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what's so special about it? it's an extraordinarily beautiful shot, to be sure.... but what makes it particularly interesting is its orientation.
while most shots of the night sky have the ground below and the sky above, neeley rotated the image so that the plane of the milky way is horizontal. suddenly, this shot achieves another meaning, making our home an integral part of the cosmos, and not the central basis of it.
a simple, easy twist can change your entire point of view.
image © james neeley, used with permission.
another reason i liked it is that i've been thinking that i should orient a future shot in this way -- and i'm so glad to see i'm not alone in these ideas.
image © james neeley, used with permission.
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