Hunter Thompson's Ashes

This shot was assembled much like the structure it self, gradually with lots of care. It is one take, no layers and a whole hell of a lot of production on site. Canon 20D, 45 seconds, ISO 800, Tungsten balanced, 85mm @ 1.8. Light is two assistants with 25lb spot lights on radios, one rotated to the front and gave it a wipe to fill. The glowing peyote button in the center was turned back on in the last 1/2 second of exposure for reasons of keeping it in a re-produceable range. RAW overexposed by one stop pulled 1.5 for unreal noise reduction. Oh yeah, the great access given to me by an enthusiastic Anita Thompson before they take it down today.