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A capture of an ancient tufa formation that resembles a sun dial. It was amazing watching what appeared to be the outro of the sunset, and then a radiant warm glow was cast across the landscape. Autumn is awesome for sunsets, especially when they explode right at the time they appear to be almost over. This is a focus stack of 12 images for the landscape, and an exposure blend of 4 images for the sky. Captured late September 2015... © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY www.mikeclasenphotography.com
The Sierra Nevada is one of the most spectacular mountain ranges to witness fall color. I used a higher f-stop to increase depth of field and to create a “sun star”. The ISO was increased for a faster shutter speed to stop the motion of the trees, leaves, and grass from the High Sierra afternoon winds. A polarizer was used to bring out more fall color in the Aspen leaves and to reduce glare. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY www.mikeclasenphotography.com
This single exposure was captured using four off camera speed lights to illuminate ancient rock art on conjoined tufa barrels, while balancing the off camera flash with the setting sun and matching its warmth by using 1/2 CTO gel filters. One off camera speed-light was handheld and directed towards the tufa barrels in shade, while each of the other three speed-lights were positioned on the ground at different angles to illuminate the face of the tufa barrel’s to reveal the ancient rock art. An f-stop of f/18 was used to yield a fine crisp sunstar. This image was captured during the fall of 2014 for a project I created called “Light on Ancient Art”, which detailed ancient rock art in northern Nevada that was illuminated by off camera flash. These tufa formations were created thousands of years ago from discharging springs at the bottom of ancient Lake Lahontan. This area is also located in the Great Basin Desert which is the largest desert in the USA and covers most all of the state of Nevada. © MIKE CLASEN PHOTOGRAPHY http://www.mikeclasenphotography.com
