It’s cold in Michigan, so today I look back to photographing a variety of cactus blossoms in Tucson, AZ. Lit with the #smallrig 1OW max flashlight and photographed with the brand new (to new) Sony 100mm macro lens. Yes, it was quite a juggling act!
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Back down to earth to wonder at how important the pollinators are and how hard they work. Check out the second frame! Image photographed with the brand new (to new) Sony 100mm macro lens. #sonyalphafemale #busybees #cactusblooms #sonymacro #lightroomediting
This was my third attempt at capturing the 200 frames needed for a basic circular star trail. Stubborn person that I am, I kept shooting as the wispy clouds came in. I brought the files into Photoshop as a stack and changed the layer blend mode to Lighten, which created the star trails.
Image made during @seanparkerphotography workshop here in Tucson, AZ. Sean also offers workshops at the Grand Canyon and other dark sky locations.
#nightphotographynewbie
#tucsonnightsky
#saguaronationalpark
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Standing tall under the Milky Way. It’s also amazing how much light there is when you allow your eyes to adjust, which takes about 30 minutes.
Image made during @seanparkerphotography workshop here in Tucson, AX. Sean also offers workshops at the Grand Canyon and other dark sky locations.
15 exposures stacked with Starry Landscape Stacker and refined in Lightroom with Adaptive Sky and Subject presets.
#nightphotographynewbie
#tucsonnightsky
#saguaronationalpark
#sonyalphafemale
#starrylandscapestacker
Milky Way intersecting cactus. Or two parts of the universe you can’t or don’t want to touch!
Notice the little red camping chair on the left. We took camping chairs, not to sit in, but for our photo backpacks - as you don’t want to put your bag on the ground where the scorpions might crawl into them. Imagine coming home with 300 files and a scorpion!
Image made during @seanparkerphotography workshop here in Tucson, AX. Sean also offers workshops at the Grand Canyon and other dark sky locations.
15 exposures stacked with Starry Landscape Stacker and refined in Lightroom with Adaptive Sky and Subject presets.
#nightphotographynewbie
#tucsonnightsky
#saguaronationalpark
#sonyalphafemale
#universaldust
#starrylandscapestacker
#milkywayphoto
Composing an image in the dark can be, politely said, “Challenging.” So simpler is the key for me. A towering saguaro cactus with an endless star backdrop.
Image made during @seanparkerphotography workshop here in Tucson, AX. Sean also offers workshops at the Grand Canyon and other dark sky locations.
15 exposures stacked with Starry Landscape Stacker and refined in Lightroom with Adaptive Sky and Subject presets.
#nightphotographynewbie
#tucsonnightsky
#saguaronationalpark
#sonyalphafemale
#universaldust
#starrylandscapestacker
Trying night photography at a @seanparkerphotography workshop. Two late nights of photography and an afternoon of editing and stacking.
#nightphotographynewbie
#tucsonnights
#saguaro
#saguaronationalpark
#tucsoncactus
#sonyalphafemale
6000+ images from Asia to review…so why not go out and photograph o er 500 frames of blooming cactus and forms. I’ll never catch up and I like it that way!
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I love photo wandering - seeing, connecting, wondering, composing, connecting, discovering what is around the next corner.
Kimonos drying in Beppu, Japan
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#japanphotos
#oldkimono
We found the magic gardens. Umi Jigoku, or the “Sea Hell,” is one of the most famous and scenic of the eight “hells” (hot springs) in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan. It is part of a designated national Place of Scenic Beauty, characterized by a vibrant cobalt-blue pond that looks like a calm, tropical ocean but actually boils at 98°C (208).
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#beppujapan
#hotspringsjapan
#cherryblossomsjapan
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#sony85mm
