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Steampunk at Burning Man
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Everyone at Burning Man is in costume all the time. That’s about 50,000 people at a week-long costume party that becomes pretty intense. On the night of the actual burn of the tower (which you can see in the background), there was a little gathering of steampunk players toward the inner ring. One of the girls saw me taking photos, and came over to compare goggles for a bit. I grabbed this one of her just before it was time to return to her party.

I’ve processed many photos from Burning Man. It was an amazing time, and I took a differe

nt approach. I did the usual HDR style on a few, but I also experimented quite a bit. I’ll share some of this in an upcoming post — I’m aiming to get them up sometime this week if I can!

Read the rest here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

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75 Responses to " Steampunk at Burning Man "

  1. johnchamilton says:

    What a shot! Thanks for sharing this, Trey.

  2. Anonymous says:

    cool outfit.

  3. Jersey JJ says:

    Great look. Did you get all the dust out yet?

  4. Manas Dichow says:

    How excellent. I can only imagine with 10 trips to Sturgis in my brain,

    Manas

  5. Michael Connell says:

    Awesome shot!

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  7. StephenZacharias says:

    What a costume. Very cool capture Trey.

  8. _MrQ*s_ (Marcus) at school says:

    i really love her gaz mask ! would like to the same !

  9. zcherald says:

    wow! awesome!

  10. Project Dreamland says:

    Definitely like the shot though she looks something like out of a zombie apocalypse.

  11. the.human.factor says:

    Badass.

  12. ? M says:

    Excellent work

  13. Syl V. says:

    sweet!
    I always wanted to get one of those goggles!

  14. ~ Aaron Reed ~ says:

    This is bad ass. My favorite from you in some time. Nice one Trey!

  15. Moe W says:

    Very cool, I’ve never been but a bunch of us are talking about going for 2012.

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  16. Mustafa Almahmeed says:

    professional work
    amazing shot
    nice colors

  17. www.jzx100.com says:

    Fantastic costume and the mood of the photo is just amazing, well done!

  18. photograph painter says:

    great picture, nice model 😉

  19. shexbeer says:

    superb! 🙂

  20. Christophe_A says:

    Cool !

  21. Scott Smith (SRisonS) says:

    Sick capture!!!!

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  22. e0nn says:

    whiiiik’d =]

  23. StudioDee says:

    A little creepy, but I like the shot.

  24. www.sl-fotografie.de ? says:

    yeah great steampunk shot

  25. Electricity Mule says:

    Sweet.

  26. P1nc says:

    Nice, the Neon really makes this a fantastic shot !

    Great exposure.

  27. TT PHOTOGRAPHY says:

    excellent
    comment my recent photo
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/paristhiva/4988795531/]

  28. GP Images Photography says:

    Stunning and quite sureal shot !!

    The detail in most of the steampunk outfits is amazing.

  29. candy_2 says:

    so cool…. wish i was there

  30. Milutxo says:

    Buenisima, me encanta!!

  31. borzoibob says:

    Beautiful and i love the DOF and lighting !

  32. photon tamer says:

    This is totally cool. Her costume rocks! Burning man really must be a great experience.

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  33. syndr0m3 says:

    coooool !!!

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  34. Captainspears23 says:

    Freaking good. It is amazing

  35. christian.senger says:

    An amazing portrait shot, not an everyday motive!

  36. Jelle-S says:

    Interesting shot! would like to go to the Burning Man fest once, but its a little far for me so too expensive, do you recommend?!?

  37. Nancee_art says:

    I was wondering if you ever got tired of HDR and wanted to try something else…with all the new bells and whistles (and plug-ins) there certainly is a whole new ‘toybox’ to play with

  38. wottheduk says:

    This must be a cool event. I must get myself there one day.

  39. Simon Hua says:

    gorgeous lighting!
    amazing shot!

  40. FlyWithMeh says:

    Great photo: And god, how I love steampunk <3

  41. areyarey says:

    very cool

  42. stevej_1960 says:

    Wild, she’d have looked at home in a Mad Max flick(Pre-insanity Gibson).

  43. bevcraigwhite says:

    wow !! not sure why I have not seen a video of this event…likely it could be found on YouTube…but I never look there.
    Looks like a rich place for the camera ! "This photograph is a WINNER!"
    Best of Flickr
    the BEST of Flickr!!!

  44. readwrite says:

    Love a bit of steampunk! Great shot.

  45. siobhanm_baxter says:

    looks really cool. I would have enjoyed that. Love your shots ^_^.

  46. Raymond Larose says:

    That is one HOT outfit. Believe it or not, I am a huge steampunk fan!!

  47. Dave DiCello says:

    WHOA! Crazy shot!

  48. Ekko Berlin says:

    You gott be kidding me – instant fave!
    I LOOOOOVE everything steampunk, dieselpunk, all dystopic, punk-ending scenarios 😉

    And I’m pretty curious to see what &#

    8216;new style’ you’ve come up with.

  49. MrWubbs says:

    that is so cool

  50. dixieroadrash says:

    Such a cool shot!

  51. Jasper144 says:

    I love this pic

  52. deKerst says:

    Nicely done!
    Awesome steampunk outfit this gal has and nice touch having the man in the distant background.

  53. Chad McDonald says:

    Congrats on your "Explore" photo!!

  54. tobybear says:

    Great photo – really captures some of the many facets of that wonderful place!

  55. tom ) says:

    I was waiting this. Al fin!!!

    I hope there will be a lot more from BM!!

  56. Alan42 says:

    I’ve read articles about Burning Man so I am really looking forward to seeing more of your pictures and what you have done with them.

  57. Rut Kara says:

    ok Fine my daughters have been there done that..
    They keep saying .. Mom.. you would LOVE it for the photos
    you would have a blast…. next year….?.. ok perhaps

  58. igalsc says:

    cool shot, mate

  59. Makbet666 says:

    Great shot!

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  60. Cliff_Baise says:

    Any taint?

  61. G.Avalos says:

    should feature in a mag

  62. BurgTender says:

    Such an amazing shot! The Burning man looks one in a life experience. I read a lot about it and it looks very nice. A real playground for a photographer 😉

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  63. Sleepy~Steve says:

    Totally awesome!!!

  64. rabidash* says:

    ~cOngrats~Seen in XplOr..#..~

  65. ill-tempered [Jakov Cordina] says:

    love it

  66. GlixPix says:

    Great image! Really has a sense of mystery to it.

    As seen in your photostream!

  67. Dave Fields says:

    This is a really impressive shot Trey. Great depth.

  68. cosmosvortex_2006 says:

    Kind of creepy , kind of fun! Love It.

  69. I is says:

    you did a good job in smoothing out the noise

  70. williamcho says:

    Perfect moment! Congrats to a nice capture!

  71. Leenda K says:

    You have a great sense of drama in your work…

  72. hughcox7 says:

    Huhha ! You made it !

  73. johnlamb says:

    Thanks for publishing your photo with a Creative Commons license! I used it in the following story and gave you credit here:

    http://www.hispanicnashville.com/2011/01/steampunk-citizenship.html

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