Painful exposure

This was my most painful exposure ever. In the two minutes it took me to set up and take this shot I was nearly eaten alive by mosquitoes. This was this last Sunday Sept 21 at Salton Sea, CA.

25 seconds at f/8
ISO 100
Tungsten WB

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I did get some revenge though. On the way out I drove through clouds of them so thick that it sounded like it was raining!

Cool long exposure effects.Nice sharp image with great color tones,balanced composition.Could I say you're a 1/2 mile out...What zoom? Security? Could you / did you get closer? I like the setting,would like more details. Just my thoughts

Rick

"I did get some revenge though. On the way out I drove through clouds of them so thick that it sounded like it was raining!" Now... change your vehicles air filter.

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Originally Posted by starriderrick

Cool long exposure effects.Nice sharp image with great color tones,balanced composition.Could I say you're a 1/2 mile out...What zoom? Security? Could you / did you get closer? I like the setting,would like more details. Just my thoughts

Rick

"I did get some revenge though. On the way out I drove through clouds of them so thick that it sounded like it was raining!" Now... change your vehicles air filter.

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Hi Rick,

I'd say we were about 1/4 mile out. This was taken at 70mm (on APS sized sensor). We could have certainly gotten closer, but we did not want to push our luck. This is one of 7 geothermal plants in the area, and this one is the one closest to the Salton Sea when driving down Sinclair Rd off Highway 111.

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