Holding Due North Size:8x10 print only

Holding Due North Size:8x10 print onlyWinner of the People's Choice Award in Britain's 2018 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the year photo contest! This long dead juniper cradles the North Star during a clear, fall night in Montana. I set this star trails shoot up after dark, trying to center Polaris between the arms of this unique tree, and then, by remote, took several hundred 40 second exposures with just 1 10th of a second pause between each one. Stacking the individual images into

Mist from clearing

This photo is a panorama composed of nine individual images

the gassy core of our galaxy will become visible earlier and earlier at night until

I did so with the satisfied feeling of having captured a little of the world during a beautiful time

composed of 24 photos taken with Nikon's flagship D850 for unmatched clarity and detail

It's offered in two sizes

I was able to capture movement in clouds

This photo is what I would call photographic art

As the rain lifted

shown here during a 10-minute time-lapse of a spring sunset

It's a good thing

providing movement and a sense of foreboding