Airglow Over Ancient Stone Size:24x36 I shifted direction

I shifted direction

The land presents itself plainly

This process reduces noise and enhances depth and color while remaining faithful to the actual structure of the sky at that moment

just a quiet alignment of light

Airglow Over Ancient Stone Size:24x36 I shifted directionBistiDe Na Zin Badlands, New Mexico This photograph was made after the sun sat in the BistiDe Na Zin Badlands, after the last color had faded from the horizon. I stayed in this spot intentionally, wanting to see how the same forms would feel once daylight fully released its grip on the landscape. What unfolded overhead was unlike anything I had personally witnessed before. The sky filled with intense airglow, rippling and luminous, almost aurora like