Subtle Shroud

It's no secret that my favorite moments as a photographer are the ones I spend under a canopy of stars... Recently, I was able to get out for an evening of shooting at Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon coast. It was a new moon and the skies were dark, so I hiked up the sand dunes to photograph Haystack Rock under the soon-to-be dazzling Milky Way. I was exhausted by the time I got up there, but I was eager to finally see the galactic core in all its glory above the iconic rock! ...But the moment never came. I arrived, out of breath, about an hour before the planned alignment; I scurried around the viewing area taking photos of the ocean during twilight, when a sudden fog bank rolled i...View all