Cosmic Swirls
As dusk darkened to night, my exposures got longer and longer until the swirl trails of the stars echoed the swirls in the rock of the Wave.
To take this photo, I needed to wait until darkness out in the desert with the ordeal that was to come. But, I say, since all’s well that ends well, well worth it!
November 25th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
[...] ands eternally. Other photos from the Wave: Pride Cometh (background story), Rock Poetry, Cosmic Swirls. [This photo: 255mm in 35mm terms, 1/15 of a second at f/36 and ISO 100, tripod mounted [...]
November 28th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
[...] rger. I took this photo from the platform where my night ramblings on the way back from the Wave ended because I realized I was lost (here’s the back story). As I tried to keep warm [...]
December 1st, 2007 at 2:40 pm
[...] ne called out to me because of the implied dimensionality of the passage it shows, through the Wave formation. [This photo: 112.5mm in 35mm terms, 8/10 of a second at f/25 and ISO 100, tripod [...]
December 11th, 2007 at 1:22 am
[...] op Suspension, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming home from Zion and the Wave, my heel hurt like heck. The doctor looked at the x-ray and said, “Hang up those hiking [...]
December 12th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
[...] “> Wave Wide, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo from the Wave using my 10.5mm digital fisheye aimed low to the ground. Full exposure data: 10.5mm digital f [...]
December 14th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
[...] y. And I can feel the beauty, wonder, and mystery when I visit and photograph a place like the Wave. [This photo: 46mm in 35mm terms, 4 seconds at f/22 and ISO 100, tripod mounted.]
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January 31st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
[...] the complex and jumbled country beyond the Wave, canyons blend into canyons and rock formations twist around each other. No doubt, it would be easy [...]
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
[...] November of 2007, while I was clambering around Zion Canyon at night, exploring the Wave, and getting lost in the desert, Phyllis fielded a business call from Ringing Cedars Press. Ringing [...]