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I took this shot in Death Valley, California during a recent trip.
Perhaps the funniest thing about this shot is the fact that I almost didn't
consider it for public display at the time I took it. I recall thinking
"Nah, no one will ever believe these colors are for real."
As I was scrambling around a mountain face in Titus Canyon, I came across the
brilliant mosaic on this rock. The shot is un-edited, save for the
polarizer that was fitted on the camera at the time. The colors
are un-altered. The crimson color is from minerals within the rock,
reacting with the chemical properties of rain and runoff. The fluorescent
green color is some form of lichen.
The bird? Yeah, I waited six hors -- until he was perfectly in the scene
-- before capturing him with my scientifically-precise trigger finger.
Nah, I just got lucky. I actually took another shot, because I assumed the
bird had obscured this one. But his placement and silhouette just
happened to hit dead-on after all. I'd rather be lucky than good, any day..."
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Camera: Olympus E-10
Mode: Program
Metering: Center-weighed Average
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f4
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 9mm
Contrast and Sharpness were set to normal.
Original File Size: 2240 x 1680, 2,509K at 1/4 Compression
The camera was fitted with a Hoya Circular Polarizer filter.
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