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Inspired by the serie of books from the Dark Tower from Stephen King: the wind through the keyhole.
I used a flash light to shine through the keyhole (wind is something you can't capture on a photo, so I used light for a nice effect) and made the picture in a dark room to get a low key effect. I only used a bit of light to shine on the keyhole.
While waiting for the bright sun to go behind some cloud, I thought I could try the tunnel through Spion Kop on Khyber Pass. The Ivy needs a trim but the light was nice!
Jean and I noticed this hole in the rock when we drove up the canyon and didn't think much about it. When we returned near sunset, we recognized a perfect opportunity to capture a nice sunburst through the keyhole!
One of the original keyholes (as you can see, now unused) on our front door, which dates from 1637. The visible vertical extent of the escutcheon and flap is about 2"
Low key - Macro Mondays
The keyhole and cover are less than 2 inches wide.
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Got a comment from a guy who is from Kotor, Montenegro. This made me go through my files from my trip there...
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So two weeks ago I came across an image. I really can't recall if it was flickr or if I was looking for something on Google....but there it was. A shot of sunlight streaming through the "Keyhole" archway at Pfieffer Beach off the coast of Big Sur. As I began to dig around for more information, it turned out that this particular confluence of events only occurs for a few short weeks every Winter. In order for the sun to stream uninhibited through the archway at sunset, you need the sun to be far enough into the Southern Hemisphere, a clear sky without fog or storm clouds, and the tide needs to be far enough up the beach to surround the arch.
After checking and finding that I only had two weeks to decide if I wanted to try this, I checked the weather forecast, and decided to go. So last Saturday, I set off on my quest and drove the 327 miles to Big Sur whereupon I drove RIGHT BY the turn off to get to Pfieffer Beach. I mean....What the freak? Let's just say that the good people of Big Sur went out of their way to HIDE this road as there are no signs and it just PLUMMETS off the side of Pacific Coast Highway. I was staring right at it as I drove right by.
In any case, after waiting another 20 minutes or so for a parking place to open up (Parking is $5) I raced down to the beach and found about 30 other photographers who had also made the pilgrimage to this spot. At several moments while I was up there, it was every photographer for him or her self as folks had no problem plopping their tripods down right in front of everyone else's. But there were several angles from which to shoot and I quickly filled up a couple of 16 gig cards before heading back home. For this particular shot, I used a 10 stop B &W ND filter for a total of 34 seconds with the Nikkor 28-300 VR. I also had my 14-24 with me on the D800 and will be posting a few shots from that as well over the coming weeks.
After the 650 mile round trip drive to shoot the arch, I would have to rate this experience right up there with the firefall effect at the Horsetail Falls at Yosemite (although the 327 mile trip home took a monster, two mountain dews and a 5 hour energy). A small cadre of flickr photographers is heading up there in a few weeks and our number is already up to 16, so if you aren't doing anything on Feb 15-17, please feel free to join us!