Bronze / 2024 / Special / Night Photography

• Prize
  Bronze in Special/Night Photography
• Photographer
  Dario Giannobile, Italy

In a breath-taking snowy Mount Etna, the bluish-green Comet 2022-E3 (named the Neanderthal comet) raised above its right slope among the stars. A single image transmits feeling of strength and delicacy. It is possible to see the volcano internal walls through the fracture that caused part of the conical building to collapse. Some hot spots appear in the dark: they are fumaroles from which volcanic vapors come out.

Canon 6d, Sigma 150-600 mm, f/7.1,
Landscape: 2 shots, iso 320, 180 sec
Sky: 27 tracked shots, iso 3200, 45 sec, Fornax Mount Lightrack II + flat + dark flat field + dark frame