The Joshua Tree and Milky Way at 50mm
POTW I mentioned a few weeks ago that when I go to Joshua Tree National Park, I rarely photograph the park’s namesake Yucca trees because they don’t exist in the area my friend Mark and I generally go to. As I...
Rock Houses and the Milky Way
POTW Every time I go exploring in the desert, I’m continually surprised at the shapes we find. Rocks seem to get carved out by the wind and sand in strange and unpredictable (at least to me anyway) ways. On our...
Cygnus, the Teeth, and a mountain lion
POTW I thoroughly enjoy my trips to the desert, but I’d be hard-pressed to call them action packed. In fact, there are times when it can be downright boring; astrophotography involves a lot of waiting around in the...
Zeta Rising in Joshua Tree
POTW In my explorations of the night sky last year, I was a bit obsessed with Zeta Ophiuchus, the prominent red “ball” that you see featured in many of my Milky Way images. My hope this year when I went to...