Moonscape

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 25, 2013397 views11 comments

A shot from a very interesting place in northwestern New Mexico. Spent a couple of nights there last November doing some night photography. The glow and orange light is from the closest city (about 40 miles).

Thanks for taking a look and providing your comments.

Larger Version included

Techs:
Canon 5D Mark III
17-40 f/4L @ 19mm
60 seconds at f/4

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by John Mumaw on April 25, 2013 at 11:24 PM

What a wonderful looking lunar-like landscape! I really like the way the foreground is light-painted from the side, and what a vast area you covered! Obviously, the skies were captured separately, as a 60 sec, shutter speed would have created trails. This is a real fine evening landscape image, Keith.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on April 25, 2013 at 11:26 PM

Very cool and other worldly looking landscape! Is this moonlight? Colors on the horizon are nice, but wonder what it would look like without the light pollution. Nice!

Chris

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 25, 2013 at 11:30 PM

John said:

Obviously, the skies were captured separately, as a 60 sec, shutter speed would have created trails.

Actually it is just one exposure. If you look at the larger version, you'll see the stars are not precise points of light.

Chris asked:

Is this moonlight?

Yes, this is moonlight. I don't recall the moon phase exactly, but it was a pretty dim moon that night. No light painting.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on April 25, 2013 at 11:36 PM

Beautifully crafted night image Keith. Very lunar loking. Wonderful lighting and the sky color is just great. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on April 25, 2013 at 11:46 PM

Kinda looks like a combination between bisiti badlands and goblin valley. Nice find! 60s is way too long for stars though. Gotta stick to 30s. Surreal looking shot though. Nice find :)

aF

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Comment posted by Ted Gore on April 26, 2013 at 2:03 PM

The foreground light is great. Did you light paint?

I think the bright orange cloud is a bit distracting. I like the glow overall, but that cloud really draws the eye, yet it's not something that is particularly compelling to look at.

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on April 26, 2013 at 7:44 PM

"Yes, this is moonlight."

Well, then this is one of the best moonlit images I've seen!

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on April 26, 2013 at 7:50 PM

Very nice image Keith! Love the rock formations and the colors in the sky. If this were mine, I might consider cloning out the plane trails, but that is purely subjective. Thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 27, 2013 at 7:53 AM

Very nice Keith, you picked a great location for this exciting image.
I'd actually buy a print & hang it on my wall if I could afford you

Excellent.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on April 28, 2013 at 7:46 PM

Very other worldly image, Keith. Fantastic.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on April 30, 2013 at 12:39 AM

A weird deserted land! Love it.

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