Wahweap Hoodoos under the Milky Way

Wahweap Hoodoos under the Milky Way

Outstanding. I had forgotten how clear it is out there.

Wow, that's beautiful.

Todd, that one is special. It would never occur to me to hike out there in the dark.

Outstanding! This is the first time I've ever used this icon in my entire 4 years on this forum, but here goes:


How did you light that spire? How did you find your way back to the car with a three mile hike in complete darkness?
I'm very interested in the Waheep hoodoos---one of the few places I've not been. Please post more from that area if you could please!

Another amazing shot. Your low light shots are truly amazing.

Thanks guys!!!

I knew this was a good shot when I saw it in camera. We hiked in the wash for what seemed like forever... back and forth, back and forth. We did have a GPS waypoint, so we knew about how far to go, but of course the wash is huge and in the pitch black, it was hard to find.

I'd seen this spot when hiking in, and I really liked the angle, so I let the other guys go ahead and shoot up close to the hoodoos and I'd use their ambient light as my lighting. Right after we arrived, the moon was just coming up over the horizon (camera left) and even though it was a very thin sliver, it produced enough light to create some side shadows.

The actual lit hoodoo was done by the other photographers, using a flashlight and some gels. As I said, they all went for close shots, but I wanted to see if I could capture the entire scene, so I stayed a bit back and waited and watched the light they were producing.

There are actually a few different fields of hoodoos here... these being the main ones of course. If you haven't made it out there, definitely do.. it's worth the trip. The hike is a bit long though, basically very soft sand (almost like quicksand) and tons and tons of rocks, make the trek very tiring.

That is amazing!

WOW!!! This is an amazing shot!

I once tried to get a shot of the Milky Way with a lit pine in the foreground. I could never get the pine properly lit (overexposed), and you do this by accident? Frustrating.

Fantastic, I love it.

Amazing! Well done!

Thank you guys! I appreciate it very much!

irishman wrote in post #12530183
I once tried to get a shot of the Milky Way with a lit pine in the foreground. I could never get the pine properly lit (overexposed), and you do this by accident? Frustrating.

When you're wide open, it doesn't take very long or very much light. It's often much less than you think.

I'll often bounce light, either off another object or even shine a light into the palm of my hand (this makes for a nice, soft, warm light). I even use reflectors and shoot through umbrellas a lot of times. I generally don't like to "see" the light edges, so this helps that.

Excellent. Simply excellent.

Very nice shot Todd.