Wheeler Orange

Dusk colors fall on clouds above the highest peak in New Mexico, Wheeler Peak. NOTE: I lightened the below the horizon portion of the photo via a one stop soft GND filter.

Shiprock Dawn

First light falls on Shiprock and the grasslands surrounding it. NOTE: A polarizing filter was used to deepen the colors of the sky.

Chimney Rock Rainbow

Evening light falls over Chimeny Rock at Ghost Ranch, Abiqui Lake, as a vertical rainbow formed just west of Black Mesa. NOTE: A minus one stop GND filter was applied to the sky above the horizon to achieve the observed light balance between the above and below the horizon light levels.

Vertical Rain Bow

Late evening light reveals a vertical rain bow over Abiqui Lake. This photo was taken from the Chimney Rock overlook at Ghost Ranch. NOTE: A 1 stop GND filter was applied to more acurately reflect the light balance as seen by the eye at the time the photo was taken.

Last Light (Ghost Ranch)

This photograph was taken just short of the Chimney Rock overlook at Ghost Ranch, NM as the shadow of the earth creeps up the eastern horizon. The last light of dusk created dramatic red and pink hues in the sky just before all light faded into the night. NOTE: A one stop GND filter was used to darken the sky and replicate the observed tones above and below the horizon.

Cholla Blume

The sun sets over a Cholla Blume at Ellena Gallegos Park in the Sandia foothills near Albuquerque. The Cholla like to blume in the late June / early July timeframe in pockets. NOTE: I utilized a 2 stop soft GND filter to darken the above the horizon portion of the photo and bring the dynamic range in line with how the scene looked that evening.

Blastoff at Shiprock

A long exposure, 5 minute, photograph of Shiprock taken at astronomical dawn as a set of whispy clouds flow over the formation. The light source for this photograph was the light of the full moon. Note: A one stop GND filter was applied to the below the horizon portion of this photograph to achieve the desired light balance above and below the horizon.

Shiprock Shield

A dawn photograph just after moonset. NOTE: A polarizing filter was used to deepen the colors of the horizon.;2014

Red Dawn - 2019

Above & Below