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7:15 AM

I had scouted the location prior to the shoot, so I knew of this dead bush along the shore that might make a very attractive composition with the setting moon. It turned out to be more wonderful than I had imagined, and chose this location to spend most of the remaining time while the indirect pre-dawn light was at its best. I had to be very careful with this composition, the the larger foreground bush was blocking the smaller bushes in the background in several earlier variations. Two bracketed exposures, 1.5 stops apart, were combined in order to optimize the dynamic range in this image. 0.5 sec, f/8. Contrast was increased a bit over the bottom of the image to add a bit of 'pop' to the foreground.


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Evaristo Buendia Carrera17-Sep-2005 17:03
Wowww!!(2)
Guest 15-May-2005 23:12
great image, coming over in sept, and will be visiting Mono Lake, hadn't really thought about getting up an hour at least before sunrise, to get some photos half an hour before sunrise until i saw your photos, we don't seem to get this pink hue over here in the uk, i now will be definately getting up early and making sure i get there in plenty of time
Derek
Fred Parsons12-May-2005 05:13
Brian - I love to look at your work but it kills me. I wanted to get to Mono, and desert (death valley) so much this year but never made it. Now back in mundane New England ;-) I think both the 7:15 and 7:30 shots are great but the 7:15 one does it more for me. Especially if I saw a print I think. Do you ever have shows in Flag? I have one in NH next month 30 prints or so at an engineering firm. By the way, if you have not seen the two Jenne farm shots in my Vermont gallery they were taken about 20 mins apart. Thanks for the comments on the blue field and the "crossing" shot.. Regards, Fred
ac14-Nov-2004 18:39
!!!
Piotr Siejka13-Nov-2004 09:53
Masterpiece!
alex ringer12-Nov-2004 10:30
Out of this world, Brian, you brought me to this magic scenary. Great shot.