Stars over Sharkfin

Stars over Sharkfin

Sand Dune Arch, Arches National Park

from $540

  • 16×24″ — $540
  • 24×36″ — $1,100
  • 30×45″ — $1,800
  • 40×60″ — $3,200
Stars over Sharkfin shown in a living room

Shown in a living room, black frame.

The Story Behind This Print

A star-filled sky over the Sharkfin, near Sand Dune Arch in Arches National Park — a companion frame to the Milky Way shot from the same night in May 2018.

Pointing a camera at the same subject twice in one night usually produces two versions of one photograph. It doesn’t here, because the sky is not a fixed backdrop — the Milky Way rotates through the frame over the course of a night, so a spire with the galactic core behind it at one hour has an ordinary field of stars behind it a few hours later. Both are true to what was actually overhead. This is the quieter of the two.

Each print begins as a Lumachrome exposure on metallic photographic paper, then is face-mounted beneath acrylic for extraordinary depth and color. Most images can also be custom-sized up to 120″ on the longest side — just ask.

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