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Ephemeral

The ancient juniper sits against some fleeting light cast onto the clouds at sunset.

While out in Joshua Tree last weekend I made a quick stop to see if the tree was available for a shot. Upon arrival I was pleased to see that nobody was there at the location and only 2 camp spots were being used. I pulled into one of the campsites and unloaded the gear and made my way to the tree. I set up my tripod with the classic tree kissing the stone composition, I have no issues with comp stomping because that is part of the learning process, a guitarist doesn't just "create" music when he or she first starts out, they emulate the most inspirational artists and then start to make there own music after they learn how to use their instrument. I've always heard that it takes many trips to a location to get a really great shot so every time I'm in JT I check this spot. The sky was plugged up to the west but for about 10 seconds a hole opened up on the horizon and cast a soft glow on the clouds to the south. I shot there into the night using both camera bodies and after sometime heard some rustling to my left. When I turned to see what the sound was I found a fox watching my every move. He appeared there less than 10 feet from my head, poking his head out from between a crack in the rock face, no kidding, less than ten feet away I looked him right in the eye and it didn't move so I continued shooting watching to see how he was behaving. He was so filled with curiosity and looking so cute that I didn't feel in danger at all. After about 5 minutes of observation I thought that I would try to get a photo of him so I grabbed the camera on the tripod and started to recompose to include the little fella, but he grew skittish and made off around the bushes that lined the base of the rocks, I followed him around just in time to see him disappear into his hole right there next to the stone in this photo. This was the second time i've seen this little guy but had forgotten about it. If you ever decide to come by here to "comp stomp" then don't be alarmed if you hear some rustling around you, it's just a cute fox with chronic curiosity, LOL. :)

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Taken on: July 23, 2017

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/8.0, 1/45 sec, 11mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.022 sec (1/45)
Focal Length:	11mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 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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