March 23, 2014

Devil's Playground

This weekend, my brother, a couple of buddies, and I headed out to the desert for the night to do some light painting and to shoot some stars.  Our intent was to end up at Devil's Playground.  We failed.  I'm not one to place blame, but the good folks that provided the directions on the BLM website need to work on their skills a bit.  Since we weren't able to find this place Friday evening, we headed over to the Lucin Sun Tunnels, one of my favorite places to paint and shoot the night sky.  I'll post those images later.
After spending the night at the tunnels, we decided to try one more time to find Devil's Playground on our way home.  We found it.  What an amazing place!  I will definitely be back, the shooting opportunities are fantastic.

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/1000 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 400 - 105 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/1600 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 400 - 105 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/400 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/320 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/160 Sec - f/9 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/60 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/250 Sec - f/9 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/100 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/50 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

4 comments:

  1. Very interesting rock formations. I love the daytime moon in the shots! Glad you all were able to find it! :)

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  2. Thanks, Aimee! It's a pretty fantastic place and we only saw a bit of it. Can't wait to go back.

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  3. There was a fire out there last summer. Did it burn up onto the mountain right at the playground? I don't see any sign of it in your pictures. I would love to do some shooting out there but to get good light you almost have to camp out there.

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  4. Yeah, there was lots of evidence of the fire, but all on the west side. These images are all from the east side.

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