Night Photography

052 - Three Sisters Sunset - Superstition Mountain
The Superstition Mountains have so much to offer; awesome majestic formations all over the place. The trick is anticipating the right conditions long enough beforehand and getting in to the ideal spot. The Three Sisters formation near the Peralta trailhead is one I had not shot before. Not an easy hike to this location, pretty thick with lots of cholla. Have to literally watch every step for about a mile of bushwhacking. Whatever it takes to get the shot.
The Coke Ovens
East of Florence, AZ
037 - Red Mountain Saguaro Lightning
Red Mountain from a trail above the Salt River that I run regularly. Expected to be hiking back drenched by the looks of this system as it approached from the north, but all I got was a couple of sprinkles. No complaints, ended up ideal for shooting an awesome lightning show! . Tech stuff: Sony A7R2, Sony 24-105 f/4.0, 10 sec exposures f/5.6 ISO 500 shot about 40 images, used the best 5 or 6 shots stacked in Photoshop including one that was a bright enough flash from overhead to illuminate the mountain and foreground.
The Erickson Air Crane
Big powerful equipment like this Erickson Air Crane helicopter are just fun subjects to shoot under the stars. This ship burns 550 gallons of fuel per hr and can lift 25,000 lbs!!! . This shot is made up of 162 20-second exposures all combined in photoshop to create the star trail effect. So this represents just under an hour of planet earth movement.