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Half a Minute
Half a Minute

A lenticular cloud forms at sunset in the Alabama Hills.

The sky was perfect for an epic sunset, lenticular clouds where forming to the north and to the south with thin layers of clouds in-between. At go time the light completely fizzled out and for a brief "Half a Minute", a 30 second window some light had popped through illuminating the lower portion of this cloud. I had passed by this spot on the way to my primary composition but then the light never happened there, I then ran from one spot to the other trying to get an improvisational composition, I think it was the greens of the bushes that lead out to the back of the scene that interested me, Oh, and of course the cool cloud back there. I shot this one at f-11 to get a little more speed because I was shooting handheld while my other camera sat on the tripod pointing at the primary composition just incase the sky went off at the last minute, which never happened :)

All in all, the trip lasted 42 hours and even though we didn't get the colors that we wanted at sunrise or sunset, I spent a lot of time testing different techniques and lenses which happened to produce one of my favorite nightscape photos to date. The "Return to Zion"

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Taken on: April 22, 2017
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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/11.0, 1/30 sec, 16mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm F2.8
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length: 16mm
ISO: 800
Exposure Bias: -3/2 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto bracket
Metering Mode: Spot
White Balance: Manual
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 (Macintosh)
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