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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Colorado_CJ on July 15, 2021, 01:10:58 pm

Title: Devil's Tower - A Different Perspective
Post by: Colorado_CJ on July 15, 2021, 01:10:58 pm
I just got home yesterday from a cross country motorcycle trip.  Stacked up over 2500 miles and had a lot of fun, got to see lots of stuff and a lot of relatives as well. 

My first stop was Devil's Tower, Wyoming.  About 370 miles from home and a great place to camp. 

That night, I rode up a dirt road to the back of Devils Tower and hiked up a little hill.   

Here's what I took a little after midnight on a moonless night.  This little image doesn't do it justice.  Looks quite a lot nicer on my large calibrated editing monitor at full size!

Hope you like it.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51312251721_aa8b0ba50d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mbhGKc)Devils-Tower-small (https://flic.kr/p/2mbhGKc) by Colo CJ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/184532879@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Devil's Tower - A Different Perspective
Post by: MattBurt on July 15, 2021, 02:41:57 pm
Love it! My kind of shot. Both being a wide astro shot and a non-typical view of a place everyone knows. Nice work.
Title: Re: Devil's Tower - A Different Perspective
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 16, 2021, 06:53:06 am
Quote from: MattBurt on July 15, 2021, 02:41:57 pm
Love it! My kind of shot. Both being a wide astro shot and a non-typical view of a place everyone knows. Nice work.

+1

The graphic 'foreground' makes it a non-typical Milky Way photo.
Title: Re: Devil's Tower - A Different Perspective
Post by: francois on July 16, 2021, 08:40:00 am
Combining astro and landscape works perfectly and the result is spectacular. Also, the monument seems more magical than under a "normal" light.
Bravo!
Title: Re: Devil's Tower - A Different Perspective
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 16, 2021, 02:00:34 pm
+1 to all the previous comments.

Truly spectacular. This would look great in a 4'x8' print.
Title: Re: Devil's Tower - A Different Perspective
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 20, 2021, 05:09:15 am
Beautiful.
Title: Re: Devil's Tower - A Different Perspective
Post by: Alan Klein on July 20, 2021, 08:45:55 am
Reminds me of the very good science fiction film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"   Nice shot.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=close+encounters+of+the+third+kind+1977&docid=608004345114486673&mid=4C66AEB688B4D22B93444C66AEB688B4D22B9344&view=detail&FORM=VIREHT