Best of "Rites of Passage", Burning Man 2011

A collection of 72 photos from all of the 2011 BM galleries.

I had to talk to about 15 people to get this photo to happen. Artery, Manbase Krew, Man Neon Team, and the Rangers all had to sign-off and provide assistance.<br />
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Even then, with the Man turned "dark" I had to deal with spotlights from other work sites. This, sadly, preventing shooting towards the north, which would have made a gorgeous circle of stars, if you could have seen any through the flood of light pouring into the camera.<br />
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Still, I'm not going to complain about the final result. <br />
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32:30 exposure (compiling 6 second shots, to keep the Man from over-exposing). <br />
Shot on Thursday before the event opened.

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I had to talk to about 15 people to get this photo to happen. Artery, Manbase Krew, Man Neon Team, and the Rangers all had to sign-off and provide assistance.

Even then, with the Man turned "dark" I had to deal with spotlights from other work sites. This, sadly, preventing shooting towards the north, which would have made a gorgeous circle of stars, if you could have seen any through the flood of light pouring into the camera.

Still, I'm not going to complain about the final result.

32:30 exposure (compiling 6 second shots, to keep the Man from over-exposing).
Shot on Thursday before the event opened.

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