Winter's Moonset on the Hornbeck Homestead (Cropped) Media:Canvas Wrap ÿ I love the dramatic

ÿ I love the dramatic granite outcrops

A golden meadow

interspersed amid the conifers

outside Colorado Springs

ÿmoonlight to light the amazing cliffs and foreground without not washing out the Milky Way

Winter's Moonset on the Hornbeck Homestead (Cropped) Media:Canvas Wrap ÿ I love the dramaticAfter months of waiting, the weather, snow, moon, and the Milky Way all aligned for an image I'd been planning for quite some time: the full arc of the Milky Way over a snow bejeweled Hornbeck Homestead lit by the setting moon. I can't say it was an easy shot: getting up before 2 AM for an hour drive, then several hours shooting at 4 degrees F; But at least there wasn't a wind! The final result makes the icy fingers and toes well worth it. This fine