A world-class headlamp—the Lupine Lighting Systems Wilma

A few of the ten thousand flowering Yuccas
Big Bend National park, April 2007

As of April 20, 2007, Dagger Flat in Big Bend National Park was showing a glorious display of thousands if not tens of thousands of giant Yucca faxoniana or Yucca treculeana (not sure), with their 3-4 foot long flower stalks, each with up to several hundred individual flowers. They were in their prime while I visited, with soft, fresh flowers and some not even open yet.

The image above was taken in near darkness using the Lupine Lighting Systems Wilma LED headlamp [image] to “paint” the scene during a 30-second exposure using the Canon EOS 5D. The three brightness levels of the Wilma offer excellent control over exposure for this type of “painting”. The RAW (CR2) file was processed using Canon’s Digital Photo Professional with Daylight color balance (and Landscape picture style), showing the pleasing color rendition of the Wilma.

The Wilma is without a doubt the best headlamp I’ve ever used. For more on the Lupine Lighting Systems Wilma, see Headlamps and Flashlights.