My obsession (?) with taking pictures in moonlight is not so much due to a romantic trait of mine, but rather because of my more general fascination with alternate lighting.
The Blue Mesa of the Petrified Forest National Park is part of the Painted Desert. The eeriness of the landscape increases in the moonlight, which brings out more blue than is really there.
The pictures here were taken shortly after sunset with rapidly decreasing light and increasing exposure times.
These last two pictures were taken in almost complete darkness. They show the landscape as we would see them with more sensitive eyes.
My thanks go to the friendly park rangers who didn’t fine us despite staying after sunset.
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