The Magic Hour: Long Light (NOT sunset)
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It was dark, by the time we got through Joshua Tree National Park. This landscape was lit entirely by the moon. I really couldn't see much and we were late for dinner, so I set up quickly, guessed at that the exposure and snapped.
I liked the other-wordliness of the desert landscape lit by the moon. It reminded me of the great Sinatra song. (See the sister picture "Fly Me To The Moon")
Thanks for looking & happy shooting!
We set up quickly and started shooting. I have a few shots of an ordinary (poetic) sunset Joshua Tree, but this one and it's sister picture - "Let Me Play Amongst The Stars" - were my favorites.
Happy shooting!
In vibrant layers.
#sands #sunrise #Urca #Sugarloaf #layers
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The last hour before sunset and the first hour after sunrise are coveted by professional photographers. Referred to as “the golden hour” or “magic hour,” these times provide the perfect light to capture stunning photos.
hunting bareng: nadia, jessy, sheko, maaar tadi sore. thx u guys.
for jessy and maaar: congrats for your new camera.
A blast from the past ends this short series from the top of the high point of Grasslands. It was 23 years ago but I remember this evening well: picking my way along deer trails to the summit, watching the light change as the sun slowly sank, then hiking back in the dark. That gnarly, twisted rabbitbrush in the foreground is still there; I noticed it a few weeks ago.
I am grateful to have found this place when it was a little wilder and less visited.
Tech details: Camera - Nikon F100. Lens - manual focus 24mm f/2.8, with polarizing filter. Film: Fujichrome Velvia (ISO 50). Tripod. Cable release. Exposure unrecorded (it would be f/22 or f/16 at the appropriate shutter speed, with some bracketing, because film had minimal latitude for error). Scanned with a Minolta D'Image desktop scanner. It had excellent dynamic range but within a year or two of the purchase began to produce long, scratch-like red, green, or blue lines through shadow areas. Minolta had no answers for this and I upgraded to a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 that I'm still using 15 years later.
Photographed on 70 Mile Butte, Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2001 James R. Page - all rights reserved.