the Milky Way shine.

Taken with the Nikon z9 and the Nikkor z 20mm 1.8s at f1.8 | ISO 800 | 30 seconds exposure.

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17/04/2023

“Adalgama de Millones de Mundos”

Photo taken last Spring at the beautiful Tahoe City, in Lake Tahoe, California. I remember being so excited, yet challenged to capture a perfect exposition of the wild flowers and the stars. After trying different methods of lighting up the flowers, I finally found the perfect angle and brightness. The MilkyWay always looks bright and clear in Lake Tahoe’s beautiful night sky, so it wasn’t a problem for me to get it clear and crisp.

Camera: Nikon z6
Lens: Nikkor 14-24mm 2.8
Sky: f4 | ISO 640 | 6min (Tracked)
Flowers: f11 | ISO 640 | 8min.
Location: Tahoe City, CA.

17/01/2023

“Serenity”

A clear starry night over the most beautiful lighthouse in california, Pigeon Point Lighthouse. This was officially the last night of the milkyway season of 2022. This is a stacked photo and blended photo, a technique that uses a star tracker that allows the camera to align to the earth rotation so it allows the camera to take photos longer than 30 seconds without getting any star trail and lets you get a cleaner and more detailed image of the milkyway and the stars. I took a separate photo of the foreground right after and then blended them together.

Camera: Nikon Z9
Lens: Tamron 17-28 2.8 F mount.
Sky: f2.8 | 4 min | ISO 640.
Lighthouse: f5.6 | 3 min | ISO 200.
Location: Pescadero, CA

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03/01/2023

“Peace at the Lighthouse”

Camera: Fujifilm GFX 50s ii
Lens: Fujinon GF 23mm f4
f11 | ISO 100 | 1/400s | 23mm.
Location: Pescadero, CA

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20/12/2022

“Hidden Paradise”

This photo was taken on a cool clear night, the last night of the milkyway season to be more precisely. The scene was peaceful and the sky was clear and dry. There were more photographers that night (some of them captured here in this photo). I was walking around the place and I spotted this beautiful view in between some bushes and I knew it would be a cool spot to capture the milkyway. This is a stacked photo and blended photo, meaning for the sky I had to take 20 single shots and stacked them together at sequator for a noise controlled more detailed photo of the sky, and a photo of the foreground at the same position and time with the same camera and lens, only with different settings.

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Camera: Nikon Z9
Lens: Nikkor Z 35mm 1.8 S
Sky: 20x f1.8 | ISO 8000 | 6 seconds
Foreground: f2.8 | ISO 640 | 2 mins.
Location: Shark Fin Cove, California

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13/10/2022

“Wonderland”

A very challenging photo to get, but happy to see the results.
Took this photo with the Nikon Z9 and 14-24mm S lens in Williams, California. This a tracked and blended photo. One shot for the milkyway at f2.8 | ISO 640 | and 5 minutes exposure. And for the foreground f5.6 | ISO 640 and another 5 minutes since I had to light paint the flowers using my flashlights, very challenging but fun.

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15/09/2022

“Glowing night”

This is a single photograph taken at the beautiful Sardine Lake Resort, in California. The night was very clear and quiet, the lake was very still creating this beautiful mirror reflection, and I was very surprised to see how bright the milkyway was.

Camera: Nikon Z9
Lens: Nikkor Z 14-24mm 2.8 S
f2.8 | 30s | ISO 500 | 14mm Single shot
Location: Sardine Lake, CA

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13/08/2022

“The end of the Rainbow”

Caught this beautiful rainbow while driving to Sacramento earlier this year on a rainy stormy day. The rainbow was quickly disappearing so I’m glad I was able to take a photo before it was gone. Nature is amazing, isn’t it?

Camera: Nikon Z7
Lens: Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 G
f2.8 | ISO 64 | 1/160s | 200mm.
Location: Sacramento County, CA

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09/08/2022

“The City of Streets”

Enjoying of a beautiful cloudy sunset looking down at the Sacramento City Hall.

