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Challenge: You Name It IV (ARCHIVAL) (Standard Editing*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Paso Robles, CA
Date: Aug 2, 2022
Date Uploaded: Aug 4, 2022

 On this night, while sweetie and friend set up on a hill to do astro, I decided to play with some light painting.

When it was dark enough, I stopped petting the resident cat and wanting to experiment for my headlamp and long exposure, took my camera and tripod to a cool road which ran straight up the hill.

I removed the tripod from the case and set the case down on a rock near me, when I hear some rustling. Thinking the resident cat had followed me out there I turned around to look, and my headlamp illuminated two glowing dots staring back at me from inside a culvert, just a few feet from my case. Upon further inspection, the eyes were connected to long black fur with a white stripe....

We stared at each other in wide eyed panic for a few seconds, and I decided to attempt to retrieve my case from potential skunking. Moving with extreme caution, and averting my face in case the plan failed, I managed to drag the case to safety and the little guy bolted away into the dark.

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Votes: 46
Comments: 25
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 08/11/2022 11:58:21 PM
Inkjet
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
 08/11/2022 11:06:14 PM
Homeward Bound
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 08/11/2022 11:02:37 PM
Mystical Highway
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 08/11/2022 09:55:16 PM
When the World Splits
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 08/11/2022 08:34:08 PM
The shadow of light
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 08/11/2022 03:38:47 PM
Leading light
  Photographer found comment helpful.
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
08/11/2022 12:31:02 PM
slippery slope
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
08/10/2022 11:06:50 PM
Night rider
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 08/10/2022 07:10:12 PM
Night Shadows
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 08/10/2022 03:51:24 PM
guided missile track
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 08/10/2022 10:36:01 AM
Running Shadow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 08/10/2022 10:17:32 AM
I saw the light at the end of the tunnel but I wasn't in a tunnel
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 08/09/2022 09:53:14 AM
Transylvania
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 08/09/2022 08:43:52 AM
Long lonely road ahead.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/09/2022 07:38:08 AM
Slender Man Cometh
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
08/09/2022 05:07:01 AM
rolling
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS Rebel T6s
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 08/07/2022 02:07:35 PM
Night Moves
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-Pro3
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 08/07/2022 01:17:25 PM
Here comes trouble
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 08/06/2022 09:56:36 PM
Light of Hope
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 08/06/2022 09:41:01 PM
The Phantom.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 08/06/2022 05:16:51 PM
Taking the Crooked Path
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7R V
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 08/06/2022 10:27:28 AM
is this the right way?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS
 08/05/2022 04:27:58 PM
The light painted path
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/05/2022 03:11:34 PM
Spiritual
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/05/2022 12:01:01 PM
Stranger Things
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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