Here is my favorite night-sky image of 2017. This image was taken at Little Molas Lake, CO during our honeymoon return from Ketchum, ID where Doug and I experienced the total solar eclipse and got married on Aug 21, 2017. What a day!

This is my favorite for 2017 because it was my very first Milky Way Pano. It was taken on night 1 of the Bisti Wilderness Alumni Workshop. Brad helped me set up for the pano and then I proceeded to take probably twice as many shots as needed. I mean, I didn't want the too far apart - right??? This night was when I learned that Milky Way arch shots are best taken in spring and early summer. A new tidbit of information stored away for future compositions! What I really enjoyed about this shot was getting to know two of my classmates better while we each worked through the pano shots.

I continue to be drawn to this image of moon rise over a high alpine lake in Northern California because of its sublime feeling. The scene required focus stacking and an earlier capture of the Milky Way to have it positioned properly for the final composition, so I think the work involved helped make this a special image for me.

This is my favorite image of 2017 due to the serendipitous nature of the shot. I was at the Painted Hills to shoot the Milky Way over Red Scar but while I was there I looked North and was able to visually see the aurora dancing. I then proceeded to stand in amazement for at least 30 minutes watching the beams of the aurora dance back and forth while I continued to shoot including this 6 shot panorama.

Aurora dancing over downtown Seattle. Kp 6 was expected until 8pm, and air clarity was super clear in Northwest on the 27th of September. I knew we might be able to capture northern light by going north such as Mt. Baker, but based on the air clarity, I decided to challenge capturing the northern lights with Seattle downtown. The northern lights exploded while I was capturing a time-lapse around 11pm. Thanks to my photo god.

Wonderful camp on the Alvord. This is one of my favorites from 2017 because of the comradery of like minded photographers gathering under very dark skies. Continue to learn more about shooting the fisheyes at night.

I was mesmerized by the flow and movement from this November evening in Lhonak, Nepal. Beneath me I could see the dirt- and rock-covered glacier, slowly retreating down the mountainside. Sleeping at 15,600 ft, the evening clouds greeted us at eye level and eventually dissipated to reveal the Milky Way.

Taken May 2017 during Brad Moab workshop. This was at Dead Horse Point State Park and as Brad knows, I have a passion for timelapse. So a star trail as a composition was right up my alley because it involved taking a timelapse to capture the moment. 251 shots for this one image using a 5DM3. Lots of clean up to remove clouds and planes. Very happy with the result and I consider this one of my fav for 2017.

This is a composite pano from our New Mexico Badlands workshop. I am still in total awe at the beauty of nature in this other worldly wilderness. The light pollution reflecting off the clouds add to the unearthly affect. I am grateful to have been able to see this unusual landscape as well as to share it.

Taken on the east coast of Key Largo, FL in February 2017. Unfortunately, this property has since been destroyed by Hurricane Irma.