Fire On The Salton
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Today’s image comes from our recent trip to the Salton Sea. Several of us from AZ made the trip to California to hook up with our buddy Heath O’fee for a little two day camping trip.
We spent Friday at the Joshua Tree National Park and then drove down to the Salton Sea on Saturday to see what trouble we could get into. Saturday was spent shooting the lake at a few different spots where we eventually finished out at Bombay Beach. There is not much left to Bombay Beach but the community still has a handful of people who live there. The area is pretty depressed and my guess is those still living there are doing so not by choice.
As the sun started to set, we all fanned out along the shore to pick our spot for what was going to be a pretty good light show by Mother Nature. The image above was an 80 second exposure using a 10 stop filter. I’m pretty sure just about everyone else did the same (except maybe for Mike 🙂 ).
I love the symmetry of the sunset on the water with this shot which was made possible by the long exposure. The sunset capped off a great weekend with the guys. Be sure to check out the blogs of Mike Olbinski, Rick Young, Chris DeAngelis, Heath O’fee, and Doug Wise for more images from this trip.
Until next time…
Camera: Canon 40D with a Canon 17-40L
Processing: Lightroom 3, CS5, Phototools 2.6
Awesome! Love this bud, nice work.
Way to let those amazing colours speak for themselves – the simple comp works very well.
Lovely work Chris!
Wow those colors are amazing Chris. The reflection is perfect
Awesome image chris. Such powerful colours
Love the colors. Just for the record, I did not hook up with Heath.
Love it!
For the record, I did hook up with Heath. We shared a tent.
Wow, what a way to the end the day. That’s brilliant – I love the symmetry.
Beautiful image Chris!
Sick colors! I think I have a silhouette shot of you capturing a sunset image, maybe this one…
Incredible shot Chris. Those colors are unbelievable.
WOW Chris! So stunning!
Absolutely INCREDIBLE colors here, my friend! That reflection is crazy, too! Top drawer!
Thank you for the kind words.
I can’t get over how compelling those colors are! How amazing, my friend!
Outstanding colours Chris, nicely done!
Wonderful capture Chris. Great color!
Stunning capture Chris – superb!
Thank you Simon.
Just beautiful man! I tell ya that place has the most awesome sunsets.
I’ve seen some good ones here in AZ, but this one was definitely worthy.
Amazing color, rely nice capture
wow Chris that is amazing, what a wonderfully colorful shot!!
Wow, can’t believe how far behind I am on everything. Almost a month before I discovered this incredible image, VERY WELL DONE.
Awesome shot, Chris. And it was good meeting you!
Thank you Clif. It was great meeting you as well. Hopefully we can go out and shoot some of AZ soon.
I look forward to that, Chris. And thanks for the referral.