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My NightScapes are exposures of the night sky with a landscape feature. All are evening time exposures. The starry night sky with Milky Way are a favorite subject. Special techniques are used with off-the-shelf digital cameras and lenses in order expose the night stars without blurring (trails) them. Some land features are enhanced with light painting. Please note that many images will have considerable "graininess" or digital noise due to the high ISO speeds required to do this type of night photography (capturing the stars and the land features in one unique exposure). DOWNLOADS: Many of my NightScapes are available as HD personal use downloads (about 1920 x 1080 pixels) for $2.99 at my 500px store. To license these photos for any publication use, email me: royce.bair AT gmail DOT com
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Starry Night sky over Balance Rock in Arches National Park. As tall as 23 men, or a 13-story building --the total height of Balanced Rock is about 128 feet (39 m), with the balancing rock rising 55 feet (16.75 m) above the base. The big rock on top is the size of three school buses. This sandstone formation has been light painted from a distance of about 450 feet by a moving, diffused, quartz halogen light (from camera left). Camera direction is northeast. Photographed about three hours after sunset.
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Starry Night sky over Balance Rock in Arches National Park. As tall as 23 men, or a 13-story building --the total height of Balanced Rock is about 128 feet (39 m), with the balancing rock rising 55 feet (16.75 m) above the base. The big rock on top is the size of three school buses. This sandstone formation has been light painted from a distance of about 450 feet by a moving, diffused, quartz halogen light (from camera left). Camera direction is northeast. Photographed about three hours after sunset.

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  • Morning twilight: showing Venus and Jupiter within the constellation Taurus -- almost due East from the Elk Ranch Flats Turnout in Grand Teton National Park (on July 18, 2012 - 4:19 AM - about two hours before sunrise).
  • Stars over Tetons at Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park
  • Milky Way stars over an unnamed lake near Hayden Pass (10,375 ft. / 3,162 m.), on the edge of the High Unitas Wilderness, Utah, USA. Red glow from Salt Lake City metro area, 55 miles (89 km) away.
  • Delicate Arch, and Milky Way stars - Arches National Park
  • Double Arch, and Milky Way stars - Arches National Park
  • Double Arch - lighted night exposure - Arches National Park
  • The Eyes of Turret Arch
  • Balanced Rock - lighted night exposure - Arches National Park
  • Milky Way stars over a light-painted Landscape Arch, in Arches National Park.
  • Milky Way stars over Landscape Arch, in Arches National Park. The arch was illuminated by a 2-million candle power, stationary, reflected light (not light painting) about 700 feet to the left of the camera. Longest and thinnest natural arch in the world: Landscape has the widest span of any natural arch in the park: 290 feet (88 m.).
  • Milky Way stars over Hole in the Wall arch, Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
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  • Starry Night sky over Balance Rock in Arches National Park. As tall as 23 men, or a 13-story building --the total height of Balanced Rock is about 128 feet (39 m), with the balancing rock rising 55 feet (16.75 m) above the base. The big rock on top is the size of three school buses. This sandstone formation has been light painted from a distance of about 450 feet by a moving, diffused, quartz halogen light (from camera left). Camera direction is northeast. Photographed about three hours after sunset.
  • Moon glow from the rising quarter moon, directly behind Balanced Rock, Arches National Park. The midnight moonlight from the rising moon is overpowering all but the brighter stars. However, you can clearly see Pleiades, the Seven Sisters constellation (Messier object 45 or M45) to the right. Light painting for Balanced Rock is coming from a stationary, reflected quartz halogen spotlight (2-million candlepower) about 300 feet away.
  • Milky Way stars over 'The Organ' in Arches National Park. The Organ has been light painted from a distance of about 700 feet by a single, stationary quartz halogen light (from camera right). The glow on the right horizon is from the moon, which will rise in another 30 minutes. Camera direction is northeast.
  • Starry night sky and the northern tail of the Milky Way over the light-painted Castle Rock, a sandstone monument in Castle Valley, Utah. The top portion is called Castleton Tower.
  • Milky Way over The Watchman, Zion National Park. This starry night sky was taken from the South Campground of Zion NP. The right side of the mountain is illuminated by the reflected lights coming from the town of Springdale, a few miles away.
  • Milky Way stars over Zion National Park. Springdale, Utah is the entrance to Zion National Park, and is surrounded on both sides by the the park. The mountains are illuminated by the reflected lights from this small town. The mountain in the center is called "The Watchman".
  • Milky Way stars over The Great White Throne, The Organ, and Angels Landing -- all from the bottom Zion Canyon, at the Big Bend turn in Zion National Park.
  • Stars over The Organ, Zion NP
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