This is from a few days back in Joshua Tree. It's taken at the Jumbo Rocks Campground the night after I had met @AaronRashid . I am working on the timelapse for this composition but I thought I would post a single image while the timelapse is still in the oven. 
For those familiar with the lone Juniper and Monolith, this is not the classic view. I am set this up to the right about 8 to 10 feet from the classic view, and what's cool to me is by moving it just that small bit it totally switches the position of the Juniper and the Monolith.
There wasn't supposed to be any clouds that night. There was some cool clouds at sunset, so no complaints there. But the clouds hung on, very thin clouds but they were covering the sky for several hours after sunset, well they were covering it to the East. Now to the North, it was perfectly clear. Then just as the Milky Way would be rising, the clouds parted away the Milky Way was allowed to rise! As the Milky Way got closer to going vertical, the clouds started coming back in and took on that look of flames. So this shot is at that point as they start showing up again. The timelapse I think is going to be really fun to watch with all of that cloud interplay.
Nikon D810
Samyang 14mm f2.8 Mk2
ISO 4000
25 secs
Single Image - No Moon
I have decided that with the f2.8 I will probably have ISO 4000 as my base ISO instead 3200 since it's a slower lens then my other faster lenses that are f1.8 and f2.
All comments are welcome, including any title suggestions.
Jim
For those familiar with the lone Juniper and Monolith, this is not the classic view. I am set this up to the right about 8 to 10 feet from the classic view, and what's cool to me is by moving it just that small bit it totally switches the position of the Juniper and the Monolith.
There wasn't supposed to be any clouds that night. There was some cool clouds at sunset, so no complaints there.
But the clouds hung on, very thin clouds but they were covering the sky for several hours after sunset, well they were covering it to the East. Now to the North, it was perfectly clear. Then just as the Milky Way would be rising, the clouds parted away the Milky Way was allowed to rise! As the Milky Way got closer to going vertical, the clouds started coming back in and took on that look of flames. So this shot is at that point as they start showing up again. The timelapse I think is going to be really fun to watch with all of that cloud interplay.Nikon D810
Samyang 14mm f2.8 Mk2
ISO 4000
25 secs
Single Image - No Moon
I have decided that with the f2.8 I will probably have ISO 4000 as my base ISO instead 3200 since it's a slower lens then my other faster lenses that are f1.8 and f2.
All comments are welcome, including any title suggestions.
Jim
