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Cotton Balls
The white areas in this photo are pools of salt over a layer of water. The pool are soft and I had to be careful not to sink in and destroy the view of this landscape.
I had visited the area late in the day and planned the shot for when the Milky Way would be at its brightest early the following morning.
The green glow is air glow caused by sunlight bouncing off the atmosphere. After I took the shot, I spent a few minutes lying on one of the larger salt formations and looking up at the sky. I didn’t lay their long.
The desert is cold at night!

My artwork is focused on bringing out the emotion of the location to you the viewer. If the photograph puts a smile on your face, then I have achieved my goal. You are invited to enjoy evocative scenes of the world as it is and on occasion as it could be. My career in photography began over forty years ago when I purchased a Polaroid camera that popped out small prints on hard paper after having been waved in the breeze. A series of simple cameras followed until I realized that photography was more than a hobby, and it became a passion, one that I still enjoy today. I challenge myself to find new and interesting locations and use the wonder of changing light and weather to present to you, the viewer what it feels like to be there, and to...