"And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall Consume with the Spirit of His Mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His Coming:"

2 Thessalonians 2:8

For this next topic I wanted to share some experiences I had encountered on a photo-hike I did up at Oak Creek Canyon, regarding some things perhaps a few photographers who like to take outdoor pictures may have or will come across. What makes this rather unique is that it kind of goes against conventional camera fundamentals (i.e. plenty of light to expose your subject, adequate ISO to noise levels, and enough aperture to balance it together) as in this case, you may want to put the shades on as if you have too much light it can derail your image.

Not long ago, I did a little rundown on Deep Sky or Astrophotography, where the goal is to ensure you get as much light in as possible to get even the dimmest objects vibrant and visible. Now what if I were to tell you there are some unique cases where the opposite is better? Here's the deal...

As mentioned, I was at this place called Oak Creek Canyon, and as the name implies there I found a quiet, pristine creek running through the forest; trickling and gurgling and swirling along as it made it's way down the canyon. Really great place for pictures. So I'm thinking I would like to find a nice area maybe where I could find some waterfalls or at the very least some flows of water down the rocks. I had in my mind wanting to get that really cool effect where instead of a quick shutter snap of the water shot really still (with individual water drops hanging frozen in the air) I wanted to have that image where the water looks like it's flowing sugar and has a misty trail as it flows down the rocks - you've likely seen this used in many waterfall and ocean wave captures, especially those wanting to convey a certain mood...

So this is not hard at all to do. You need two things. A tripod and an open shutter for several seconds. Here's what you may end up with below: