Revisiting Rip Curl

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by Dan Thompson | Jul 28, 2024 | POTW, The Night

The remote reaches of Joshua Tree and it’s surrounding desert areas have so many cool features, its a little hard to imagine revisiting something you’ve already shot so soon.  Admittedly though, I was never...

Fortress Rock and Antares

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by Dan Thompson | Jul 21, 2024 | POTW, The Night

Adventures in light painting!   Over the years there have been a handful of these longer-range scenes where I’ve attempted to do light painting, and I have to admit, it’s a bit of an exercise patience, and...

The Famous Arch and the Milky Way

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by Dan Thompson | Jul 14, 2024 | POTW, The Night

If you’ve been around Picture of the Week for a bit, you’ve likely noticed that I love going out west, and particularly visiting Joshua Tree.  For the last several years, I’ve met my friend Mark...

Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church Under the Stars

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by Dan Thompson | Jul 7, 2024 | POTW, The Night

Welcome back everyone!  I hope you all have had a nice, long, 4th of July weekend, or at least got to spend some time with friends and family.  There have been multiple times where I couldn’t remember what day it...

Fireflies and Airglow in Cades Cove

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by Dan Thompson | Jun 30, 2024 | POTW, The Night

For the last several years, my buddy Ryan Yoder and I have gotten together to go photograph the fireflies in the park at least once in the season, and this year was no different.  A few weeks ago we rallied under clear...

Stars and Streams

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by Dan Thompson | Jun 23, 2024 | POTW, The Night

Happy summer everyone!  This week Picture of the Week is traveling back home to the Smokies and going back to night mode!  Earlier in the spring, when Orion was slowly disappearing from our night sky and the core of...