Mesa Arch is photographed by more people at sunrise than at any other time — the underglow effect that makes it famous only lasts a few minutes after dawn, and a line of tripods typically forms in the dark well before the sky starts to lighten.
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Name:
"Neon Night"
Ref. Number:
0472 (Limited Edition - 55 copies)
Location:
Utah, USA
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Artist`s Tale:
Mesa Arch After The Sunrise Crowd Goes Home
Mesa Arch is photographed by more people at sunrise than at any other time — the underglow effect that makes it famous only lasts a few minutes after dawn, and a line of tripods typically forms in the dark well before the sky starts to lighten. Far fewer photographers ever see it the way "Neon Night" does: hours earlier, in the depth of night, when the Milky Way`s galactic core arcs directly over the arch. That alignment is seasonal — spring, roughly April through May, is when the core sits in the right position relative to the arch as seen from Canyonlands, and even then it only works on clear, moonless nights. The arch itself is difficult to see clearly under starlight alone, which is where the "neon" in the title comes from — a deliberate technique called light painting, where a handheld spotlight, colored gel, or even a car`s headlights positioned off to the side illuminates the sandstone during a long exposure, adding artificial color to a scene the stars alone can`t light. It`s a technique night photographers at Mesa Arch have used for over a decade now, letting the arch glow with a color the sun never actually produces. Standing there at that hour is also just genuinely different from the sunrise crowd: no tripods jostling for position, no line of tourists, just wind moving through the canyon below and, occasionally, a shooting star crossing the frame mid-exposure. It`s the same arch as "Babylon," "Flash And Light," "The Morning And The Frost," and "Skyfall," but caught at the one hour of the day none of those four pieces cover.Print Information:
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