Playa Posting

[foxgrrl]

Burning Man 2007

So, I have full net access from the playa; I'm going to try to make daily posts about stuff, possibly just photos — which may stop working on my LJ within the next few days because arclight.net is moving to a new colo.

The weather is rather cool this year (only in the high 90F's) and it is also very windy. Night is also unexpectedly warm. The surface of the playa is very loose and crumbly this year. It's a little bit difficult to ride a bike over in spots — mostly the sand dunes, of which there are very many this year. We had several white-outs yesterday while setting up the tents.

There is a lunar eclipse tonight. I'm probably going to observe it by doing a mystical woo-woo ritual, and photographing it through my 500mm lens with the man in the frame. I think that the red of the moon will contrast the green man well. (This is a really hard shot to get right too, it has at least 9ev of dynamic range between the moon and the illuminated tent below the man)

Comments

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I'll be out there Thursday.

[reo-the-eagle.livejournal.com]

It only got up to 95 yesterday =3
It doesn't get hotter than 100.
And the heat isn't that bad

[thewerewolf.livejournal.com]

So...

Intensely...

Jealous...

Right...

Now....

:)

Hope you have a blast! Some day I will do a Burning Man.

[adrianfox.livejournal.com]

DISCONNECT YOUR BRAIN

Thanks for reminding me.

[foxgrrl]

THE MAYANS CAME OUT ON TOP OF THE PYRAMID! THEY STARTED THROWING OUT THE MAGIC MUSHROOMS…

…WITH CRYSTAL SKULLS IN THEIR HANDS! THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED TO EXPLODE!

[foxgrrl]

I just realized though, that during the eclipse, the brightness of the moon will be much closer to that of everything else here on the ground. I checked the times, and it will be out of totality long before it gets to the horizon, so the long 500mm shot of the Man and the Moon at the same size will be at full brightness (could probably pull off a silhouette though). I can get some with them together standing below the man. (I only have my 50mm and 500mm prime lenses here with me.)

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

Did you get any photos of the Man being burned prematurely last night?

Hope you guys are having a good time!

[foxgrrl]

I was there in spirit with the tricksters, so I had delegated the task of photography to others.

[It's a long complicated story]

[foxgrrl]

I had gotten myself possessed by one of the dark spider spirits who live between the stars, and pulled into the underworld. So I was a little bit indisposed for photography. [I'll explain later.]

[pixlet.livejournal.com]

Here's to hoping you're still well. :)