Chasing NEOWISE

In the predawn hours of July 12, 2020 I woke up at 14,000 feet in elevation where I backpacked in the night before to see the most magnificent comet I have ever seen, Comet NEOWISE. It was clearly visible with my unaided eyes, but night was fading to daylight so I had to get shooting. I tried two compositions, one more distant to the subject to include more landscape elements and one closer into view with less environmental elements. Unfortunately, my the time I completed the second capture series, it was getting quite bright on the horizon. Fortunately, I was happy with my first composition here to include the long trail I hiked up several hours before.