Devil's Garden at Night, May 11, 2008

Devil's Garden at Night, originally uploaded by BillyCrafton.

After shooting sunrise at Bryce Canyon, we went back to the cabin and caught a little nap to try and catch up on a little sleep. For the evening, we headed back out to Devil's Garden in Escalante to do a night shot to catch stars. We had a late Brunch at Ruby's Inn before hitting Devil's Garden and it helped us crash for a few hours.

The sky wasn't great for afternoon shots but it worked well for shooting stars in the evening.

Here is one of the shots taken at f/4 with a 30 sec exposure. In this shot, we used a flashlight to paint the rocks to allow them to show up much better without over exposing the stars. This shot is without any photoshop work. I plan to blend this with a non-painted version of the rocks to give it a natural look without over-exposing and getting a lot of noise.

Devil's Garden proved to be one of my favorite spots around Bryce Canyon and Escalante. The interesting this is that there were a lot more foreign tourists (mainly French and German) than Americans. I guess the strong Euro has made it easier for travel!