Somewhere Out There

Lake Powell is from another planet. If you want to be transported to another place in the cosmos just visit Lake Powell in Utah and you'll never have to step foot in a shuttle. This Milkyway image was captured in 2 parts with two different lenses and combined in photoshop. The lake or foreground was captured with w Nikon 24-70. This part of the image was across the lake and the Milkyway was captured with a Nikon 70-200. This allowed me to get the proportions correct. Combined in Photoshop and edited in Lightroom. Milkyway: 16 images stacked with 2 Dark Frames / F 2.8 / ISO 4000 / 5 Sec Foreground: 1 Image / 2 minutes / F 8 / ISO 200 / Blue Hour

Night In the Dells

I quick overnight stop at Watson Lake and the awesome Milkyway above.

Desert Skies

I spent some time in the desert of Arizona in 2019 around Horseshoe Reservoir just outside of Phoenix. This is an 18 image Pano but I did it a bit backwards from a normal Pano. Here's how I did it; I set my camera up and captured the Pano of the foreground first during the Blue Hour and made notes of the movements on the number gauge on my tripod and then when the Milkyway came up I started at the same position and did the Pano of the Milkyway. Each image was nine images and then I merged them In Photoshop and edited the merge in Lightroom. Foreground: D850 / F6.3 / 2 minutes / ISO 200 Milkyway: D850 / F 2.8 / 5 sec / ISO 4000 Tripod: Really Right Stuff 34L Head: Really Right Stuff BH 55

Among The Giants

Captured in the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness in New Mexico - This is a 16 image stack

Delicate Arch

One of the most popular locations in Arches National Park. I captured this back in May 2019 and I was lucky there were only a few people there that night...of which I had to clone out. My goal here was not only to capture the Milkyway but to show this awesome location. Foreground: D850 / F8 / ISO 400 / 2 Minutes MW: D850 / F2.8 / ISO 4000 / 4 sec / 16 images stacked

Temple

A large spire rises from the desert to greet the Milkyway in The Valley of the Gods.

Night Spin

Nightscape photography is my new passion. I have spent many hours under the stars in total amazement. This image is a 200 image Star Trail capture. I photographed this with a Nikon D-850 / 14-24mm lens@ 30 sec exp / 3sec interval @ F2.8/ISO 400 / Edited in StarStax

Shelter Among The Stars

On this night the sky was super clear and it was a low humidity night. I scoped this location out earlier in the day, got permission to shoot there and went back @ 9 pm. It took me @ 30 minutes to set the lighting and get the correct exposure and then I began to capture this little barn. The moonrise was @ 10:53 so I had very little time to get this done before the moon cast its bright light on the sky. The Shooting info is as follows: Nikon D-850 Foreground: F-3.5@ISO 800@ 25 Sec x 3 Milkyway: F-2.8 @ ISO 6400@4 Sec x16 stacked I used 3-Z96 lights at the lowest setting and the one in the barn had a small cloth over the lens to knock down the light even lower.

Johns Canyon 1

I spent several days and nights in Johns Canyon just outside Mexican Hat Utah and this is one of the many locations I captured shooting the Milkyway. Sky: 16 Images stacked ISO 4000 / F 2.8 / 4Sec Foreground: Astronomical Twilight F8 / 2 minutes / ISO 64 Blended in PS

Johns Canyon 2

I spent several days and nights in Johns Canyon just outside Mexican Hat Utah and this is one of the many locations I captured shooting the Milkyway. Sky: 16 Images stacked ISO 4000 / F 2.8 / 4Sec Foreground: Astronomical Twilight F8 / 2 minutes / ISO 64 Blended in PS

Johns Canyon 3

I spent several days and nights in Johns Canyon just outside Mexican Hat Utah and this is one of the many locations I captured shooting the Milkyway. Sky: 16 Images stacked ISO 4000 / F 2.8 / 4Sec Foreground: Astronomical Twilight F8 / 2 minutes / ISO 64 Blended in PS

Johns Canyon 4

I spent several days and nights in Johns Canyon just outside Mexican Hat Utah and this is one of the many locations I captured shooting the Milkyway. Sky: 16 Images stacked ISO 4000 / F 2.8 / 4Sec Foreground: Astronomical Twilight F8 / 2 minutes / ISO 64 Blended in PS

In The Valley

The Valley Of The Gods in Southern Utah.

Lost In The Bisti

This image was captured in the Bisti Badlands in Northwestern New Mexico. This was captured using a DJI Mavic Pro for the lighting from above and then I captured the Milkyway image later that night and blended them in Post.

Goblin Valley

I love shooting the Milkyway. This image was captured in Goblin Valley Utah in the Spring of 2019. We are getting close to this year's season. Nikon D-850 16 Images stacked / ISO 6400 / 4 sec / F 2.8 2-Z-96 lights on a small stand were used 1 - The light used for the area in front of the camera was bounced off rocks behind me for a softer light 2- The 2nd light was direct light to the right of the scene to create shadows and highlights for contrast.

Goblins

Captured in Goblin Valley in Southern Utah

Canopy To The Sky

Captured at a small lake near Estes Park Colorado

Bisti Badlands

A wider version of an earlier image in the Bisti Badlands. In this image I captured the foreground during Blue Hour and then captured the Milkyway later that same night.

Family Of Three

Under the stars at the Ah Shi Sle Pah Wilderness area in Northern New Mexico

The Windows

Arches National Park Utah

The Bisti Flats

In the Bisti Badlands in Northwestern New Mexico. I captured the image of the foreground using a DJI Mavic Pro to Light Painted the landscape and then I captured the Milkyway later that same night.

The Night Awakens

I captured the Milkyway as the lighting illuminated the sky and storm . I captured 16 images of the Mikyway and stacked them but only used one foreground image and blended them in post.