Natural Light

Here are another pair of images from the Itchy-O performance. This time the flood lights are not yet turned on, so the illumination is coming from the ambient light. The red cast is because the majority of the light is from a very large flame. 


As with yesterday's post, I love the sense of energy imparted by the low shutter speed blurring.

Itchy-O

Itchy-O is a Denver-based percussion-centered electronic marching band and the mobile arm of an experimental film/music troupe. Basically they do performance art. Think Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and you'll have the idea.

  

 This is the first time I've time played with my digital camera in very low light. In these shots, the background lights are on to provide minimal illumination. In the shots to come, I only have the ambient light to work with.

 

 These shots were taken at 3200 ISO, with a monopod to steady the camera. Typically the shutter speed was 1/50th or greater, which explains the blurring and distortion from movement. Itchy-O is a highly kinetic troupe, so I'm happy with the blurring because it conveys some of that energy.

When is a rabbit not a rabbit ...

When it is a hare. 

 

 This is a Snowshoe Hare. Colorado seems to be the southern extent of its range.

 

 There are some serious feet on this guy. His coat is white all winter and darkens into spring. The feet stay white. 

 

Train tracks detail

 Here's a closer shot of one of the track crossings from the meadow in the previous image. It has a great abstract quality.

These are the remains of a narrow gauge track from Denver to the mining towns around South Park. The Peaks in the distance are called Twin Cone Peaks. There is a nice little dirt road that gets progressively worse the further you go. It eventually reaches the peak. We made it to what is known as the "first obstacle," about a mile and a half from the peak, before turning back.