Needles Eye Wood Print

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This spire of granite along Needles Highway in Custer State Park in South Dakota near Mt. Rushmore was a sight to behold on a sunny morning.
The road through Custer State Park is narrow and parking is almost non-existent where it goes through one of two tunnels along the fourteen mile stretch of road blasted through the rock and the spire reaches for the sky.
I focused my attention on the sunlight shinning on the side of the needle as tourists drove slowly past to avoid hitting me in the constricted corner.
A few minutes later I had the place to myself and watched the light change the rock to grey.
The line of cars re-appeared and people moved on not knowing what they had missed.

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...