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Whatever Wednesday: Reach for the Stars

July 3, 2019July 2, 2019Posted in Astrophotography, Milky Way, Night Photography, Night Sky, Nikon, Photography, Planets, Starry Night, Whatever WednesdayTagged camping, Dead Trees, Eastern Sierras, Good times with good friends, High Desert, Jupiter, Milky Way, Night sky, Nikon, Photography, Whatever Wednesday63 Comments

I met some girl-friends in Lee Vining this past week-end for a long weekend of camping and photography.

One of the things we wanted to do was some night photography. With the Moon rising in the wee hours of the morning we had several hours of the dark sky to work with.

After sunset which wasn’t too colorful, we went searching for a neat foreground to accompany a Milky Way image. We found this wonderful dead tree on a country road. We had a lot of fun shooting it and admiring the stars is always so peaceful.

If you look closely you’ll see I managed to capture several shooting stars in this frame.

The bright object above the tree is Jupiter.

Reach for the Stars

I have quite a few images to share in future posts from this week-end that include Wild Mustangs, a Ghost town at night, and some landscapes.

I hope you’re all having a great week!

more to come…

Trailhead to the Stars

September 11, 2016September 11, 2016Posted in Astro Photography, Night Photography, Night Sky, Night Sky Imaging, Nikon, Photography, Star Trails, Starry NightTagged Astrophotography, Marin County, Mt Tamalpias, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco Bay Area, Star Gazing, Star Trails, Starry Sky38 Comments

Last night I met Gordon, and some other friends in a Meet-Up group we’re in up on Mt. Tamilpias in Marin County to photograph the sunset, and then image the night sky.

There was an Astrology lecture in the Amphitheater so the park was open much later than it normally is which allowed us to stay late. YEAH! Normally the park closes a bit after sunset.

This is 74 frames stacked in PS CC 2015.5.

4 planes, and one shooting star flew through the sky while I was imaging. I didn’t see the shooting star at the time as I was looking away helping a friend with her settings and intervalometer. I was thrilled to see I caught it on film though.

It was a lovely night, not windy, or cold, and the company was great!

Nikon Df| Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G| Delkin Digital Film

More to come…

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

August 15, 2016Posted in Astro Photography, Astro-Imaging, Night Photography, Night Sky, Nikon, Perseid Meteor Shower, Photography, Star Trails, Starry Night, Wide Field Astro-photographyTagged Astrophotography, Marcus Aurelius Quotes, Nikon, Perseid Meteor, Photography, Star Gazing, Star Trails, Starry Sky, Wide Field Astro-Photography19 Comments

While watching the night sky for Perseid Meteors Friday night I shot just under 300 frames. In all those frames I only managed to photograph 3 meteors! The rest that I saw were over my head or just out of the frame.

What to do with all those frames of stars? Stack them to make a Star Trail image is one thing.

Passing car headlights, other star gazers using their flashlights, and headlamps…maybe my own red headlamp too unintentionally light painted the trees, and foreground bushes for me.

If I get a chance to photograph the Perseids or any other meteor showers this year or next I’ll use my 16mm Fisheye lens to get more sky in my frame.

more to come…

A Window to the Stars

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015Posted in Milky Way, Night Sky, Northern Hemisphere, Windows, Yosemite National ParkTagged After Dark Photography, Astrophotography, Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Night Sky Photograhy, Stars, Yosemite National Park14 Comments

Last Saturday a friend and I went up to Yosemite to photograph the Night Sky because the Moon was rising in the wee hours of the night we’d have several hours of dark sky to photograph the Milky Way.
This is just one view of the sky that I made.

I love how many more stars one is able to see up here in comparison to the city I live in; where far fewer stars are seen due to light pollution.

I adore city life and all it’s conveniences, but I need the country and high mountains for the serenity, beauty, and dark skies. I hope we as a people in this country can appreciate the stars enough to save some land/parks for dark skies because seeing so many stars is amazing, wondrous, and so inspiring that a special kind of person has the drive and adventurous spirit to travel among them no matter what the risk! If I had the math skills required for space travel I’d be there in a nano second!

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