Jamey Pyles Photography

-Star Sisters-

A soft, starry moonrise witnessed in the Sisters wilderness

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- Moonlit Dawn -

Quietly the sky began to illuminate with dawn while the land glowed from the moon, low in the opposite horizon. As the dawn light grew, it overpowered the lunar light. In the minutes where the two sources evenly acted on the landscape, the desert floor and the sky above seemed to sing together a perfect low harmony, one not overpowering the other but contributing to the rosy blue glow. Gradually the sun overcame, moon set further as the sky blazed red in the clouds. I watched the light show from my sleeping bag on the desert tiles, tripping the shutter and pointing the camera as needed. Breathing with the landscape and the light -

I hope you will enjoy and please share as you wish! This image is "October" in my desert wilderness calendar.

-Mountaintop Experience-

A stunning moment within a slow burning sunset on Steens Mountain, which dissolved into rainbows, lightning, golds to crimson as a storm passed over the peak.

This was definitely one of those meaningful, will not forget, experiences for me - having submerged myself fully into this desert and its crooked and desolate, undiscovered backcountry - here was a moment of breakthrough. When the Steens loop road opened, I headed up to see the second spring season (summer, truly) as the snow melted away. I found myself looking for flowers on this ridge off the beaten path, and fell in love with the view - I left my gear and hiked those miles back to the truck again to get my sleeping bag and stove, and returned to the ridge. As the evening unfolded, the light began to glow and sing, slowly the atmosphere changed, and Violet Green swallows darted around me and my camera. That camera was clicking away every 5 seconds or so in time-lapse, which left me free from the gear to experience this awesome moment, alone and fully present. That music which plays on high mountains in the storm was loud, glorious.. the climax of this desert symphony. As I was enjoying this rainbow, a flash of lightning appeared within it - I didn't catch that moment on camera, but more important that I was fully invested in the scene. I was swallowed in a red fog as the dusk finally enveloped the landscape. The lightning picked up again after dark, though now it was in the next range and I was viewing from afar. My sleeping bag perched a few feet from this view was the only separation between me and the great celestial blanket above, as I prefer to sleep when in nature. Great winds and even greater silence lulled me to sleep for many hours - it seemed as though I could have dreamed the whole thing, but the resulting timelapse capture proves the witness. I'm thankful for these mysterious, awe striking, bewildering moments in the depths of my mind, which make up my experience of the wilderness.

Shut off and tune in... discover that music.

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This photo is August in the 2018 Desert Wilderness calendar that I compiled this year. If you'd like a copy or a few to give as gifts, make sure to order soon for the calendar to arrive by Christmas. I'll sell them until January. If you are interested in purchasing a print this season, I will gift calendars for free.

www.jameypyles.com/2018-calendar

The Great Mountain

Steens Mountain bathing in the first, purest light.