Camera: Nikon Z50
Lens: Nikkor Z 14-24mm 2.8 S
f6.3 | ISO 100 | 1/60s | 24mm.
Location: Sacramento, CA

31/07/2022

“Raw Nature”

Last week I had the chance to try out my new camera that I had been so patiently waiting for. I had only a day to play with it before my hernia surgery, so I took it to the place I loved the most: Lake Tahoe.
It was partly cloudy when i got there and it was quickly getting overcast, but before the milkyway hid behind the clouds I snapped this photo. This is a single photo capturing The milkyway and the beautiful clouds as the move through the sky, and of course the Lupine super bloom.
Btw this is a single photo taken at ISO 500 🤯

Camera: Nikon Z9
Lens: Nikkor Z 14-24mm 2.8 S
f2.8 | 30s | ISO 500 | 14mm
Location: Lake Forest Beach, CA

27/07/2022

“The Wild Lupine & The Wild Stars”

A beautiful starry and clear night at Lake Tahoe during the Lupine super bloom that’s taking place at the north side of the lake. This shot is very special to me since its from my first time using a Star tracker. Last year I bought a star tracker from a good friend and even though I played with it for a little bit, I never really had the chance to really use it until last month when I went to Lake Tahoe for the 6th time in a row. It was definitely a challenge learning to set it up, but once I managed my way around it, it was all shoot and wait. A star tracker Is a motorised, equatorial mount that fits on top of a tripod and allows a camera to follow the stars as they are carried across the sky by the rotation of Earth.

Camera: Nikon z6
Lens: Nikkor z 14-24mm 2.8 S
Sky: f2.8 | ISO 1600 | 5 min | 24mm
Foreground:
f8 | ISO 400 | 5 min | 24mm.
Location: Tahoe City, CA

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21/07/2022

“A Wild Sunset”

A well spent afternoon photographing the beautiful lupine field blossoming in North Lake Tahoe.

Camera: Nikon Z50
Lens: Nikkor Z 14-24mm 2.8 S
f4.5 | 1/40s | ISO 100 | 21mm.
Location: Tahoe City, CA

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10/07/2022

“Stargazing”

A beautiful summer night well spent capturing the beautiful milkyway with the not so common Lupine fields that are currently blossoming in North Lake Tahoe, CA. I feel very proud to capture this photo, not only because it took me a few nights of attempts to get it, but also because it might be the first time I truly plan out how I want my shot to look, from settings to angles and editing. This is a stacked/blended photo, meaning I took 20 photos at f2.8 | ISO 4000 | 6s, stacked in sequator (for better details on the milkyway). And a photo at f8 | 5 mins | ISO 500, taken at the exact same position as the other photos and blended together with the stacked photo. Lake tahoe is such a special place to me, And having these beautiful wild flowers blossoming only makes it even more special.

Camera: Nikon z6
Lens: Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 S
Location: Tahoe City, CA

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28/06/2022

“Night Beauty”

This photo is a product of a random late night trip on a clear night at Lake Tahoe.
As most of my night trips, I had some idea of what I wanted to get, but I usually let the place to surprise me, and in deed, it did surprise me. The lake levels are very low this year which allowed for the beautiful rocks in the shore to pop up making it great for photo opportunities at least. I spent a few hours taking photos that night, but this is definitely my favorite shot, not only because of the rocks and how bright the milkyway is, but also the car headlights create a dramatic and moody effect on the overall photo. It’s a miracle indeed to see our galaxy This is a stacked photo of 20 photos stacked in Sequator taken at ISO 10.000, f2.8, and 6 seconds each.

Location: Tahoe City, CA

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21/05/2022

“Sacred Paradise”

California keeps surprising me with beautiful nature views and amazing clear night skies (specially in summer). Took this photo last year on my first trip to the Mono Lake area with friends. We stayed up until around 4AM photographing the milkyway, the night was magical and the milkyway was shinning so bright I felt I could touch it. For this shot I patiently waited until the milkyway was a straight line going down so it looked as it was raining” stars down the earth. Definitely a place I want to come back visit this year 🤩

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Laowa 15mm f2
20x f2 | 4s | ISO 10,000 | 15mm
Location: Convict Lake, CA

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25/04/2022

“Supersonic”

Capturing the life of Sacramento at night. Handheld shot taken with love and lots of patience.

