Star-trails over Horseshoe Bend. Its gratifying in some way for me as a photographer to come across symmetry in nature - and Horseshoe Bend is definitely one of those places. I've done a lot of shooting in the deserts of the southwest in the middle of the night but this has got to be one of the most dangerous. Thats because I have to hike around the edge of an 800 ft ledge, equipment in hand, setting up and moving the tripod around to find the right frame - all without stumbling over the edge and screaming all the way down. As a safety thing, I regularly try to visualize that happening in order to wrap my head around that very real potential. And it has worked ... so far.
It’s all about seeing the depths and colors of the Milky Way.
City lights illuminate the mountain with the amazing Milky Way band overhead
