Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:30x45 This image was created using

This image was created using a simple focus stack to maintain clarity across the foreground stone and the spire

and that collective feeling becomes part of the landscape

bentonite hills streaked with color

drawn toward the sound of moving water

and dense spines

Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:30x45 This image was created usingValley of the Gods, Utah This photograph was made near the Castle Butte in the Valley of the Gods, and it came from a single frame pulled from a time lapse sequence. It was never intended to be a complex composite or a heavily engineered night image. The moment simply worked on its own. The bright glow on the left horizon and the soft illumination across the desert floor come from a moonrise, captured just as the moon crested the horizon. That natural