Afterglow transitions

Afterglow transitionsThe sun sets in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah while the sky tries to muster a few drops of rain. Smoke from wildfires in Arizona contributed to this colorful day's end, drifting along the horizon in veils of grey. I love the Southwest desert and its unforgiving nature. It's a land of dust and rock with a surprising amount of life, all adapted to live where rain is a rarity. While setting up for this shoot, I listened to a coyote barking hello

calculated depending upon destination

saguaro cactus stand among the yellow blossoms as an April storm gathers in the sky

and orange

I waded chest-deep into the lake

ranching enclave of Molt

Northern Vermont stream in this wide-angle panorama composed of seven individual photos

often audible even over the persistent wind that blows at high elevation

long after I finished shooting

as as stitched panorama composed of multiple images

setting the sky on fire with shades of purple

a beautiful rainbow formed and I spent more time admiring the scene than I did photographing it

the moon rises beyond eastern color during a December evening