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Night Photography At The Living Memorial Sculpture Garden




Last year my grandson, Levi Davis-Lundblad, and I went to Mt. Shasta to see if we could get some images of the Milky Way over the mountain. We stayed just north of Weed and went exploring. We were looking for good views of the mountain and instead found a wonderful sculpture garden dedicated to veterans of war. It is located about 11 miles north of Weed on highway 97. We switched gears and dedicated our limited time to shooting the sculptures at night with the stars as our backdrop. The sculpture above is titled "Why?" and represents the upper portion of the work.


"Nurses Never Sleep" is dedicated to all of the nurses who have served during wartime.



"The Flute Player"During times of war a flutist were used to communicate with the troops as the sound would carry much better than the human voice.


To all veterans Photo by Levi Davis-Lundblad. I am planning to return to this area during the dark skies in June to see if I can capture that image of the Milky Way over Mount Shasta. There should be a lot of snow on the mountain this year so it could make for a very nice image.

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