I captured this star trail from the AirBNB I was staying at in Sedona, AZ. The night skies over Sedona are particularly clear and lacking in light pollution with minimal city light on the horizon line.
Sedona Star Trail
The Sky Between the Shores
I captured this star trail from Indiana Dunes national park, which sits on the southern shores of Lake Michigan. Polaris is nicely framed above the waters of Lake Michigan. To the left or west is the city of Chicago and to the right or east are the vacation town shores of Michigan state. Chicago’s bright […]
Killer Cosplay
This composite shot is a Darth Revan cosplay image captured at Star Wars Celebration in April of 2019 in Chicago juxtaposed with a 2 hour star trail taken under the dark New Mexican skies at Chaco Conyon in May of 2019.
The Dance Above The Mississippi
This was taken in Hannibal, MO in a city park called “Lover’s Leap”. The park is a top a hill with a lovely view of the Mississippi River, the town of Hannibal, the I-70 bridge, and the distant lights of the more populated enclave of Quincy in Illinois. I took my foreground shot at dusk […]
The Land of Fireflies
My July Star Trail journey took me to Missouri. I had planned on shooting at Apple River in Illinois, but the weather worked out better for me to shoot a bit further south in order to get around some scattered thunderstorms in northwest Illinois. Unfortunately, the rain we’ve had washed out my camp site, so […]
Homeward Skies
Taken on a clear June night after I got kicked out of my primary shooting location by the police (apparently the harbor I was shooting at closes at 11pm – so early). I let my camera capture two hours of Chicago stars. As always, editing these is a challenge. I have to create a lot […]
A Far View
My last night at Mesa Verde culminated with this night time photo shoot at the Far View Observatory. After 3 days at altitude and long days of hiking, I was starting to get tired and was nervous that I wouldn’t have the energy to pull off one last star trail, but I was fortunately able […]
Shawnee National Forest
Photo blog from Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois
Blue at Altitude
Sometimes you don’t have to go far for beauty. I mounted my tripod right outside my door at the Far View Lodge and clicked away for 4 hours at 8200 feet. The 10.5mm lens captures the blue waves of long duration star trails – reminding me of a ripple of water across a still pond. […]
Cortez’s Gold
8500 feet – my highest altitude star trail to date! The road up to the mountain top was gated off, so I had to hike it to the top. It was only half-a-mile and 600 feet up from where I started walking. Let me tell you, first day at altitude, that was the toughest half […]
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