Freedom 35

I nicknamed this trip "Freedom 35" (yesterday was my 35th birthday).... a takeoff from the Canadian sitcom Trailer Park Boys which you'd have to watch to get the reference. [no drug deals financing my trip, however]

I'm in Canyonlands NP now and just had a chance to catch up on processing some photos from the last 2 days to kill time during the harsh midday light.

Photo 1: Star trails near Canyonlands NP.
A 45 minute exposure using that fancy (albeit expensive) Canon cable release that has the timer, etc built in. Makes shooting long exposures a breeze!
EOS 1Ds mIII; 24-70mm @ 24mm; ISO 800; f4; 45 minutes


Photo 2: Sunrise from Gooseneck Overlook.
This is what I woke up to yesterday morning for my 35th birthday! I hope it looks ok... it was tough to do the post processing in my van.
EOS 1Ds mIII; 70-200 + 1.4x TC (shot at 280mm); ISO 200; 1/15s @ f16; Singh-Ray warming polarizer plus 3 stop hard edge ND grad (4x6") handheld in front of the lens


Photo 3: As I was looking for a campsite last night in the La Sal Mountains near Moab, I stumbled across this big desert scene bathed in surreal light.
EOS 1Ds m III; 70-200mm (at 95mm); ISO 200; 2.5s @ f18; Singh-Ray Gold n Blue polarizer and 2 stop hard edge ND grad