Mark Metternich
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2,200 ° Revision:
When liquefied rock comes shooting or pouring out of the earth red in color it\'s temperature is reaching nearly 2,200 °F (1,200 °C). The type of thing you may want to shoot with a long lens. Here was my attempt (almost 3 years ago) with the Canon 14mmL2! I was sure to ask friends Tom Kualii and Bruce Omori (Hawaii\'s premier lava photographers) see: http://www.extremeexposure.com if it could be done, Tom replied “go for it!”
What you don’t see here is that I only had about 2-3 seconds to get in and get the shot before I nearly burst into flames!  I ran in, immediately took 3 auto - bracketed shots (+ and - 2 stops) and then ran out as fast as possible, feeling as if my shirt was on fire. The soles of my feet smoked and my tripod burned my right arm a bit. I tried this a couple of times and after getting something similar to a sunburn I was finished. Canon, Irvine (CA) appreciated that I had to send my camera in to get it working again.
I wanted to do this revision because I was never completely happy with the first attempt. Also, lately I have been dreaming about Hawaii a great deal and am seriously considering the idea of moving there for parts of the year if I can pull that off.
Lastly, if you ever get a chance to go, jump on it! I have yet to find a better place to both enjoy nature and have the potential for great photos.
More Hawaii shots are in my Hawaii Gallery on my website.
Techie stuff:
Canon 5D Mark2
Canon 14mmL2
f/7.1
Shutter 1.6 seconds and 0.4 seconds
100 ISO
A 2 shot blend using my \"blend if\" techniques for tonal control.
Processed (unusually) in Srgb so that I would not have color shifts in the reds for web (the Fuji Flex print file will be developed in Adobe RGB 1998)
As always, most accurately viewed on a calibrated desktop monitor, via a color managed browser such as Safari, Firefox or Chrome.
Thanks for looking!
Second photo by Bruce Omori. Thanks Bruce!!!
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