Greeting the Sun, Temple of Flux, Burning Man 2010
The Temple of Flux at Burning Man 2010 was interesting in that you couldn't see the sunrise from inside the structure. This had the effect of drawing people out of it when the sun was coming up. I had found a little spot that -- if was on my side, with my head in the dust and the tripod on the lowest setting, I could still get the actual sunrise and some of the temple. It was fantastic. And then THAT guy walked by. His head-dress was awesome. He was a photographer. I told him, look, you're a photographer, you don't have any good photos of you, right? Want that to change? He was like, hell yeah, so I told him to stand "right here and be very still" -- which he did, and, yo, Mr. Head Dress Photo Guy, here you are. I shot this at f22 to get as much lens flare as I could out of the sunrise, and I like how his head dress mimics the lens flare. This is an HDR image, made out of three raw files shot at 1/15, 1/8 and 1/4 seconds each. - See more pics on my site at www.michaelholden.com
siberfi
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siberfi, Dan Ballard Photography, Dutchie68, shelleth, and 38 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Saad Shams Photography (33 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot, perfect composition, great perspective and wonderful colours !!!
I would really appreciate your views on my photos !!!
Regards,
@saadbinshams
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Dan Ballard Photography (33 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot man!! Really is amazing. Love the headdress dude!! Thought it was fake at first.
siberfi (33 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot Michael and great to meet you on the playa!! Your Burning Man shots are awesome!!
Lalalaa Dolce Vita (33 months ago | reply)
Bravo!
elave16 (33 months ago | reply)
spots of dust on the sky ..... but this is a good thing .. congratulations. Some people say, if a picture is compelling enough you wont notice the flaws .... and until you say that this was shot at f22 I didn't notice the dust!
jezebel001 (33 months ago | reply)
Michael love the way you make our art look so incredible. This is a beautiful shot! We would love for you to add it to the Temple of Flux's group: www.flickr.com/groups/temple_of_flux/
mr. nightshade (33 months ago | reply)
Hahaha -- I saw this and went "hey wait, is that Siberfi?" I am correct. Nice shot.
Michael Holden (33 months ago | reply)
@Jezebel001 -- I'm honored. I've added the ones I've processed so far will add others as I post them. @Nightshade -- could you zap me Siberfi's contact info? I shot this for him and I'd like to get him a high rez shot (with dust specs removed)
mr. nightshade (33 months ago | reply)
I don't have any more information than you do, my good sir -- but he did respond in the comments just up above, so send him an email through Flickr.
EspressoBuzz (33 months ago | reply)
That is fantastic!
erika eve (33 months ago | reply)
Go go go Mr. Head Dress! So awesome. Just killer shot!!!
travelphotographer2003 (26 months ago | reply)
Perfect Composition! This is the way to Great Photography.
Thank you for Submitting your Remarkable Image in Perfect Composition Group
Hira Salam [deleted] (26 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous tone.
nuframe (26 months ago | reply)
Brilliant !!!!!
Mr Deak [deleted] (26 months ago | reply)
Admired In:
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hotonpictures (25 months ago | reply)
lots of dirt spots but it has a canny feel of 3D
This photo was invited and added to the True talent - no obligation to award - group.
A do outro lado da xanela (23 months ago | reply)
Wow! Absolutely breathtaking!
sherlizz (21 months ago | reply)
you cheated a bit didn't you? the same sun flare is being used over and over again.
it looks cool, but it's still a bit artificial because of it.
Michael Holden (18 months ago | reply)
Glad y'all like the photo. Sherlizz, that's real lens flare off of the sunrise, and the head dress was...really on his head. I didn't add anything that wasn't in the original photos in photoshop, tho I removed a ton of dust specs, boosted saturation and ran some noise reduction on the right side of the image.
This photo was invited and added to the It's (still) not about you! group.