astrophotography

The Simple Math of Light Painting and Exposure

In March 2015 I bought a high end ProtoMachines LED2 light to use for light painting.  It has presets for tungsten…

11 years ago

Catch the Milky Way in the Early Morning Hours This Month

The Milky Way rises over the Badwater Salt Flats in the early morning hours in late March. I've added the…

11 years ago

Moon, Mars, Venus Setting Over Mount Whitney

Here's another photo of the Moon - Mars- Venus conjunction setting over Mt Whitney in "blue hour" twilight light a…

11 years ago

Yosemite Winter Photography Workshop with Horsetail Fall

Winter is a magical time in Yosemite National Park, with snow on Yosemite's iconic landmarks such as Half Dome and…

11 years ago

Earlier Image of the Moon, Mars, Venus Conjunction

I was researching places to catch this event, and +Lori Hibbett suggested "How about Mount Whitney?"I identified three roads where…

11 years ago

Massive Asteroid BL86 Approaches Earth

Here's a composite photo to go with the time-lapse video I posted this morning of mountain-sized Asteroid 2004 BL46 (357439)…

11 years ago

Massive Asteroid BL86 Approaches Earth

Mountain-sized asteroid BL86 (also known as 357439) came hurtling towards its near-miss with earth today, and I caught it on…

11 years ago

Comet Lovejoy: 2.5 Hours of Time-lapse Video, 640mm Focal Length

The video I threw together after shooting last night includes hours captured at 640 mm effective focal length. I can't…

11 years ago

Comet Lovejoy Last Night

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy has reached its maximum brightness. This is a photo of it last night, as seen under…

11 years ago

Comet Lovejoy, above and to the right of Orion

If you're familiar with the constellation Orion, shown in this picture, Comet Lovejoy (the blue-green fuzzy dot with faint white…

11 years ago

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