Joshua Tree at Night

[JimFox]

This is from a few years ago from Joshua Tree National Park in California. It’s an archive shot that I tweaked a bit, so hopefully it looks good as my edits have to be quick.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Interesting lighting for the scene. Looks very nice for my eyes. I am guessing the moon is behind you for the shadows and light on the cacti. The orange glow - city lights? Adds a nice effect even if it is light pollution.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Very nice, Jim. I actually like that light pollution from Palm Springs.

 

[JimFox]

Interesting lighting for the scene. Looks very nice for my eyes. I am guessing the moon is behind you for the shadows and light on the cacti. The orange glow - city lights? Adds a nice effect even if it is light pollution.

Thanks Alan I am glad you liked it. Yeah I am pretty sure that as Doug said the light is from Palm Springs. Generally speaking we don’t like the light pollution at night, but in cases like this where there can be some clouds it actually is kind of cool I think.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is one of my favorites of your Joshua Tree shots.

 

[JimFox]

This is one of my favorites of your Joshua Tree shots.

Thank so much Ben!!!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

The sky is nice and combined with the moonlight makes this a compelling image.

 

[Jim Dockery]

I agree with the gang, very nice image and the light pollution actually adds to it!

 

[Sunny Sra]

HA! This was the time you and I went there...my only trip to JT! It was my first time shooting night photos

 

[JimFox]

HA! This was the time you and I went there...my only trip to JT! It was my first time shooting night photos

You know what? That is when it was. That was fun times!

 

[Leslie Hunter]

Interesting capture

 

[MonikaC]

The light pollution makes it look very other worldly -- like the mother ship coming down. Nice job, Jim.

 

[Amy Earl]

Excellent photo, Jim! I like it for the same reasons. And I love how the stars are shining sharply through that thin layer of fog...love that effect. Quite dreamy. How did you get so much fill light on the tree and ground?

 

[Mike Lewis]

Great image Jim! And now you can see (probably you knew this when you took it) that you have gotten the Orion constellation in the sky too - very good! Wish I was as close to JTNP as you are - you really have some great images from there and this is definitely another one!

ML

 

[JimFox]

Excellent photo, Jim! I like it for the same reasons. And I love how the stars are shining sharply through that thin layer of fog...love that effect. Quite dreamy. How did you get so much fill light on the tree and ground?

Thank you Amy.

it’s been a while since I shot this one, but I am pretty sure I just used a headlamp to light this up. I am glad you like this. Some people don’t want to shoot at night when there are clouds, but I have always liked the look and feel and mystery that clouds can add at night, even if the hide some of the stars.

 

[Alisa]

wow I love this shot Jim!! so beautiful!

 

[Amy Earl]

Thank you Amy.

it’s been a while since I shot this one, but I am pretty sure I just used a headlamp to light this up. I am glad you like this. Some people don’t want to shoot at night when there are clouds, but I have always liked the look and feel and mystery that clouds can add at night, even if the hide some of the stars.

Agreed! The clouds add that soft look too, especially in this photo. It's like a half-transparent veil over the stars.

 

[JimFox]

Agreed! The clouds add that soft look too, especially in this photo. It's like a half-transparent veil over the stars.

That’s a great way to put it Amy!

 

[Terry Farrow]

This is from a few years ago from Joshua Tree National Park in California. It’s an archive shot that I tweaked a bit, so hopefully it looks good as my edits have to be quick.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Beautiful image.