Red in the Night

It's spring break starting tonight and one of my goals is to finish the photos and create my Death Valley photo book. It's the most exciting of the goals -- better than doing taxes or picking out house stuff for construction work. Not my favorite spring break ever...This was lit by accident, from a car leaving the parking lot with the taillights lighting the tree. Best on black.
I'm coordinating the Camera Savvy Challenge and hope that you'll join in -- it's all about night photography: http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/25092/camera-settings-challenge-night-photography-i#comment-727118

[Hope D Jennings]

totally enthralling.Wow.

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning low light picture.

[Carolyn]

This is beautiful... And what a great accident to be lighted with the red tail lights!! fav

[Rosie Kerr]

Super cool! Total fav. Even better, viewed on black. What an amazing shot. Hoping to join the night photography challenge over the weekend, when I have some time to spare.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[gloria jones]

Absolutely stunning on black...fabulous night shot

[Call me Joe]

A winning image !!- love it!

[sally agnew]

Beautiful lighting from the tail lights, excellent on black :)

[Sally Ings]

Love the colour. You can see so many stars!

[Kane Arlow]

Accident or not, this looks fantastic.

[Anita Russell]

Amazing light

[Louise & Ken]

Wow, Taffy! That IS beautiful on black! I'm also in the thick of sorting through and color correcting my Hawaii photos for a book or two. I don't know what I'd do if I traveled as much as you have!!!

[April]

Me too ... this is fantastic on black!

[Pam Knowler]

Super stunning! Look at all those stars! Very lucky accident with the red tail light making the cactus glow! Fabulous image! Fav!

[Babs]

Fabulous shot, it has quite an alien look to it. It looks amazing on black.

[Rachel]

I love this shot, such a great night sky. Maybe I've been watching too many cartoons with my sick son, but those cactus look like they are going to start moving..

[Darlene]

Wow, this is so beautiful and so unusual. It looks amazing on black. FAV

[Leon Buijs]

Beautiful image, like the red glow, lucky accident

[Beryl Lloyd]

So surreal , but really beautiful -- fav

[Issi Bannerman]

You know what ... on the photo stream it's good, enlarged it's better, and on black it's absolutely magnificent! Big Fav for me!

[kali]

amazing photo Taffy

[Dione Giorgio]

Wow, very well spotted. It would have never crossed my mind to take a shot like this. Amazing capture.

[Danny G.]

Amazing on black - fav

[bkb in the city]

Neat shot

[Jo]

Love this, the red glow is wonderful, it makes for a great shot.

[Julia]

Looks very cool!

[Krista Marson]

yeesssss....this is so fantastic!

[Margaret Obey]

It's stunning on black Taffy, fav

[Cathy]

FAV!

[Frances Klein]

Great night shot! Fav

[Elizabeth]

It's a stunner on the black background!

[☠northy]

this is just so wonderfully other-worldly!

[Richard Hickey]

Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Andy Mcculloch]

Very cool

[Nicole]

this is just gorgeous Taffy! love the red glow, it is very creative!

[carol white]

Super capture, the red light really makes it. Fav!! 😃

[Tracie Broadhead]

fav!! very cool

[Barbara McCahill]

What a great accident, fav

[Maurisa]

What a brilliant capture! Fav.

[virtualbrownie]

Awesome shot

[Ann H. LeFevre]

What an unexpected but great effect!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

The accidental lighting of the cactus turned out to be perfect. Love that night sky above.

[Paula W]

I agree the accidental lighting has created a wonderful effect here Taffy.

[KWind]

This is excellent. I love the red!

[Kathie]

Awesome. Sometimes the accidents are the best. Fav

[Milanie]

This is gorgeous on black - that unplanned lighting really added so much - but love that sky - what a gorgeous location to make this shot.

[Maggiemae]

I can't work out if this is a red teddybear looking at the stars or an alien watching earth from afar! Great stars!

[Lois]

Fantastic shot!

[Taffy]

@kathiecb Thanks for the fav, Kathie!

[Donna]

Wow, this looks fantastic on black. Love the color and all those stars.

[Sue Wilde]

Amazing color

[Rosan]

Gorgeous night shot! How nice of someone to bathe that cactus in red light for you!

[Sheralee S]

What a lucky accident, it looks amazing.

[Irene]

Stunning on black. What a great accidental shot

[Tom]

A very cool accident indeed creating a very interesting long exposure

[Islandgirl]

Oh I love this Taffy!!
The red really pops against the night sky!
FAV

[Justin Phillips]

I love this shot this is a place I want to spend some time soon!

[Bill Fenske]

Really great on black, fabulous stroke of fate to have it lit by taillights.

[Osia Strasner]

Nothing like somebody doing the light painting for you!! This turned out great! Oh, yeah, and making photo books always trumps doing taxes...

[Gena Pegg]

THis is just AMAZing!! The color is incredible and those stars are awesome.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Gorgeous shot, love the red lighting against the sky :)

[Ann T.]

Very nice shot!

[Joce]

Awesomely sweet !! Great timing with the red tail lights. Fav !!

[Steve Angell]

Brilliant!!!