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"The" ArchRock

            Late yesterday Matt Strait and I met up and made a mad dash to Joshua Tree National Park. We departed around 6:00pm and after wolfing down some grub in town, entered the park at around 8:00pm whereupon we were advised at the entrance shack that the only sites available are in the back of the park. We had every intention of shooting the arch and monolith rock and weren't worried about camping over but we did bring the gear to do so. When we arrived in the campground we soon learned that a Meteor shower was to be peaking that night, and the campground was a madhouse. At times there was a continuos parade of cars circling the campground. As always, in spite of the madhouse effect, We did manage to grab our own site based on a technicality. 

Soon after we arrived here at the arch, another photographer approached to shoot the arch as well. Matt and I chatted with him awhile and after showing him some sample shots of my work, and some other photographers shots of the Ancient Juniper since I had no connection on my cellphone and couldn't show him mine, He then proceeded to tell us about this awesome nightscape photographer on Flickr named Wayne Pinkston. I immediately told him about the time I spent with Wayne in Utah and the guy was blown away. Wayne is a lot more famous than he realizes or is to humble to admit. I informed him that I was gearing up to teach workshops and showed him what I had to offer and he said he would be very interested in taking one of my nightscape/processing workshops. I'm hoping I can generate enough interest in my nightscape photography to start teaching what I have learned over the last 2 years. Maybe after some time teaching I will be able to afford a full frame camera and lens specifically for night photography. :)
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Taken in: United States / California / Pinto Wye (show map)

Taken on: December 12, 2015

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/2.8, 25 sec, 11mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	11-16mm
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	25
Focal Length:	11mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.0 (Macintosh)
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