The Storm That Followed Me For 2,000 Miles
I got a late start leaving New Orleans on December 20th and it was already night when I decided to route myself to Route 66. Because it barely registers on a map in many places, setting a location along the Route 66 proved challenging. I wanted to try and cut diagonally without really knowing how.I set Hydro, Oklahoma as my point to enter Route 66 and set Gun Barrel City, Texas as the city we'd sleep in. I chose both places because of their amazing names.
Because we left late in the afternoon, I drove through Louisiana in the dark and didn't cross into (Waskom) Texas until nearly midnight. Scotch and I arrived at the hotel around 4am and switched rooms twice due to fleas. We couldn't get out of there fast enough. It was pretty overcast when we left and I was thrilled because I thought it would be a great day to take advantage of the kinda boring Texas scenery by shooting some very long exposure shots with the 10 stop filter.
Then it got windy. This shot was taken about 5miles from the hotel and from here on out, the weather progressed from windy and very overcast to bad and finally terrible. Winds hovered in the 20-40mph range through Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada before stopping about an hour away from our destination in Hollywood, CA. During this time, we saw freezing temps, giant storms moving across the landscape, very difficult winds and some blustering snow that finally forced us off the road near Gallup, New Mexico. I wasn't able to take a single long exposure photo the entire rest of the trip as the wind never allowed it. This was most disappointed for me while visiting the Petrified Forest In Arizona in mid 30's temperatures and wind gusts in the 30mph range. Saw some of the very best landscapes and skies I might ever see but had no way to really shoot how I wanted.
Scotch wasn't too happy (but was very comfortable) for most of the trip after leaving New Orleans. He'd tap the window, i'd open it, he'd try to stick his head out and then give up. It seemed to mark the end of our 12 years of mutually enjoyed roadtrips. Taking a 12 year old dog on a 4,000 mile 10+ day journey from coast to coast wasn't all that easy, but it was definitely an amazing experience I waited too long to have.
Highway 175
Mabank,Texas
December 21st, 2015
11:30 AM
SETTINGS:
Canon Rebel T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/160th second
CPL
The Storm That Followed Me For 2,000 Miles
I got a late start leaving New Orleans on December 20th and it was already night when I decided to route myself to Route 66. Because it barely registers on a map in many places, setting a location along the Route 66 proved challenging. I wanted to try and cut diagonally without really knowing how.I set Hydro, Oklahoma as my point to enter Route 66 and set Gun Barrel City, Texas as the city we'd sleep in. I chose both places because of their amazing names.
Because we left late in the afternoon, I drove through Louisiana in the dark and didn't cross into (Waskom) Texas until nearly midnight. Scotch and I arrived at the hotel around 4am and switched rooms twice due to fleas. We couldn't get out of there fast enough. It was pretty overcast when we left and I was thrilled because I thought it would be a great day to take advantage of the kinda boring Texas scenery by shooting some very long exposure shots with the 10 stop filter.
Then it got windy. This shot was taken about 5miles from the hotel and from here on out, the weather progressed from windy and very overcast to bad and finally terrible. Winds hovered in the 20-40mph range through Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada before stopping about an hour away from our destination in Hollywood, CA. During this time, we saw freezing temps, giant storms moving across the landscape, very difficult winds and some blustering snow that finally forced us off the road near Gallup, New Mexico. I wasn't able to take a single long exposure photo the entire rest of the trip as the wind never allowed it. This was most disappointed for me while visiting the Petrified Forest In Arizona in mid 30's temperatures and wind gusts in the 30mph range. Saw some of the very best landscapes and skies I might ever see but had no way to really shoot how I wanted.
Scotch wasn't too happy (but was very comfortable) for most of the trip after leaving New Orleans. He'd tap the window, i'd open it, he'd try to stick his head out and then give up. It seemed to mark the end of our 12 years of mutually enjoyed roadtrips. Taking a 12 year old dog on a 4,000 mile 10+ day journey from coast to coast wasn't all that easy, but it was definitely an amazing experience I waited too long to have.
Highway 175
Mabank,Texas
December 21st, 2015
11:30 AM
SETTINGS:
Canon Rebel T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/160th second
CPL