Night Sky

Milky way at Campsite

Silo Milkyway

Milky way image early in the summer during the new moon phase of the moon calendar.

Fiery farm field

This image was made while a lighting and rain storm was quickly approaching. The winds were building creating a swirling of the clouds and the wild flower & natural grasses at the end of the corn field were swaying.

Camping under the stars

A milky way ascends over a campsite in southern MO.

Barn at night

There were very few stars out due to a subtle haze across most of the night sky. However the light from the country roads created a note worthy effect on this barn creating the image you see here.

Redbirds

The light trails are created by using slow shutter speeds that allow lights from the brake lights for the cars going towards the right of the image and the white headlights from the lights approaching the camera. Red and White are also the colors of the ISU Redbirds! Go Redbirds!

Desert Stars

The path begins ahead

The path to the stars begins at the end of this country road.

Barn Star Trails

the star trail effect is created by overlaying images of the same scene of each other as the earth rotates on axis. The north star is in the upper righthand portion of the image. The placement of the north star in this portion of the frame creates the effect of the trailing following along the roof line of the barn leading the eye from the barn up to the stars in the sky.

Cactus Night

These Sonoran cactus were roped off but seemed to converge from this low vantage point.

Lake composite

With no moon out at night on this remote county lake the stars were bright and created a beautiful night sky. The moon was added in to the image to fill in the right side of the frame.

Milky way panoramic

This image is actually a series of vertical images stitched together to create the panoramic. The lens distortion creates the rainbow effect for the milky way when it is stitched together.

Midwest Milkyway

Milky way image made over a soy bean field in the midwest with the light pollution from the nearby city glowing yellow in the distance. The poles with the red lights are actually huge wind turbines off in the distance

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Barn at night

This image was made the day before the new moon