Milky Way Over Muleshoe Bend

Milky Way Over Muleshoe BendMuleshoe Bend Recreation Area, Texas Hill Country This photograph centers on a single bluebonnet growing at the crest of a hill above the water at Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area. I made the image during blue hour, as the last light settled into the landscape and the hill country shifted into quiet. The bluebonnet stands alone here, framed by stone, soil, and still water. In years when the rain is right, this entire region comes alive during wildflower

The location is one of my favorite places in the world

No artificial elements were added

Accessing this location requires approaching from far outside the park’s primary roads

The pandemic had erased my job and the structure I had built my life around

In the early morning light

slow and muted

weathered by sun and wind

This photograph was made at Monahans Sandhills State Park after wandering the dunes just before sunset

I was throwing myself into the deep end to see if instinct

The mountain is volcanic in origin

It was the start of a 6 month expedition

I stayed anyway