If you say so, chupa…. meanwhile, I woke up at 8pm yesterday, and went out to capture this shot:
http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2012/jul/21/20120723light03.jpg
It’s not even close to perfect. I had a lot stacked against me. Here’s the paste from my posts at G+ and Facebook with what I went through in capturing it:
“Okay, so this might be the best shot I got last night, and it’s meah (in full size; it’s fine at interwebz size). Here’s a list of what I endured to get it:
1) nearly ran over an elk carcass in the road (yes, we have them) that some unfortunate soul hit 30 minutes before (they were o.k., fortunately, and help was on the way)
2) Nearly lost control of my truck in avoiding it, at 70 mph. Camera got slammed against the passenger door. TG it wasn’t damaged.
3) Forgot my remote trigger release (I woke up, saw the weather, and jumped into the car~~poor choice)
4) Also forgot my flashlight, which lead to:
5) Sliding down a ravine and then,
6) Walked into a barbed wire fence (I’m okay, jeans got torn)
7) Endured rain so hard I did 15 mph on a freeway and…
8) Did I mention the 1 inch sized hail? Windshield is being replaced as I type…
9) Couldn’t find an off-road that wasn’t ‘closed’ with a barricade to save my life; hence everything I got is cropped to get rid of traffic ‘noise’
10) Some asshat defecated (as if in “that means they shat ) on an off~road, in the middle of it even, which I didn’t notice until~~wait for it~~
I got out of the truck and stepped in it. Jebus phuqin’ Cripes.
Talk about the _ shit _ shiat we go through to try to capture compelling images. I literally went through it. I had only the dirt road beyond to try to get it off the bottom of my shoe. With less~than~full effect. I drove home, 60 miles+, enjoying the lovely odor of someone’s feces wafting up from the sole of my shoe.
And THIS is what I have to show for it. It’s okay, at this size. But trust me: I’m not sure it was worth it. “
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