Camera: Sony A7R iii
Lens: Sony 20mm 1.8 G
f1.8 | 1/5s | ISO 125 | 20mm.
Location: Downtown, Sacramento CA

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13/04/2022

“The Lupin & The Raindrops”

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Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor 70-200mm E
f5.6 | ISO 250 | 1/1600s | 200mm

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11/04/2022

“All That Glitters”

A beautiful view of one of the most beautiful cities in california, San Francisco. I took this photo on a beautiful cloudy afternoon from Berkeley.

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 E.
f9 | 5s | ISO 64 | 300mm (dx mode)

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25/03/2022

“En el corazón de Cartagena”

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor z 24-70mm 2.8 S
f/5.6 | ISO 64 | 70mm | 2s
Location: Cartagena, Colombia.

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14/03/2022

“Dreamy Paradise”

This is my first Milky Way photo of the 2022 season. About two nights ago, my sister and I decided to head to Lake Tahoe at 2am to stargaze and catch the Milky Way before sunrise. I didn’t sleep at all the night before so I was both tired and excited. I was very happy to be back to Tahoe for milkyway even though it felt familiar (Tahoe has been the place I’ve been to the most for astrophotography), but I was sure happy to be able to capture the beautiful milkyway again. I sure missed my old friend 😊 I couldn’t take a lot of photos that night since as soon as we got there sunrise started to hit but I’m glad I got this photo.

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor z 24-70mm 2.8 S
Stacked: 20 x f2.8 | 6s | ISO 12800 | 26mm.
Location: Tahoe City, CA.

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03/03/2022

“Universe on Earth”

Just a photo from my amazing trip to Mono Lake Last year. First time going there and also first time seeing such dark beautiful night skies, it was so dark and quiet I felt I was in one of those NATGEO documentaries. The stars were shinning bright and the tufa made it feel like if I was on another planet 🌎 this is a stacked photo of 20 single photos of f2 | ISO 10000 | 5s stacked in Sequator and a f4 | ISO 400 | 3 min with the Nikon z7 and the Venus Laowa 15mm f2.

Location: Mono Lake, CA
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27/02/2022

“The Afterglow”

A calm evening in the beautiful Clearlake, California. Second time visiting this beautiful lake that I didn’t know excited up until this year.
Hope you all are safe and please keep the ones going through war and suffering right now on your prayers and thoughts.

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor Z 14-24mm 2.8 S
f6.3 | 15s | 14mm | ISO 64
Location: Clearlake, CA

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21/02/2022

Cartagena, La ciudad de los bellos Atardeceres.

Esta foto es muy especial para mi ya que fue la primera foto que tome en mi ciudad después de tener más de 3 años lejos de ella. La foto fue algo improvista ya que veníamos de comer cuando mi tio sólo parqueo en este lugar y me dijo que desde este punto se sacaban fotos bonitas y tenía razón! Para agregarle algo más de interés, derrame agua en la superficie para obtener un poco de reflejo del cielo en el suelo. No es mucho el tiempo qué pasó en mi ciudad desde que me mudé por eso trato de atesorar cada momento y apreciar cada oportunidad que tengo de fotografiarla 😊

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor z 24-70mm 2.8 S
f5.6 | ISO 64 | 1/60s | 34mm.
Location: Cartagena, Colombia.

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13/02/2022

‘Slow Nights in Sac’

These are a few long exposure photos I’ve taken in The Sacramento Downtown area in the past few months using the public transportation as a “light” pencil.
Buildings featured:
1 & 2: CA Natural Resources Agency.
3: Capital National Bank Building.
4. Tower Bridge.

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor 14-24mm 2.8S
Location: Sacramento, CA

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10/02/2022

“Cartagena La Romántica”

Camera: Nikon z7
Lens: Nikkor z 24-70mm 2.8S
f/2.8 | ISO 200 | 1/10s | 47mm.
Location: Cartagena, Colombia.

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07/02/2022

“Because there is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away”.
-Sarah Kay.

A beautiful afternoon at the Point Reyes seashore a few summers ago.

Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikkor 50mm 1.8G
f1.8 | ISO 50 | 1/4000s | 50mm.
Location: Point Reyes, CA

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