Milky Way at Raven's Nest Acrylic Print

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Raven's Nest is a granite cliff that plunges 50 feet down into the Atlantic Ocean on Acadia National Park's Schoodic Point. We found our way around before sunset and picked our spots carefully before dark so we could be ready for the Milky Way which rose around midnight. This photo was shot with a 14mm lens, f/2.8, ISO 2000, for 58 seconds in July 2014.

I picked up my first camera and started taking photographs in 1978 on a family trip across country. Trying to capture something more than a simple scene quickly became the aim of every shot in every national park we visited. Though most shots never reached that lofty goal, it became the reason to take pictures. Over the years, with a variety of cameras, I have attempted to place my camera in the right spots at the right times to capture the moment at hand. It's not easy, but it's rewarding when you hit the mark. In the end, taking a photo that captures what you're after is the icing on a delicious cake. To me, the greatest value in this endeavor is the process of learning to see, learning to anticipate, and putting myself in the way of...