Here’s the final shot from the early am sesh out in
Malibu on Tuesday am. We spent the 3-4 hours we had in the Leo and Matador
cave. This cave specifically points to the SE so it’s ideal to catch it during
the early MW season before it starts getting too far South. It’s also ideal to
catch it slanting across the cave which you can’t get during the later months
of the season. Tide has to be pretty low. More so for Matador but here as well.
Lastly the sky has to be clear which isn’t always the case as the gloom months
come along. You can’t take this shot right as the MW rises either as you are
looking straight out towards Santa Monica and the southbay which is where all
the glow is from. I knew I wanted a human on the rocks but we added a light to
compliment the light pollution. Once the MW rose high enough over the pollution
but just a bit before the dark horse moved too far right out of frame we
snapped these shots around 4am. Perfect timing and perfect conditions and all
within LA county. You get some cool shadows in the cave from the light pollution
so I brought them out in post to really give the cave that 3D contrast. Usually
I prefer the evenly lit/natural light scenes but I embraced this one. One of my
new favorite astro shots from Malibu, up there with some of my fav astro shots
in general. I’ll post up a shot from the El Matador cave down the road. Great
way to kick in that 2017 milk.
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Brandon Yoshizawa
B.A.Y | photography
Landscape and Wildlife photography
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