I was planning on a run over to the Paradox Valley this evening to work on some night photography. It is the dark of the moon, and the Milky Way is up. I was out there a week ago to take some test shots. I have a new camera system, so I needed some experience with the setup. Much to learn. More on the gear in a later post. I have inserted a shot below from that evening. I ended up with several out-of-focus images because I hadn't established a workflow as I moved the camera for a different composition. The lens slipped out of infinity focus and I didn't check. I was working between sunset and moonrise, which gave me a couple of hours to work.
I hesitate to call it work. It was hot in the Valley, but I was utterly alone. There is a town over in Castle Valley on the other side of Castleton Ridge, and a ranch a couple of miles away. There was no one in the campground because of the heat. I did pass a trailer on one of the sites along the Colorado River with a generator running or an A/C. Other than that, all I heard was a crow off in the distance and the sand bouncing off my truck when the wind came up. So just me, the camera, and a lovely evening watching the shadows come up and the stars come out. I left at moonrise. It was 11:30 PM, and I still had an 80 mph drive back on I-70 to Colorado.
Image inserted below.
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