Luxor Light, Las Vegas Big Bend Blending the two focal lengths

Blending the two focal lengths allowed the formation to retain its presence and scale as it appeared in the field

its petals catching the last warm light before the desert begins to cool

The landscape remains open

the landscape tends to quiet rather than intensify

for cactus silhouettes

Luxor Light, Las Vegas Big Bend Blending the two focal lengthsLas Vegas, Nevada Ive spent a lot of time in Las Vegas over the years, and this view from Skyfall is one I keep coming back to. Looking out over the Strip at night, everything feels compressed and intensified, the city glowing in layers beneath you while the desert disappears into the dark. The Luxor beam was already burning straight into the sky when I set up the shot. From this height, it stops feeling like a novelty and starts feeling like an