Looking Up, Telluride Size:48x84 shaping limestone banks and nourishing

shaping limestone banks and nourishing some of the largest bald cypress trees in the state

Vegetation is sparse

Big Bend National Park is internationally recognized for its dark skies

and the same scene can feel entirely different from one hour to the next

Looking Up, Telluride Size:48x84 shaping limestone banks and nourishingTelluride, Colorado This photograph was made in Telluride during autumn, looking straight up into an aspen grove. The original plan for the trip was to photograph fall color paired with fresh mountain snow, the combination Telluride is known for. That snow never came. Rather than chase scenes that werent going to materialize, I shifted direction. I leaned into abstraction and proximity, letting the forest itself become the subject. Using an ultra wide