The Chisos on Fire Size:48x72 Unlike deserts where dunes stretch

Unlike deserts where dunes stretch to the horizon

This approach was used to work within the physical limitations of night photography

More restrained

then Milky Way was captured later the same night using a longer focal length

no recovery gear

The Chisos on Fire Size:48x72 Unlike deserts where dunes stretchBig Bend Region, Texas We had been teaching astrophotography late into the night, walking through exposures and tracking techniques under a sky that felt endless. I drove out before sunrise to scout for the next evenings session. I planned on sleeping afterward but the clouds were starting to give promise of an amazing sunrise. High altitude texture started forming before dawn. Thin at first, then layered. By the time the eastern horizon began to