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Aligning weather, astronomy, humanity, and mother nature

23 photographs

01

Alignments

The right spot, the right night, the right minute. Shots like these start with a plan.

Full moon rising directly behind a brick lighthouse standing in the sea — 01Canon EOS 5DS R · EF 500mm f/4L IS USM

The Empire State Building’s lit spire in front of the full moon — 02Sony α1 · FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

The Statue of Liberty beneath a full moon — 03Sony α1 · FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

A United Airlines jet crossing in front of a huge full moon — 04Canon EOS R5 Mark II · RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM

The Statue of Liberty’s torch raised against a thin crescent moon — 05Canon EOS R5 Mark II · RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM + RF 1.4x

White barn beneath snowy mountains lit by sunset, the full moon above — 06Sony α7R IV · FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

Three smokestacks against a blue evening sky with the moon between them — 07Sony α7R IV · FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS + 1.4x

Total solar eclipse: the moon’s black disk ringed by the glowing corona — 08Sony α1 · FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

02

Light and weather

Mountains, coast and sky, and waiting for the moment the light arrives.

A natural rock arch framing jagged peaks lit pink at sunrise — 09Pentax K-1 · HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR

Green aurora over mountains and a rocky shoreline at night — 10Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C · XCD 25mm f/2.5 V

Small white house beneath dark, cloud-wrapped mountains — 11Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C · XCD 25mm f/2.5 V

Snowy peaks glowing pink at dawn above a still lake lined with tufa towers — 12Canon EOS 5DS R · EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

Sunbeams breaking over a Norwegian fjord, hikers on the cliff edge — 13Sony α7R III · FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

A silhouetted surfer on a wave beneath light breaking through clouds — 14Sony α7R III · FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

Aerial view of a lake shore beneath a circular rainbow — 15DJI Mavic 3

Aerial view of a wooded peninsula under pink and orange sunset clouds — 16DJI Mavic 3

03

Streets and structures

Color, geometry and the moment something moves through the frame.

The Manhattan Bridge framed by brick buildings on a Brooklyn street — 17Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C · XCD 90mm f/2.5 V

Overhead view of a blue sports car on an empty road — 18DJI Mavic 3

Two women in bright headscarves against a vivid blue wall — 19Nikon D850 · AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR

Man in a blue robe seated on white stairs beneath an iron railing — 20Nikon D850 · AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR

Silhouette of a stone sentry box against the sunset, a bird overhead and a person below — 21Fujifilm X-T3 · XF 35mm f/1.4 R

A single bird crossing a bridge lost in dense fog — 22Sigma BF · Sigma 50mm f/2 DG Contemporary

Three smokestacks silhouetted at sunset as a line of birds crosses the sky — 23Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II · Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art + Metabones 0.64x

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