Willie Huang Photo
Castle in the Sky
Here’s one from my recent Eastern Sierras boot camp trip with Alan. This one is from the sand tufas located by Mono Lake. Having scouted out this area last winter, I wanted to come back in the summer to shoot these tufas with the south Milky Way.
Luckily the smoke from the Rim Fire stayed towards the north and gave us clear conditions to the south. The only minor downside was the longer and windier drive through Sonora pass rather than a shorter route through Yosemite High Country.
I’ll admit that we were a bit late in getting over to Mono Lake after spending too much time chowing on our burgers. With little time to spare we dashed towards the tufas with Alan still sporting shorts and flip flops. I looked around at all the tufas and I ultimately settled on this one as it most resembled a castle. Specifically, it reminded me of the black gate from LOTR with its tall base columns topped off with multiple spires. Though only a few feet tall, I wanted to get close to these tufas and have an upward perspective to make the tufas appear larger and more daunting.
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24mm f/1.4L II
Castle in the Sky
Here’s one from my recent Eastern Sierras boot camp trip with Alan. This one is from the sand tufas located by Mono Lake. Having scouted out this area last winter, I wanted to come back in the summer to shoot these tufas with the south Milky Way.
Luckily the smoke from the Rim Fire stayed towards the north and gave us clear conditions to the south. The only minor downside was the longer and windier drive through Sonora pass rather than a shorter route through Yosemite High Country.
I’ll admit that we were a bit late in getting over to Mono Lake after spending too much time chowing on our burgers. With little time to spare we dashed towards the tufas with Alan still sporting shorts and flip flops. I looked around at all the tufas and I ultimately settled on this one as it most resembled a castle. Specifically, it reminded me of the black gate from LOTR with its tall base columns topped off with multiple spires. Though only a few feet tall, I wanted to get close to these tufas and have an upward perspective to make the tufas appear larger and more daunting.
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24mm f/1.4L II