06.18.09
Mesa By Moonlight This
image is one of several that were taken in Chaco Canyon by only
the light of the moon after we finished eating our picnic dinner
in the cool night air of the desert. From a
photographic standpoint the moon is simply a reflector that
bounces sunlight back to earth. Leave the camera's shutter open
long enough for a moonlight scene and the result is in reality a sunlight
exposure. The added bonus is that the stars in
the sky are recorded at the same time and the end result is both striking and
surreal at the same time. This was a fifteen-second long exposure and
the movement of the clouds during that time enhanced the surreal
look of the image even more.
