ShutterJack
Painting the Sky
Looking up at the night sky in Joshua Tree National Park in the California desert.
I wanted to create a sense of wonder and awe, from the perspective of the subject, by drawing a connection between the vast stars and the small, insignificant boy. The desert helps to pull it all together with its own vast expanse.
This spot, about a stone throw away from Keys View, had some promise for the shot. Alas, nothing spectacular during the golden hour but once the stars came out it was a different story... beautiful.
My son is holding a 2650 lumen Nitecore TM15 with three Cree XM-L U2 LED emitters... all to say one heck of a powerful flashlight. The light around him is falloff from the glow of this powerful beam. Poor kid had to hold really still for about 10 seconds while the shutter was open.
Anecdotally, we had spent the whole day in Joshua Tree without any good weather (bright, without a cloud in the sky). The following day, while driving home, the area had the most dramatic clouds I have ever seen. Timing is everything... too bad mine was off.
Painting the Sky
Looking up at the night sky in Joshua Tree National Park in the California desert.
I wanted to create a sense of wonder and awe, from the perspective of the subject, by drawing a connection between the vast stars and the small, insignificant boy. The desert helps to pull it all together with its own vast expanse.
This spot, about a stone throw away from Keys View, had some promise for the shot. Alas, nothing spectacular during the golden hour but once the stars came out it was a different story... beautiful.
My son is holding a 2650 lumen Nitecore TM15 with three Cree XM-L U2 LED emitters... all to say one heck of a powerful flashlight. The light around him is falloff from the glow of this powerful beam. Poor kid had to hold really still for about 10 seconds while the shutter was open.
Anecdotally, we had spent the whole day in Joshua Tree without any good weather (bright, without a cloud in the sky). The following day, while driving home, the area had the most dramatic clouds I have ever seen. Timing is everything... too bad mine was off.