Bisti Over Memorial Day Weekend

Over memorial day weekend I had the pleasure of going to Bisti. What an amazing place. I think that I could be happy there shooting there every day for a month but still only have scratched the surface. The landscape is so utterly foreign to me but I gave it my best. Here are some of the images I liked from the trip.

#2 - Morning Moonset

That color in the first is amazing! The rocks look so unreal.

#3 - Stars and Wings

#4 - Egg Factory - On this I cheated, I have a "Magic" blue and gold polarizer which does amazing things to this grey clay and sandstone.

#5 - Gene Simmons, sorry I couldn't think of anything else.

#6 - Sunset behind the stone wings.

#7 - Some Light Painting.

#9 - Moonrise on the Seal.

Stunning work! I love ALL of these Jim That filter is awesome! What are the shooting particulars on that first night shot (Wings)? Gotta get me to this place!

#10 - Starry Sunset.

#11 - More stars with the moon rising, I had a ton of fun shooting at night here if you couldn't tell.

#12 - Rocky Hoodoo

#13 - A Busy Bee

Pam the night shot of the wings was at 17mm, ISO 6400 for 25 seconds. I printed it 13x20 and it looks OK but not great.

#14 - Fake Night. This one I used some artistic intrepretation. This was shot at 7pm but I turned my WB down to about 3000k to have this blue almost night effect. I am not sure about it but I like it. C&C is appreciated.

Jim, these are sweet....I love this kind of work. It makes me feel like I am visiting another planet. Great shots!

all fantastic shots, I especially like 1 and 3.

That's quite a set, Jim. It's definitely the best collection from a first time visit that I have seen.

Brilliant collection, Jim! Those night shots are really, really cool.

Wow, what a collection. The night shots stand out to me. Like #3. Wonderful stuff.

All are really cool, but I have to say the night/star shots are the best for me.

I like the night shots, especially #3. What f-stop did you use on #3 ?

#3 was shot at f2.8.

Amazing collection Jim! Looks like a productive trip with what seems like absolutely no sleep

Great stuff Jimmie, I am still going through my stuff and will get to it as soon as I get my Croatia, IT, NZ and NYC stuff done (LOL).

It was an awesome trip and my 1st time sleeping under the stars. Thanks Jim and Scott!

RichieV

Nice selection Jim. #4 and #10 are my favorites. Seems like a great place to sleep under the stars.

Nice stuff Jim. I especially like your night shots from here!

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. #10 is probably my favorite.

WOW! These are great! I'm a big fan of #6 and #10. Awesome stuff!

I won't pick a favorite, but I will say the comp on "Gene Simmons" is wonderful and I do love the night images.

Fantastic! Really like #1 and #3!

An excellent series! It's easiest for me to pick the one I don't like, which is #14.
Love the evening images, esp. #'s 3 & 9. The gold 'n' blue polarizer did a surprisingly good job there with #4!
What ISO speeds did you use for your evening work?

Great shapes and composition in #6.

#7!