Deep dusk

Deep dusk. Badlands National Park July 23, 2009. 75 megapixel Stitch from 9 shots from Nikon D300, 18-55mmf/3.5-5.6 at 35mm, f/16, 3.0s.

I ran across this possible shot going through old pictures in Lightroom just recently. This was taken at dusk in Badlands National Park in South Dakota, a truly remarkable place. Strangely, I had never stitched these images together. The badlands take on amazing colors at sunrise/sunset and are sometimes even more deeply colored at dusk. Hope you enjoy this image.

Cathedral Spires

I was out camping with the family in South Dakota's gorgeous Black Hills. I got a few chances to shoot pictures. This is a high-res composite I shot at sunset along the Needles highway in highly recommended Custer State Park. This is a composite of 2 sets of 9 images. A (virtual) 2-stop grad ND is employed around the mountain range using a simple gradient mask.



I'll post some more images when I get to it. This image can also be found on flickr, where you can do the social networking thing.

EDIT: here is a second version of this image that I shot a few minutes before the above one. The composition is more tight and the light was slightly better.