A Walk Among The Ancients

July 28th 2020 - I hiked to Corona Arch and it about killed me but I made it and stayed for several hours waiting for the Moon to disappear. Once again I had the place all to myself all night until the end when another photographer showed up. I had my lighting set so he did a few images using them and I made my way back to the parking lot @ 3 am.

This place was a bit eerie after the Moon was gone. It was deafly quiet with only a cricket on occasion chirping or a bat flying overhead. The light from the Milkyway and the stars was all the light available. It was quit amazing. Making my way back to the parking lot meant a good 1.5 mile journey which isn't that far except this is over rugged terrain and at night so for me it was a bit daunting especially alone..

Nikon D850 - Sigma 14mm 1.8 Art Lens

Sky: 1:30 sec - ISO 400 - F2 - Tracked MSM - @ 2 am

Foreground: 1 minute - ISO 400 - F1.8 - Simgle image / Moon light / Blue hour

Lighting:

1 Z96 light laid flat under the Arch on the lowest setting with a Tungsten filter attached

1 Z96 light tilted behind the camera bouncing off the high wall for fill with no filter