After climbing past the otherworldly potash mining operation below Canyonlands, we arrived at the site made famous for Gina Davis and Susan Sarandon driving a Ford Thunderbird off the cliffs.

We skipped the cliff jump part for obvious reasons but the views are worth going all by themselves. This section is also where the road gets more interesting. Switchbacks get tighter both while dropping down from the cliffs seen here and much more so as the road scales back up the wall to arrive back at the cliff tops by the Canyonlands Island in the Sky visitor center.

While tame compared to many Moab trails, this is a gorgeous drive that very few take. Far more rewarding than staying on the park’s paved roads. Worth noting, this gave us a chance to test out Octa Mode's "6D suspension" in washboard, sand, slickrock, and more -- really amazing at how smoothing out the ride.

Explored: 2015.12.27

Camera info: Canon 5D3, EF 50mm f/1.2L

Exposure info: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/400s

Strobist info: 550EX & 580EXII in ETTL in Lastolite Ezybox II Large Octa CR mounted on Manfrotto 420S Combi Boom Stand, triggered with Phottix Odin system.

Haley, soft light.

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For the Togs: Nikon D810 with 85mm f/1.4 Lens. Profoto AcuteB2 pack with AcuteB head. 3' Profoto Octa camera left with power at -2 on the pack. Small Nikon SB910 on the ground for a little fill. ISO 64.

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Octa above cam, speedlites left and right into reflective umbrellas.

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Kayla celebrates her third birthday today.

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Strobist: gridded octa above camera

Disclaimer:

Do not try this at home. No real flames were used in the making of this image.

Model: Alina

Camera: Cambo SC

Lens: Sironar 210mm f5.6

Film: Kodak 320TXP

Dev: Kodak D76 1+1 11 minutes 20c in SP445

Scan: Epson V850

Light: Elinchrom Deep octa Front to the right. Large strip box rear left.

Beautiful Rafaella

Cambo SC

Rodenstock Sironar 300mm f5.6

Shot on Ilford HP5 4x5

Dev in Kodak D76

Epson V850 scan

Two light setup with Elinchrom strobes. Deep octa camera left, gridded reflector on the backdrop.

Explore #374 on Saturday, January 14, 2017 ------

-Canon EOS 5D MarkIII + Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8 L IS II + Speedlite 580EXII (1/16 power) + Phottix Octabox Luna Octa 110cm

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26th October 2020

Nikon D3x

Nikon Micro Nikkor AF-D 60mm 2,8

Elinchrom 400ELB

2x Quadra HS

Elinchrom Rotalux 70x70

Elinchrom Deep Octa 70

f 11

1/160

iso 50

one deep octa left

My sister-in-law, Laura, has been living with us in the UK since the start of the lockdown. As a professional triathlete trying to train every day, she's having to make do with putting her bike on a trainer in our garage but she's longing to get out and about properly when the restrictions are over. Even an upgrade from our dumping ground of a garage to this tidy loft would be welcome!

A composite photograph placed into a stock background.

Strobist:

Laura in Lockdown (Setup)

Ranger A Head, A port at 4.0, 135 Midi Octa with both diffusers, high camera right.

Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 4.0, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, high camera left.

Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 4.0, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera right.

Shot on charcoal paper.

Triggered by Skyport Plus HS.

Haley in textured soft light.

For the Togs: Nikon D810 with 85mm f/1.4 Lens. Profoto AcuteB2 pack with AcuteB head. 3' Profoto Octa camera left with power at -2 on the pack. Small Nikon SB910 on the ground for a little fill. ISO 64.

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Octa above cam, speedlites left and right into reflective umbrellas.

Studio equipment used:

1 light source - Elinchrom ELC Pro HD 500, key light with Elinchrome Rotalux Octa (deep octa - 70cm) light modifier front-up-left to the model, the whole scene was syncronized with Elinchrome EL Skyport remote used on camera, Black textile background - approx. 2 meters behind the model

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Studio - State (@statespb)

MUA: Elizaveta (@vetamua)

Model: Arina (@aririnaa)

Photo and retouch: mine

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Date: December 14, 2018

Camera: Sony a99

Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/4, ISO 200

Lens: Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F1.4

Megan's senior photos will have many looks too..

her mother asked for some fall looking photos.. and this is what we came up with..

lighting was Elinchrom Quadra with Deep Octa boomed camera right by Father..

i used a .6 N.D. Filter to get this file..

quadra was around 3.2 in power about 6 feet camera right

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II

Exposure0.006 sec (1/160)

Aperturef/1.8

Focal Length85 mm

ISO Speed125

Exposure Bias0 EV

FlashOff, Did not fire

Third image from the photoshoot with Sharon in another setting and atmosphere :-)

One light setup: Deep Octa. (Godox QR-P90)

We found this interestingly weird dead branch/root system right before a glorious sunset after digging our SUV out of sand.... Goes to show that its always worth it to explore even when adversity took away your primary objective ;)

1 Octa softbox with orange gel. Camera set to tungsten

Canon 6D

400Ws strobe in 120cm octa left.

