Fan the Flames

[JimFox]

This is from last week in Jumbo Rock campground. While I had the D850 and D810 set up in permanent spots each for the night for timelapses, I would move around with the Sony A6400 that I had the Samyang 12mm f2.0 on. After shooting the iconic shot up there of the lone tree and monolith, I thought that the shape of the rock next to the location looked super cool. So I moved away from the cameras and down the slope a bit until I could see the whole rock and the Milky Way being engulfed in flames above it.

This is a 3 shot pano with the camera being in the horizontal position and raising the camera vertically.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Sweet result - one of your better MW efforts.

Be careful talking about flames in the deserts right now

 

[Ben Egbert]

Beautiful Jim, UI agree with Alan on this being one of your best. I also want to comment that we see very little light glow on the horizon and it's subdued. I also don't see the typical red or green glow in the sky.

 

[JimFox]

Sweet result - one of your better MW efforts.

Be careful talking about flames in the deserts right now

Thanks Alan, I like this one a lot too!

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful Jim, UI agree with Alan on this being one of your best. I also want to comment that we see very little light glow on the horizon and it's subdued. I also don't see the typical red or green glow in the sky.

Thanks Ben! You can see one of my cameras in this, I left it in but could have cloned it out.what do you think?

With this shot, I am down below my visual horizon by 30 or 49 feet, so I think that is why the air glow (green/magenta colors) aren’t seen along with the light pollution on the horizon. Remember when I suggested that one time at Skyline Overlook that instead of shooting the Milky Way from up there we should do it from down below in Blue Valley as I think the change of angles will allow the horizon to then block the light pollution from Hanksville.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice combination of the stars and the clouds.

 

[JimFox]

Nice combination of the stars and the clouds.

Thanks Jameel. For years I have been saying for the night sky I like when there are some clouds as they can add such drama. Lots of people won’t go shoot the night sky like this if there is even a hint of clouds, I am the opposite because I know how beautiful it can be.

 

[BlackRockArt]

This is from last week in Jumbo Rock campground. While I had the D850 and D810 set up in permanent spots each for the night for timelapses, I would move around with the Sony A6400 that I had the Samyang 12mm f2.0 on. After shooting the iconic shot up there of the lone tree and monolith, I thought that the shape of the rock next to the location looked super cool. So I moved away from the cameras and down the slope a bit until I could see the whole rock and the Milky Way being engulfed in flames above it.

This is a 3 shot pano with the camera being in the horizontal position and raising the camera vertically.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Jim, I would "nudge the little tripod" a bit to make it upright.

This is a sweet shot. Your composition is well balanced, the contrast tone & upright angle add depth of field, and the muted foreground rock formations vs starry skies make the shot compelling to look at.

Well done.

Oliver

 

[JimFox]

Jim, I would "nudge the little tripod" a bit to make it upright.

This is a sweet shot. Your composition is well balanced, the contrast tone & upright angle add depth of field, and the muted foreground rock formations vs starry skies make the shot compelling to look at.

Well done.

Oliver

Thanks Oliver! You are very 'level' headed to have seen the tripod needs some nudging.

The iconic shots are up where you can see one of my cameras, but I thought the shape of the rock structure from down on the ground by the campsite was equally cool. I shot this actually from standing on top of the picnic table so I could be above some of the brush on the ground.

 

[AaronRashid]

Incredible Jim! I really love the contrast in the sky with the blue and orange tones.

 

[JimFox]

Incredible Jim! I really love the contrast in the sky with the blue and orange tones.

Thanks Aaron, it does make for some good contrast!

 

[Timmeh]

Excellent! I've been looking for cloud activity like that at night, and have so far come up dry. (I also like the very small camera just below the Milky Way. It's a fresh take on the person with a flashlight...)

 

[Beth]

love the explosion of color in the sky. gorgeous work.

 

[Alisa]

Love this! Those clouds are great!

 

[JimFox]

Excellent! I've been looking for cloud activity like that at night, and have so far come up dry. (I also like the very small camera just below the Milky Way. It's a fresh take on the person with a flashlight...)

Thanks Tim. Yeah, I am not a guy with the flashlight type of guy. I appreciate your thoughts. It was an accident that I left it in. I just hadn't noticed it while processing, and as I was finishing it up, that's when I spotted it was in the shot and then kind of liked it. Like it added a small little touch to the image. It wasn't overbearing, but once you see it, it kind of transports the person to that location I think.