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Night Shift

“The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

BACKSTORY

We hiked for about a half hour straight into a fierce headwind just as the sun was setting. With sand and dust blowing into my eyes I considered turning back; after all, there was no way even my sturdy tripod could keep the camera still for the long exposures needed to capture a sharp dusk image. But I kept pushing forward.

We finally found the spot scouted by my friend Brad and started shooting. As predicted, I failed to get anything useful due to blurring effects of camera shake. Then, as twilight shifted to night, the wind just stopped. and I quickly captured this image just as the landscape caught the sunset’s final colors under a darkening cerulean sky.

Brad and I looked at each other. “I think the wind is over,” I said.

Seconds later it returned with renewed ferocity.

“Jeff, you ruined it!” yelled Brad over the howling gale.

I was flattered that Brad thought I had the power to Jinx the weather. I tried to convince him it was not my fault, but he wouldn’t hear it, or maybe couldn’t through the whistling roar.

CAMERA: Sony α7R-IV (ILCE-7RM4)
LENS: Sony FE 16-35 2.8 GM
TRIPOD: Induro Stealth 3 Series

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Taken in: United States / Utah / Moab (show map)

Taken on: May 1, 2021

Tags:

Desert

USA

Wayne County

badlands

blue hour

dusk

high clouds

sunset « less

Sets appears in: • Flickr Front Page (Explore) • All Photos more » • Earth « less

Groups appears in: • in explore • EXPLORE (simply the best)

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM4, f/5.6, 0.5 sec, 30mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM4
Lens:	FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.5
Focal Length:	30mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.2 (Windows)
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