Mesa de Anguila After Dark Size:48x72 Using an ultra-wide 10mm lens

Using an ultra-wide 10mm lens

from the color in the sky to the subtle detail in the foreground

This is a landscape shaped slowly and revealed briefly

Multiple exposures were captured from a fixed tripod position and blended manually to preserve detail and depth without flattening the scene

and it doesn’t apologize for it

Mesa de Anguila After Dark Size:48x72 Using an ultra-wide 10mm lensMesa de Anguila, Big Bend National Park, Texas This photograph was made on the rim of Mesa de Anguila, one of the most remote and least visited areas of Big Bend National Park. Accessing this location requires approaching from far outside the parks primary roads, followed by a steep ascent with no shade, no water, and full exposure to the elements. The effort is substantial, but the view from the rim justifies it. Below, the Rio Grande curves tightly