Zane Adams wrote:
We have just returned from a week in New Mexico, Checked off a bucket list item, spent a day and a night in Chaco Culture Historical Park.
Amazing to experience the magic of a place that the ancient pueblo peoples considered to be so spiritual, and fortunate enough to be there on the summer solstice.
Then up at 0430 to line up for the drive out to the Great Kiva for the summer solstice alignment.
On June 21 the sun rises over the valley and the light appears through the window on the right and shines for a few minutes on the niche on the wall.
Thanks Erich, that is why I miss PS rather than LR. And yes, I did spend the night in the car, and it was an awful night's sleep. Couldn't get comfortable no matter what I did. Left the Boston area and now in Henrietta, NY. Being entertained by the goings on at the front desk while I wait for my room. I desperately need a shower, and a decent place to sleep. There's a hot air balloon festival in Ashland, Ohio, that starts on Thursday night, not sure if I'll be in the area for that or not. I need to be back in Dayton Friday morning
ELinder wrote:
$900 for 2 nights? For that much I'd sleep in the car too! In equivalent money that's a couple nice used lenses.
That lighthouse is nice but in the first image there's a distinct halo around the edges.
Tourist season on the Cape. North of Boston isn't much cheaper either. I did succeed in getting photos of Motif #1 (v2) for my dad. The original was destroyed in the Blizzard of 1978, and the town rebuilt it.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
$450 a night for a Holiday Inn? Yikes!! I remember checking into a Marriott on the Boston Harbor years ago, the client made the reservation, it was $750 a night. Coincidentally, that was right around my day rate at the time, which caused me to do a little head scratching
caught for TOPP again. Shot from the upper deck of the ferry
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Thanks Erich, that is why I miss PS rather than LR. And yes, I did spend the night in the car, and it was an awful night's sleep. Couldn't get comfortable no matter what I did. Left the Boston area and now in Henrietta, NY. Being entertained by the goings on at the front desk while I wait for my room. I desperately need a shower, and a decent place to sleep. There's a hot air balloon festival in Ashland, Ohio, that starts on Thursday night, not sure if I'll be in the area for that or not. I need to be back in Dayton Friday morning
I need just the right light to make this perspective all it can be, possibly right after dawn, but it is definitely going to be one of the hero shots when it's all said and done.
I'll tell you what, I flew five different times today for a total of about two hours of drone time. Maybe it will become less exhausting as I build experience, but it is flat out draining at this point.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I'll tell you what, I flew five different times today for a total of about two hours of drone time. Maybe it will become less exhausting as I build experience, but it is flat out draining at this point.
Not surprised by that. I'm guessing, but likely the fatigue is due to concentrating on the smooth low speed stuff. That must be a lot harder to do than just whizzing about, and producing the all too common, nausea inducing footage one sees rather too often. I'm sure that getting the right light and still (ish) air drives you to put in all the flight time you can.
Oh, and it's nice to hear that drone flying is no longer a blood sport......
You make a great point Nick. Each flight teaches me more, not only about flight characteristics, but more and more about aesthetics and ever so subtle control input techniques. The clip coming across the pond required controlling speed and climb and needed to be imperceptible in all axes.
I'm guessing, but likely the fatigue is due to concentrating on the smooth low speed stuff. That must be a lot harder to do than just whizzing about, and producing the all too common, nausea inducing footage one sees rather too often. I'm sure that getting the right light and still (ish) air drives you to put in all the flight time you can. 
