Using large format in the Badlands

[Heroique]

In my talks with the Park Service, late April is when the grasses start to green up.

Here I am, hiking on a very windy day through the luxuriant, green grasses of spring.



I was on my way down there to pitch my tent between the hillocks to get out of the wind.

And in the shade of those trees for relief from the sun!

[lenser]

This idea obviously will not prevent wind acting directly on the camera, but you guys got me thinking about a solution to anchoring the tripod....at least on soil. I'm going to buy one of those big metal pins that screw into the ground about 8 to ten inches to serve as an anchor point for long dog leashes. They have a squared off top to the rig, so using a small ratchet strap system would work well if I can just create the proper anchor loop on the underside of the tripod for it to hook onto. Using the ratchet to cinch the tripod down taught to the anchor should provide as solid a base as possible for whatever camera in being used.

[Jim Becia]

Jim, it sounds like quite the challenging trip. Another trip or two like that and you will be shooting digital.

Harley,

I am not ready to throw in the towel yet!

[fishbulb]

An article on the Badlands just got posted to Luminous Landscape, written by LFphotography.info's founder Q.T. Luong:

https://luminous-landscape.com/badla...o-photography/

[Jim Becia]

An article on the Badlands just got posted to Luminous Landscape, written by LFphotography.info's founder Q.T. Luong:

https://luminous-landscape.com/badla...o-photography/

Some nice info here. I would enjoy seeing the Badlands in all its green finery. I took a few images in some of the same general areas, but nothing that had green. The yellow hills area was nice.