Looking Up, Telluride Size:48x84 the Milky Way becomes visible

the Milky Way becomes visible to the naked eye during the right season

The Milky Way was photographed later

Foreground vegetation anchors the frame while the basin below holds shadow

Sometimes it comes from being ready when a place decides to show you something briefly and without warning

Looking Up, Telluride Size:48x84 the Milky Way becomes visibleTelluride, Colorado This photograph was made in Telluride during autumn, looking straight up into an aspen grove. The original plan for the trip was to photograph fall color paired with fresh mountain snow, the combination Telluride is known for. That snow never came. Rather than chase scenes that werent going to materialize, I shifted direction. I leaned into abstraction and proximity, letting the forest itself become the subject. Using an ultra wide