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Mobius Arch – Alabama Hills, California
Mobius Arch – Alabama Hills, California

Mobius Arch – Alabama Hills, California

I was fortunate during my visit to the Alabama Hills that the Milky Way lined up nicely inside Mobius Arch. As I was scouting it out during sunset I held my phone with the Photopills app up to the arch and was surprised that it would line up just after sunset that night. I ended up waiting there another two hours until it got dark just in case other photographers showed up. Unlike many of... Read More »
The Trona Pinnacles
The Trona Pinnacles

The Trona Pinnacles

While I’m not from California, the Trona Pinnacles seem like a very popular location for night sky photographers in the area. I was lucky to be able to visit them (and the Alabama hills) during my trip out to LA last fall and I’ve finally finished culling and processing my 1,500 photos from the trip. Here’s one of my favorite compositions from that outing. Location The Trona Pinnacles are located in the middle of nowhere... Read More »
Cana Island Lighthouse, Door County, WI – Star Trails
Cana Island Lighthouse, Door County, WI – Star Trails

Cana Island Lighthouse, Door County, WI – Star Trails

One of my favorite places to take pictures is at the Cana Island lighthouse in Door County, WI and my favorite time to shoot there is at night when the stars are out. Due to it’s low population, Door County offers a unique chance to clearly see the stars without so much of the light pollution that they rest of the state has is it is conveinently close to bigger cities such as Green Bay... Read More »
Lady’s Boot Arch – Alabama Hills, CA
Lady’s Boot Arch – Alabama Hills, CA

Lady’s Boot Arch – Alabama Hills, CA

Here’s what I consider to be one of my best processing jobs of the Milky Way so far after taking photos of it for the last year and a half. The arch in the photo is Lady’s Boot Arch located in the Alabama Hills area of California during a vacation out there this year. Two LED video lights were used to light up this scene. One was setback about 20 feet dimmed very low with... Read More »