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CRAIG BILL
Magic Mountain
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Even though I arrived at the Shiprock formation right outside Shiprock, New Mexico early in the day, my photographic intentions were for the coming night. There at the base of this extinct volcano that the Navajos regard as an ancient spiritual monument, I scouted and planned for the Earth’s turn away from the Sun. And this area is in a good dark spot for nighttime star gazing - In fact I came here to execute a lengthy photo project starring, well... the stars. “Magic Mountain” and the other images captured that night featured enhanced star trail captures. I had been exploring and developing complex processing methods to bring star trail images to a new visual and artistic level, if successful.
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Cover of Digital Photographer Magazine Nov 2019
GOLD World's Top 10 Landscape Photographers 2019
ViewBug Covers Contest Nov 2019 Finalist
Dark Sky Travels Magazine Featured Photograph Nov 2019
I-SHOT-IT Mark Of Excellence 2019
One Eyeland Submissions 2019 Photo of the Week
YouPic Photography Submissions 2019 Inspirational Star & Cover
ePHOTOzine POTW Award, Top Editor's, Guest Editior's & Reader's
Award, Best of 2019 Award
13th Annual International Color Awards 2020 Nominee in Nature
Limited Editions 25
Artist Proofs 2
Master Edition 1/1 available
Shiprock, New Mexico USA
Still time-lapse of 700 captures over 6 hours
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