Ojito petroglyphs

[MonikaC]

I've gone back to this site several times to try to get a nice sunset shot. That still eludes me, as this last time the sun was too far to the north for the best placement. So I got up in the middle of the night & walked back in for my 1st MW shot in a long time.
This place has gotten somewhat "developed" since my 1st visit: there's a designated mountain bike area, official parking areas & names for the trails. Both of them. This is off the Seismosaurus trail, about 25' walk in.
Blended exposures for the foreground & sky. The light on the left is from Bernalillo (& maybe even Albuquerque). C&C welcome since, as I said, I haven't shot (or processed) a MW shot in a long time.

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[Ben Egbert]

Looks pretty darn good to me.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the result - nice moonlight to illuminate the petroglyph panels and still dark enough for the MW sky show.

 

[JimFox]

Pretty nice work Monika, and it’s great that you got to do some Milky Way work.

Overall really nice. I like the level of light on the petroglyphs. I wish that the light on the horizon was a more graduated light. It’s almost too abrupt edged. Maybe a little dimmer too? But other then fussing a little more about that one area I sure like the rest of this. I hope to stop by there on my next trip through there in the next few weeks or month, whichever works out.

 

[MonikaC]

Looks pretty darn good to me.

I like the result - nice moonlight to illuminate the petroglyph panels and still dark enough for the MW sky show.

Pretty nice work Monika, and it’s great that you got to do some Milky Way work.

Overall really nice. I like the level of light on the petroglyphs. I wish that the light on the horizon was a more graduated light. It’s almost too abrupt edged. Maybe a little dimmer too? But other then fussing a little more about that one area I sure like the rest of this. I hope to stop by there on my next trip through there in the next few weeks or month, whichever works out.

Thanks, guys. I always brighten shots 10-20% for print, which usually looks too bright on a display, so maybe that's why it's too bright for Jim. That said, I haven't printed it to proof it yet.... I'll see how much less bright it is on paper.

 

[Mike Lewis]

I love the really natural look of this, and the comp and cool subject matter is very fun, with the MW action being icing on the cake!

ML

 

[MonikaC]

Pretty nice work Monika, and it’s great that you got to do some Milky Way work.

Overall really nice. I like the level of light on the petroglyphs. I wish that the light on the horizon was a more graduated light. It’s almost too abrupt edged. Maybe a little dimmer too? But other then fussing a little more about that one area I sure like the rest of this. I hope to stop by there on my next trip through there in the next few weeks or month, whichever works out.

Just checked it out last night: it's not nearly as bright in the print version.