Speared Milk

After the beautifully cloudy skies disappeared right before sunset the Ancient Bristlecone tree that Willie and I had initially found wasn’t facing the right direction for the Milky Way and Willie went off to explore. That’s when he had the idea that the Milky Way might fit perfectly between its branches. I pulled up the “Sky Guide” app on my iPhone and sure enough, at 1am, the Milky Way lined up, almost as if the branches were spearing the Milky Way. I also loved how a little bit of clouds stuck around to catch the glow from the city of Bishop, hiding in the background. This photo is dedicated to Jeff Swanson, a fellow photographer and overall great guy, who sold me the lens I use for my milky way photos (including this one) but lost his battle with cancer. I'll always think of you when I'm out with my camera playing under the stars. Nikon D800 w/Bower 24mm f/1.4 ED UMC: 24mm f/2.2, 20 sec, ISO 1600 via AaronMPhoto http://500px.com/photo/86298625