Hand Painted Mystery Under The Stars
Unknown animal tracks combine with lines in the sand to provide a great foreground in this image captured under starry skies. I was hoping to find some great lines leading to the Milky Way and this scene with the animal tracks sure got my interest. The glow you see on the right side is light pollution coming from the little town of Alamosa, Colorado.
I described a few of the techniques I used in taking my last uploaded night scene from Sand Dunes. An interesting one I tried here was an attempt to "hand paint" the foreground. No, I'm not talking about post processing; I'm talking about light painting. When I shot earlier that night, I used my light diffuser to illuminate the foreground with a soft, gentle light. In this case, I was a bit lazy and tried just illuminating the palm of my hand with my little flashlight. Normally, this approach produces a light that's a bit too warm, but in this case, I thought the results looked great!
So there you have it, a hand painted night scape from Sand Dunes National Park, near Alamosa, Colorado.
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Zach Dischner (11 months ago | reply)
Another winner here Mike! Huge success as always
Ted Raynor Photography (11 months ago | reply)
Awesome. Coyote perhaps?
SpokaneScene (11 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot, amazing beauty Mike.
Amit Kohli (11 months ago | reply)
beautiful.
lifinodou (11 months ago | reply)
Wonderful textures and color!
Orpinbleu (11 months ago | reply)
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inkid (11 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot!
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Highers, (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing!
gemini*jen (11 months ago | reply)
Stunning capture! Nice work....Congrats on Explore!
Howie Mudge (11 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture seen on Fluidr today, Congratulations on Explore :)
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Nati photography (11 months ago | reply)
Great shot!!!!! :)
ken@pi© (11 months ago | reply)
Fantastic capture,well done!
Matt Warrell / マットワッレル (11 months ago | reply)
Great shot! Worthy of the explore. Congrats! :)
gato-gato-gato (11 months ago | reply)
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tozabre (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing
toni jara (11 months ago | reply)
Breathtaking capture and excellent processing. Well done!!!
hampden10 (11 months ago | reply)
AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL !
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ryan-j (11 months ago | reply)
Brilliant capture! Nice technique too!
OBJECTIVE-MAN (11 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous artwork !!
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Guillaume Chanson (11 months ago | reply)
This is really an awesome capture !!
You have done a very good work !!
Congrats !!
suzan veldhoen..time out.......... (11 months ago | reply)
thanxxxxxx for the beauty !
amazing shot ..........congrats ...
Mike Berenson - Colorado Captures (11 months ago | reply)
Wonderful! Thank you for the terrrific responses everyone!!
pam's pics- (11 months ago | reply)
Another amazing shot, and congratulations on Explore
.Mike.Photo (11 months ago | reply)
This photo is crazy Mike! :)
mel hagai photography ( back in business } (11 months ago | reply)
magnificent image
timcorbin (11 months ago | reply)
wow this is amazing , great work
countryman.andrew (11 months ago | reply)
Another beautiful shot.
Aspenbreeze (11 months ago | reply)
I can never wait to open up your shots when I see one of the icons appear. AWESOME WORK!
FerPecT_sHotz (11 months ago | reply)
This is an amazing shot, beautifully done…
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Missi Gregorius (11 months ago | reply)
neat shot
JustinJensen (11 months ago | reply)
wow, your "hand painting" sure worked out for this one! excellent image
Jacque Osborn Photography (11 months ago | reply)
Desert meets sky. I like it.
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. Jianwei . (11 months ago | reply)
love this.
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Ferdousi. (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing work.
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sil737 (11 months ago | reply)
great !
AnZanov (11 months ago | reply)
this is amazing!
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Sir Mashington the 27th (11 months ago | reply)
Mate this this absolutely brilliant! Really great work, really stunning!
Deborah (polarcollision) (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing image Mike! Not only did it make explore, but POPURLS. congrats
votuanphong1985 (11 months ago | reply)
nice color, love it :)
Dan Ballard Photography (11 months ago | reply)
Pretty dang cool!!!!
rootswalker (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing, and so very well painted! Congratulations on Explore.
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sweetp_sqrd (11 months ago | reply)
WOW! Stunning capture!
spyac3 (11 months ago | reply)
amazing shot... love it
PhotoTerco (11 months ago | reply)
Fantastic
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Mike Berenson - Colorado Captures (11 months ago | reply)
Your support is just amazing!! Thank you everyone!!
HLazyJ - Susan Humphrey (11 months ago | reply)
This is an amazing shot Mike. You're Milky Way captures are simply amazing!!
Spokeannie (11 months ago | reply)
Wowwwwwwww! So beautiful! Absolutely breathtaking!
Terence S. Jones (11 months ago | reply)
very impressive composition.
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jondblake (11 months ago | reply)
Another amazing shot Mike. I like the painting you did on the first one a bit more, but the tracks are cool, and the lines leading up to the sky is great.