Calhan Paint Mines

Here's a few shots from the Calhan Paint Mines a couple months ago. I'm very interested in any suggestions to improve the lighting, processing, or any other comments you wish to share.

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Those all look great to me! Nice work!

super! I love that you got orion in the shot! I think it's orion??

I love the last one minus the service poles.

dlos wrote in post #16908464
Those all look great to me! Nice work!

Thanks very much dlos!

mojo_plasma wrote in post #16908892
super! I love that you got orion in the shot! I think it's orion??

I love the last one minus the service poles.

Thanks Kevin! I toyed with the idea of removing the poles, but ultimately decided to leave them in. Maybe I'll rethink this.

Another stunning set! Lose the poles in 4 & 5 though.

@mojo_plasma

That is indeed Orion, impossible to mistake with the belt and Betelgeuse's head poking out at the top!

Lovely set. I liked the poles as they gave me some sense of scale. I have no idea what a paint mine is and without the poles there was no scale for me.

I like the shots where the light comes from different angles within the scene, and different colors, #2. Much more chiaroscuro, dark against light, light against dark to show off those shapes. What was your light source, if you don't mind my asking?

Very cool shots Jon. That's a spooky looking place. What is a Paint Mine?

Sweet series. Looks pretty dangerous to walk in such rough terrain at night.

hiketheplanet wrote in post #16909467
Another stunning set! Lose the poles in 4 & 5 though.

@mojo_plasma

That is indeed Orion, impossible to mistake with the belt and Betelgeuse's head poking out at the top!

Thanks hiketheplanet! Noted another vote to loose the poles, and you're correct about Orion.

MidnightUK wrote in post #16909497
Lovely set. I liked the poles as they gave me some sense of scale. I have no idea what a paint mine is and without the poles there was no scale for me.

Yay, a vote to keep the poles. Providing scale was one of the main reasons I kept them in. Thanks MidnightUK!

tmcman wrote in post #16910018
I like the shots where the light comes from different angles within the scene, and different colors, #2. Much more chiaroscuro, dark against light, light against dark to show off those shapes. What was your light source, if you don't mind my asking?

Thanks TMC! The light in #2 was provided with an old gas fuel camping lantern placed in each of the locations you can identify and one behind us.

rrblint wrote in post #16910063
Very cool shots Jon. That's a spooky looking place. What is a Paint Mine?

Thanks Mark! It's an eroded area in the prairie exposing these gullies, spires, hoodoos, and sculpted walls. I'm not sure where it's name comes from.

jefzor wrote in post #16910368
Sweet series. Looks pretty dangerous to walk in such rough terrain at night.

Thanks jefzor! Not really spooky, except for when you are on the top of the formations near the edge. One time we were down in the bottom of the spires you can see in the last couple shots and like a corn maze had a tough time finding our way out.