Saguaro at last light

[Aaron Macomber]

Morning!

I’ll keep the narrative short, as I’m typing with one hand while sitting on a rock above my campsite with my laptop linked to my phone which I am holding in just the right spot so I can get a signal. Shooting here has been a challenging new experience. I’ve never had ‘Too much’ in the foreground before! I discovered this morning that for the most part this type of terrain is best with a long lens. That said, these are both ultrawide shots. The first is last night at the very tail end of sunset, and it was quite the show. I light-painted the foreground right before the shutter closed. The second was this morning at the first glint of light started creeping in; an organ pipe cactus reaching up toward the Big Dipper, I was lucky enought to capture a meteor to boot. Not sure where I’m headed next, wherever the wind blows me I reckon. Have a great day!

 

[AlanLichty]

The first one is sort of a classic saguaro pose although I have not often seen the foreground light painting like this for such a scene. The second one is rather unique I like the organ pipe arms reaching out to the stars with a hint of the new day down at the horizon. Nicely seen and the meteor streak is a neat visual treat.

 

[Aaron Macomber]

Thanks Alan

 

[JimFox]

Ha ha, now that's a funny picture you painted of yourself trying to connect here!

I have experienced the same thing there that it can feel like too much in the foreground. I have spent a lot of time hiking around to try and find a composition with some semblance of order to it.

Nice job with not too much light in #1 as you painted. It really doesn't get any better then #1.

With #2, I like it and that meteor sure is cool. I think the silhouette works fine there. Perhaps back at home you play around and see if you like this or one where you lose some cactus while applying some lens correction for the tilting of the cactus. I usually don't like that lean and will correct it in mine. But there are cases where the lean is fine and works with the composition. That could be the case here, as the leaning doesn't slap me in the face like it's bad, it's just something I know I try a quick go at while I am editing, and if I don't like it, I just delete that adjustment and stick with the original.

Okay, so now I wrote too much.

Have fun wherever you head next, thanks for keeping us up with your travels. It's fun going along with you.

 

[Leslie Hunter]

Beautiful photos!

 

[Bob Denton]

Good job on these, #1 is sure great.