In the heat of the night

bnickesonbnickeson Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
edited July 11, 2013 in Landscapes
OK, so it was anything but hot, but it sure was cool having entire national parks to yourself!



Mesa Arch
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Delicate Arch
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Mesa Arch
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Delicate Arch
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  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited June 18, 2013
    Different from what I'm used to. Love them!

    That walk back from delicate arch must have been a LONG way in the dark!
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  • TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited June 18, 2013
    This a great set of images. Framing the Milky Way to parallel the Mesa Arch is simply brilliant. The only nit is in the last one - the hotspot on the left side is a little distracting but it wouldn't keep me from hanging it on the wall.
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited June 18, 2013
    These are all wonderful--nice compositions with vivid colors and the skies are fascinating.
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2013
    :jawdropThese are amazing - but people - take a look at the links, it just gets better and better clap.gif
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  • GemmaGemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2013
    Oh wow!

    Beautiful and mesmerising pictures.
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2013
    Arches National park and Canyon lands is one of my all time favorite spots! These are pretty awesome shots! Something to look forward to next time.

    Any chance you could give info on exposure? F-stop/ISO/Shutter-speed/time it was taken. Thanks.
  • JTB-DCJTB-DC Registered Users Posts: 50 Big grins
    edited June 20, 2013
    Good lord! clap.gif

    I keep staring and try to pick a favorite, but have resigned to the fact that I can't. Love the star trails in two, but the milkyway is unreal in all of the others as well. Very nice work, I can only hope to ever shoot something this cool in my lifetime!
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  • eMOJOeMOJO Registered Users Posts: 156 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2013
    Simply awesome photos... well done bowdown.gif
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  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2013
    clap.gifclapOutstanding!clap.gifclap
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  • JCJC Registered Users Posts: 768 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2013
    Super well done, you planned these out perfectly. What was your foreground illumination?
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited June 22, 2013
    Agree with the others -- terrific series, Brett. That's some pretty creative processing on that Delicate Arch star-trails shot. nod.gif
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  • bnickesonbnickeson Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2013
    Thanks everyone! It was a blast.

    kolibri, it was a warm white LED flashlight reflected off some nearby sandstone. The reflection off those rocks made it almost too warm. Had to crank down the red and orange saturation on a lot of them.

    Stumblebum, these were all shot at f/2.8, ISO 6400 with a 5DIII for usually 25 seconds. In those dark skies it's plenty to pull a crazy amount of detail out of the Milky Way.

    Travis, that hot spot has actually been toned down quite a bit too. I started to lower the levels some more but it really started to look poor at that point. Might have to try a couple other techniques there to see if I can darken it better.

    CatOne, the hike up was a whole lot worse! Traversing that slickrock hill with 60 pounds of timelapse gear including a 6' dolly wasn't any fun at all.
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  • dragandjordjevicdragandjordjevic Registered Users Posts: 188 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2013
    Great! 4th would be my pick.
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2013
    Great stuff!!!!!

    Love these.

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  • DonFischerDonFischer Registered Users Posts: 128 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2013
    DA*N ! Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • jadennybergjadennyberg Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited July 9, 2013
    These are some impressive night shots!
    Great work.
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2013
    Excellent work thumb.gif
    Randy
  • camillercamiller Registered Users Posts: 202 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2013
    I think they're all wonderful but shot four is magnificent.
    Cindy
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