Anza Borrego Dessert State Park

[Nilo Photography]

Finally found these Sculptures. Been to Anza Borrego a few times looking for the Ram Sculptures so last night we have gone back to to shoot the Milkyway with a few friends and viola!
I should have just use my 24 - 70 mm lens when I went to Monument Valley. I used my Rikonon shooting the Milky Way and my shots we're mostly out of focused.

Sigle Image
Sony A7rii
Canon 24 - 70 mm w/ Metabone IV.
F/2.8, 15 Seconds, ISO 4000.

 

[AlanLichty]

This is an interesting concept - nice thinking. Bummer with the focus however.

 

[Nilo Photography]

This is an interesting concept - nice thinking. Bummer with the focus however.

Thanks Alan I think it's a bit noisy I took one lifting the Rams but I haven't processed it yet.

 

[JimFox]

Very nice Lenny! For some reason this statues have never done anything for me, probably because I don’t like mammas objects in my landscapes but these actually look pretty cool. I like how you positioned the Milky Way.

I think I would leave this silhouetted, I don’t think more detail on the Rams would add to this.

I think it’s time you scrapped that Rokinon 14mm. You need a new 14mm that you can focus with at night. This Rams shot looks good with the 24mm, but the huge disadvantage is having to shoot such a short shutter speed which then increases your ISO which in turn increases your noise.

 

[Nilo Photography]

Very nice Lenny! For some reason this statues have never done anything for me, probably because I don’t like mammas objects in my landscapes but these actually look pretty cool. I like how you positioned the Milky Way.

I think I would leave this silhouetted, I don’t think more detail on the Rams would add to this.

I think it’s time you scrapped that Rokinon 14mm. You need a new 14mm that you can focus with at night. This Rams shot looks good with the 24mm, but the huge disadvantage is having to shoot such a short shutter speed which then increases your ISO which in turn increases your noise.

Thank you Jim...I agree with all what you said btw I did sell my Rokinon two days ago LOL.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Nice result, and a unique framing idea. I agree that leaving the statues in silhouette is best I would think.

I am also using a Rokinon lens as my night lens currently, but it is the 24 f/1.4. I find it to be not too hard to focus at night, but i also know (having previously owned the Rokinon 14mm) that a 14mm focal length is harder to manually focus at night, as everything is just so small. But 24mm is not really quite wide enough for a lot of nightscapes either. The excellent Sigma 14mm f/1.8 AF capable lens that Jim shoots at night is on my list, although I may see if they come out with an RF version at some point as i currently also plan to swap over to the RF system at some point in the next year once the new R bodies come out.

I love my 5DSr for landscape, but it is not the best performer at night.

ML