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Old Carriage

            Even at 10:30pm Ghost Ranch is a busy place. There are a lot of cars coming and going to and from the living quarters as well as in and out of the ranch itself. Cars? Where would they be driving? Well, the low camera angle hides the driveway right behind the carriage, which tees into the main access to the ranch not far from where we had set up
The harsh light from their headlights shines on the old wagon from all angles. I was careful not to take shots of that, but when I assembled the image, I realized that the way I light-painted the scene simulated the way the headlights had illuminated it.
It was a glorious night and Greg and I sat under the stars waiting for the galactic core to show up between the two trees. For the earlier part of the evening that space was dominated by the constellation of Scorpio.
Initially I had envisioned a shot from al little further out, showing both trees with the Galaxy and carriage in between. However, that was not possible because the ranch had put a small, equally antique seed spreader right in front of the vehicle. Any shot showing both trees would have had the seed spreader in it, complicating the composition, making for competing subjects. So we took all our strength and pulled it aside a bit so we could put our cameras in front of it. As with a lot of things in life, it was a compromise.

   

Taken on: June 17, 2025

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Camera: Sony ILCE-6400, f/2.5, 8 sec, 12mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-6400
Lens:	Rokinon 12mm f2
Aperture:	f/2.5
Exposure Time:	8
Focal Length:	12mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.3.1 (Macintosh)
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