This was the final frame from my night at Joshua Tree National Park. It was taken a moment before the moon set behind the mountains, casting the landscape into total darkness.
I spent a lot of the night experimenting with various techniques while using the moon as my key source of light. I thought it would be interesting to use the moon as a backlight to silhouette a Joshua Tree while using a thirty-second exposure to enhance the night’s stars. The last thing I did was use an auxiliary light to highlight the edge of the Joshua Tree to give it some color and texture.
Location: Joshua Tree, California
Camera: Sony A7r
Lens: Canon 16-35mm f2.8L
ISO: 800
Aperture: f2.8
Shutter: 30/1
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