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Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

Limited Edition of 200 Museum Grade, Fine Art Prints.

I have always loved gazing at the stars. As a child growing up in Cache Valley, Utah we would spend summer nights sleeping in the yard and fall a sleep watching the glory overhead. My love of the night sky never changed and now when the conditions are right I love photographing the heavens. This night July 17,2020 even though there were clouds in the sky and a fire burning near Wendover, Nevada we decided to head out to the Salt Flats and try our luck. Clouds and smoke hung in the air, the sunset was spectacular but I didn't think we had any chance of photographing comet Neowise. We walked in the dark out into the desert of crusted salt looking for a patch that wasn't tracked from vehicles. It was so bright we didn't need flashlights. My plan was to shoot the Milky Way because the clouds were too thick to the northwest. I had only taken a few shots when my wife exclaimed "There's the comet!" I quickly turned around and sure enough the clouds had parted just enough to see it trailing through the sky. I composed the image and started shooting. What an amazing experience!

This photograph was taken at 11:20 p.m and is a single 15-second exposure shot at ISO 6400 and f/2.8 with my Nikkor 28-70 lens zoomed into 42mm. I love the clouds in this image, which help give it depth and character as well as the purple glow from the setting sun, the crusted salt flats extending into the distance, the shadowed mountains and comet glowing overhead. This is exactly what I was hoping to get and this night the photography gods smiled down on me.

Shown as a 30x45 inch print in Black Liner and Roma Dark Ash frame.
Photo © copyright by Tomas W. Mitchell.

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Limited Edition Lumachrome Acrylic Mounted Print - Ready to Hang or Frame

Limited Edition Lumachrome Acrylic Mounted Print - Ready to Hang or Frame The Diamond Standard of Fine Art Printing, with lifetime no-fade guarantee!

The Lumachrome print is amazing to see in person, nothing else compares. The phone or computer screen just doesn't do justice to actual prints and the Lumachrome print is in a league all its own. The Lumachrome print is a proprietary process developed by Nevada Art Printers in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Limited Edition Museum Acrylic Mounted Print - Ready to Hang or Frame

Limited Edition Museum Acrylic Mounted Print - Ready to Hang or Frame

The Platinum Standard of Fine Art Printing, with lifetime no-fade guarantee!

The Museum Acrylic Mount is an amazing print to see in person. Light enters the print from the polished sides of the acrylic giving a glow to the print that makes it look backlit under certain light.

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Limited Edition Museum Aluminum Mounted Print - Ready to Hang or Frame

Limited Edition Museum Aluminum Mounted Print - Ready to Hang or Frame

The Gold Standard of Fine Art Printing, with lifetime no-fade guarantee!

The Museum Aluminum Mount print is our 'flagship' print type and our most popular. An archival pigment paper print is laminated with a scratch resistant overlay and mounted to a sheet of aluminum.

This print also comes with your choice of two finish options, Glossy or Matte.

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Limited Edition Artist's Choice Framed Print- Ready to Hang

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The Gold Standard of Fine Art Printing in a frame, with lifetime no-fade guarantee!

The Artist's Choice Framed Print is a Museum Aluminum Mounted Print placed in the artist's favorite frame.

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Limited Edition Gallery-Wrapped Canvas Print - Ready to Hang

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The Silver Standard of Fine Art Printing, with lifetime no-fade guarantee!

The Gallery-Wrapped Canvas print is an artist-grade canvas with archival pigment ink and is spray coated with a UV inhibitor to stop fading.

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Open Edition Matted Prints

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Open edition printings of Tom's work on high quality photo paper and matted in Crescent Select matt board and archival backboard.

These pieces are a perfect option for beginning collectors who love Tom's work but are not ready to purchase Limited Edition prints.

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Vibrant Colors and Clarity!

The Finished print will look different than what you see on your phone or computer screen. Your phone or computer screen does not do justice to the amazing color and depth of these museum grade, fine art prints. When enlarged to sizes of 24x36 or larger these prints really explode in detail and vibrancy. Proper lighting on your prints can be key to how they will look in your home or office. Here is an article Tomas wrote about how to light your photographic art. If you have any question or want to talk to Tomas before placing your order you can use the Contact form or call our Studio at 801-680-2369.