Dreaming at the City of Rocks - a photo on Flickriver

            I know, I know, am in Australia?  I know Milky Way season is over, but I have been sitting on this image for a long time.  A rainy weekend finally gave me some time to finish it.  

So lets dive into the image. 
My photo buddy Tom and I set out to shoot this little arch at the City of Rocks in Idaho.  This was only about 40 feet from our camp site.  This place is amazing.  The image is a bit misleading though, the arch is actually only about 7 feet tall.  The arch is situated in an odd way, I had to stand on a steep rock face with the tripod set up in a very unusual fashion.  The fall was not big, just a few feet if I did fall.  The only thing I had going for me was the rocks are like sandpaper, so everything sticks to them like glue, no sliding.  Now that's all well and good, but that does not help your foot cramp when you are sitting on the edge of the rock face.  Especially with 5 minute exposures.  See, I was shooting with my new star tracker, so I was shooting super long exposures of the stars.  I did not want to get down while it was shooting because if the camera fell, it would surly die, these rocks are not forgiving.  So I sat there, trying to shift my weight as it shot.  Not fun.    

I am still getting used to the move-shoot-move star tracker.  I think its great, but if Tom was not with me I would have had a hard time finding the north star.  Thanks to Tom!  We used some super low level lighting of the rocks, with some blending, naturally.  A necessary evil with a star tracker I am afraid.  regarding the composition, I am trying to use the arch, and the small break in the top of the arch to act as a leading line to the Milky Way.  

Let me know what you think.

Taken in: United States / Idaho / Almo (show map)

Taken on: July 17, 2020

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