I was not a happy camper when the crescent moon first arrived on the scene early this morning and messed up my star trails photo - but when you get lemons, just make lemonade!
Yeah, Tim, I can really see why that would be upsetting. Now you have another reason to go back to Hawksbill and try something else new. What a bummer.
Tom, I agree that this is one of my favorite of the light painting shots that we've seen. It's a little more subtle, which I love!
Hey Dominic, yes, it was already posted in the Journal and in the POM section of the BUFFALO RIVER GALLERY. I did forget to post it in the other online store, but have now done so - thanks for reminding me (also available both places as a black mat print, and it looks terrific this way!). Sometimes I find it a "chore" to get up and go out each month and find an image to take to satisfy the needs of the POM crowd. I've been lucky the past three months to find a good scene on the morning that my "assignment" is due - the pressure! I try to find a new image each month, and while I often have many to choose from, sometimes I pick an older one, just because, other times I want something brand new.
Another reason I went out to shoot this scene was because I didn't have a single photo of Hawksbill Crag in the new Arkansas Landscapes picture book, and I realized that every book I've ever done has included at least one. I have some good new winter shots, but that seems to have been done to death. I hope this one will work out - only have a few more days to make final selections and get this puppy completed and off to the presses...
Hey Tim, that was a pretty good pun, especially from your side of the border!
Posted by Glenn Carter on July 2, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Now that's a cool shot Tim. I like the moon and stars giving way to the sunrise. Don't fall off that thing in the dark now.
I have a special safety setup when I do top-of-bluff shots like this one now. I will either simply rope myself up via a rock-climbing harness to a nearby tree; or set up a rope around several trees that will act as kind of a gate out there across the edge in front of me - something to grab onto in case I slip and fall. So far, so good, but I know several folks who have been collecting my prints for years that are hoping for a tragic death one of these years! (which might drive the price of my prints up and increase their investment - dying of old age won't help print prices much, although that is what I am personally hoping for...)
That's one of the reasons why I have long metal spikes on the end of my tripod legs! Actually the worst encounter with a wild critter I've ever had while out shooting was up on White Rock Mountain about 20 years ago - a skunk came at me - I was already at the edge of the bluff with nowhere to go, and I almost jumped off the bluff rather than deal with the skunk! Fortunately, he had a den right in front of me, and that is what he was after, so I held my ground (and my tripod with spiked feet), until he disappeared into the hole. Bears don't bother me nearly as much as skunks do - they scare me to death...
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 4, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Hey Tim, a different look of the Crag here. I really like the details and colors in the sky and especially like the blue/greens in the hills on the right.
I know having the light on the Crag emphasises your main subject but for my tastes I wish the light were a bit warmer still. Damn, I'm getting picky in my advanced age!
Which light? Easy to do whatever you like. In fact I find that I don't need to use a filter on the light any more since I can make any part of the light any color after the fact.
Tim, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I really like the natural pre-dawn light and color in this photo but in this case the intensity of the "painted" light on the crag overshadows the beautiful colors and moonlit scene.
My opinion and $4 will get you a gallon of gas so take that for what it's worth!
"but for my tastes I wish the light were a bit warmer still."
I guess I don't understand what you mean. Are you talking about the light on the Crag needs to be warmer (more red), or the light of the predawn sky needs to be warmer? There was no light on the Crag at all - it would be black without the artificial light.
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13 repliesTom, I agree that this is one of my favorite of the light painting shots that we've seen. It's a little more subtle, which I love!
Might this be a July POM?
Another reason I went out to shoot this scene was because I didn't have a single photo of Hawksbill Crag in the new Arkansas Landscapes picture book, and I realized that every book I've ever done has included at least one. I have some good new winter shots, but that seems to have been done to death. I hope this one will work out - only have a few more days to make final selections and get this puppy completed and off to the presses...
Hey Tim, that was a pretty good pun, especially from your side of the border!
After all the bear run-ins lately, you've got to be one determined photographer to walk out to Hawksbill in the middle of the night!
I know having the light on the Crag emphasises your main subject but for my tastes I wish the light were a bit warmer still. Damn, I'm getting picky in my advanced age!
My opinion and $4 will get you a gallon of gas so take that for what it's worth!
I guess I don't understand what you mean. Are you talking about the light on the Crag needs to be warmer (more red), or the light of the predawn sky needs to be warmer? There was no light on the Crag at all - it would be black without the artificial light.