May 10, 2010 | Landscape Photography
I really don’t know how long I’ve wanted to go to this spot. Long before I was anybody, long before digital, Sharon & I spent a lot of time with rock art. In fact, for a number of years we had a workshop at the most amazing place in California.
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Way back then we had been told about Newspaper Rock which is on the way to Canyonlands NP. It’s right on the side of the road, you can see it from the road. We drove two hours just to visit it and it was more than worth it! Photographing rock art I’ve always found a challenge, interrupting someone else’s art let alone art we really can’t fully read is a challenge. So I photograph it as an art piece emphasizing those elements that touch me. Newspaper Rock is behind a fence which is smart. To get this shot, I closed the eyepiece of the camera to keep light from going through. I then stretched my arm out as far as I could to so the depth of the wall while focusing in on the warrior taking on the bison. It’s a beautiful wall that I enjoyed just standing and reading. A nice click was a real bonus!
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May 10, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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It’s just so bloody easy, just can’t help myself. The camera is set up just at duck for framing. Turn on the MC-36, set the alarm to get up at twilight to turn it all off. Put the images in a folder, run Russell Brown’s script (using Maximize) and you have a star trail. Killer!
Photo captured by D3s, 18AF on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 9, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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Almost no moon, clear skies and lots of stars, it just screamed to be captured. Not the best trail, not enough images (107) from late start and early finish. But it’s fun none the less! What you see here was created with the Star Rotation Action that comes with CS5. Kind interesting. Curious whata full circle would create. You can see what Kevin did with the same skies right here.
Apr 28, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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No, I didn’t get any sleep but that’s OK, I was too excited to sleep! The last night at the Valley, the moon was out fulltime so I went back in time and did moon shadow landscapes. That’s right, this photo was captured by 03:28am and all the light lighting the scene is from the moon. Takes me back to my college days. Now before I get flooded with emails asking how I did all of these images, you’ll just need to be a little patient. We should have a complete how to video out to answer all your questions. For now, I’m hopefully just igniting your imagination with the possibilities!
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Photo captured by D3s, 24f1.4AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Apr 28, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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The 2nd night the moon started to have a little influence and was coming up earlier. This was my last chance to photograph the Milky Way and get a little Monument Valley in the photo. The glow on the rock comes from the headlights of a vehicle that just happened to go by at the right moment. I like the results.
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Photo captured by D3s, 24f1.4AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Apr 28, 2010 | Landscape Photography
You might have thought with the six postings on Monday that the shooting ended when the sun went down. I only wish!
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Our very first night had no moon influence so I decided to do a time lapse consisting of star trails and sunrise. This photo was taken at 05:15am, about an hour before the sun appeared on the horizon. The clouds floated in and out during the night, I really like that aspect of this night landscape photo.
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Photo captured by D3s, 24f1.4AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
