Alien Invasion at Fantasy Canyon - a photo on Flickriver

Sorry about the garish colors! This is not quite what I had in mind when I went to "Fantasy Canyon," but this is what I was presented with (well, almost); and, when you are handed lemons, you try and make lemonade. Let me explain...

For years I've wanted to travel to Fantasy Canyon and photograph their amazing claystone knobs and pinnacles (located on BLM land, about 27 miles or 43 km south of Vernal, Utah). I had envisioned their eerie shapes photographed under natural starlight. Unfortunately, I discovered that there was a super bright mercury-vapor security light from a petroleum pumping station less than 2,000 (609 m.) feet away, casting it's ugly blue-green light pollution onto all the features of this interesting canyon!

By using one of my low-level lights at the opposite angle to the mercury-vapor light, and with a complimentary color (yellow-magenta or red) I was able to replace the shadow side with this contrasting color and salvage the image—that is, if your tastes are are into Sci-Fi. So often, life presents us with twists that we never wanted or planned for. It's how we react to the unexpected that often defines us.

TECHNIQUE & EXIF: Stacked & Blended exposures • Canon 6D + Tamron 15-30mm @ 15mm • Milky Way sky: 15 stacked exposures (in Starry Landscape Stacker to reduce noise) at 15 sec, f/4.0, ISO 10000 • Foreground: 4 focus stacked exposures (in Ps) at 120 sec, f/5.6, ISO 2500 with low-level lighting • Sky & foreground blended in Ps layers. This 5-image sequence give a tutorial on the technique.

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Taken on: June 5, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/4.0, 15 sec, 15mm, ISO 10000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD A012
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	15
Focal Length:	15mm
ISO:	10000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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