I shot for a composite because I was working along and I knew I'd need to stitch together multiple frames to get the image I was aiming for. This frame was the winner for the hands, specifically.

Then I proceeded to do this.

Trying to time these shots was hard - I was using a phone app as a remote trigger. Shooting tethered or using a radio trigger would have been better, but by the time that occurred to me I was already too covered in dirt to make a change!

Looks so peaceful, but what you can't see is the amazing amount of dirt that got into my ear. And my eyes.

I was all excited to create and started the whole thing fairly spontaneously, so I neglected to put down a tarp - rookie move, ugh. Also, a surprising amount of dirt got THROUGH my clothing, even though I was just sitting still.

It was so messy, but so worth it, I think! And thank goodness for the shopvac haha!