400Ws strobe pointing to the gray ceiling for fill.

Amazing dancers from ArtDanceComplex having some fun ;-)

Model: Amber Tutton. 48" octa on the right, strip box kickers either side/rear.

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Haley, brown eye V

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For the Togs: Nikon D810 with 85mm f/1.4 Lens. Profoto AcuteB2 pack with AcuteB head. 3' Profoto Octa camera left with power at -2 on the pack. Small Nikon SB910 on the ground for a little fill. ISO 64.

Shot last month at a nice location overlooking State Street.

Strobist 411: Camera left elinchrom ranger with 39" deep octa, Camera right sb900 in a 43" white umbrella, all triggered with skyports.

Photographer: Peter Tsai

Model: Sylvia L.

MUA: Sym Abrol Smriti

Hair Stylist: Erica Polacek

Thank you in advance for your views, comments, and faves. They are much appreciated!

well the winter is here and going thru the photos i took this Fall makes me appreciate Fall more ! LOL..

This golden light only lasted for about 5-10 mins tops.. just glad we got there in time to get a couple shots..

Lighting was Elinchrom Quadra with Deep Octa Boomed by her Brother's Friend..

power of the quadra was 3.5-3.9 camera left

i had a Neutral Density Filter Value of .6 to get it opened up and be capable with my shutter sync speeds..

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II

Exposure0.01 sec (1/100)

Aperturef/1.8

Focal Length85 mm

ISO Speed50

Exposure Bias0 EV

FlashOff, Did not fire

Large octa camera left. Strobe with reflector camera right and behind model for rim.

All editing in CC.

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Strobist info: Camera left 39" deep octa with 600 BXRi monolight for fill, Behind model camera left Elinchrom quadra with 26" softbox, Camera right Elinchrom Ranger with 10.5" long throw relector. All triggered with skyports.

Model: Michelle M

Photographer: Peter Tsai

MUA/Hair: Sym Abrol Smriti

Assists: Cynthia K, Nima T

Taken yesterday evening. Had time to edit both colored and black& white version of this picture.I couldn't decide witch one is better so i uploaded them both.

Strobist info: Two ranger rx generators with two flash heads. 130cm octa was main light and 100cm deep octa was pointed at top. Triggered with pocket wizard multimax and st4.

Air Service Berlin

D-OCTA

Wörner FK-5500/STU Gas Balloon

Berlin

Germany

live in milan

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5th February 2022, Berlin

Hasselblad 503CW

Makro-Planar 4/120mm

Hasselblad CFV-50c

Elinchrom 400ELB

Elinchom Quadra HS

Elinchrom Rotalux Deep Octa 70

Model: Bou.

48" octa high on the left, white v-flat on the right.

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Model: Minka Mi . Octa on the left, stripbox rear/right, softbox fill from a little left of camera position.

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Recorded some video to go wth this in an attempt to make a tutorial for Mr J Page's highly informative site <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasondpagelightpainting/"Light Painting Photography.com.

The footage is currently being edited together, hopefully it will make some sense.

My first time with Annika. The photo was taken in an old monastery in Germany called Kloster Arnsberg near Lich in Hesse.

I used a single light from the right and the sun from left behind. This was also my first time with the Rotalux Deep Octa from Elinchrom. The light which comes out there is simply magical!

Thank you very much for visiting and have a great day out there!

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The GEAR behind this photo:

Camera:

Canon EOS 60D | SIGMA 70-200mm F/2,8 II EX DG HSM

Strobist:

Elinchrom Ranger Quadra and Rotalux Deep Octa 27.5", camera right high, with internal and external diffuser, powered @ 3.0 (50Ws)

Trigger:

Skyport SPEED

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21st October 2021

Nikon D3x

Nikon Micro Nikkor AF-D 60mm 2,8

Elinchrom 400ELB

Quadra HS

Elinchrom Rotalux Deep Octa 70

Model: Minka Mi . Octa flat overhead, softbox fill from a little left of camera position.

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48" octa from the left and fill from roughly behind camera.

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Model: Sam Mathias. Octa flat overhead, a white white v-flat either side at the front.

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3rd December 2022, Berlin

Nikon D3x

Nikon Micro Nikkor AF-D 60mm 2,8

Elinchrom 400ELB

2x Quadra HS

Elinchrom Rotalux 70x70

Elinchrom Deep Octa 70

Model: Bou.

48" octa high on the left, white v-flat on the right.

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Strobist info: 2x Ranger rx with two s-heads,one 130 octa other side of model , one 100 deep octa another side. Both pointed at 45 degrees at face . Triggerd with pocket wizard multimax and st4