Recently, I was asked by a client if my collection of drilling rig photos from North Dakota and Montana could be put on my website so they could order prints...so I spent a good part of this past weekend going through my image files.
I enjoyed taking the photo below, which shows Nabors Drilling rig 152 drilling a well for Samson Resources in Divide County, ND. It was taken in April, and just enough of the ice had melted off the pothole near the rig to mirror the rays of the setting sun.
I thought the reflected sunset would be a great shot—but shortly after sunset, the western sky lit up in the bright colors of twilight. So I captured a twilight image, and that is the one that I ended up selling multiple prints from.
I should add that I was just getting my feet wet in digital photography at the time, and the camera I was using was an inexpensive Kodak EasyShare, vintage 2005. I make this point because most of what makes a great image is being in the right place at the right time. The Internet has proven this out by the thousands of amazingly beautiful shots one can see on photo sharing sites—many taken with low-end cameras.
You can view this image in a larger size on my website at: http://geraldblank.smugmug.com/Commercial/Oilfield/21042695_4DDJ4b#!i=1674525018&k=xspP3Dx
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