On the ninth day of Christmas, the toolpush gave to me… Red Dog Drilling Rig 4.
This rig was shot on its first hole in July of 2013. It was nice and shiny. People often ask how I get pictures of rigs so shiny. Well, there’s the secret. I try to get them right out of the gate. I’ve been able to do that for Vortex 1, Panther 4 and Red Dog 4.
The day was, in a word, perfect. Remember those sunflowers along the north side of Highway 13 near Kisbey a few years ago? It was just north of there. The sky was blue, there were just a few clouds to give the sky some definition, and the sunset was awesome.
Getting shots of the sunset involved shooting from one angle, booting ‘er with the tripod to the other berm on the opposite side of the lease, then jumping in my wife’s truck and shooting several angles while using a tripod in the bed of the truck from the road just off the lease as the sky changed colour.
These pictures ended up getting noticed by the directional drillers, and led to a subsequent shoot for them in 2014.
The 360 panorama from the drill floor required about 130 pictures, of which about 36 were chosen and merged into one enormous image.
The Red Dog Rig 4 gallery can be found here.
If you’re looking for more rigs, check out the master drilling gallery here.
I’ve pretty running out of time to take additional canvas orders to have them ready for Christmas. However, I can still do paper prints up to 16×20 ($100+tax) easily enough.
With only three days left in my 12 days of Christmas, who should I do next? Put your requests in the comments below!
Brian Zinchuk Publishing 