Comet NEOWISE Photos July 2020
Comet NEOWISE was discovered on March 27, 2020. By early July it was visible to the naked eye to the Northeast in the pre-dawn sky… Read More »Comet NEOWISE Photos July 2020
NightPhotography
Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator
For quite some time astrophotographers have used a program called Deep Sky Stacker to align and combine multiple starry images and create a better result.… Read More »Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator
Light Pollution By Mono Lake On Track To Increase
Light pollution is increasingly confirmed as negatively affecting human health, the health of various animal, insect and plant species, and the science of astronomy. It… Read More »Light Pollution By Mono Lake On Track To Increase
Will Low Earth Orbit Satellites Take Over the Night Sky?
In March 2020 I was out a couple of nights doing my normal thing shooting night photography and time-lapse sequences. On these two nights I… Read More »Will Low Earth Orbit Satellites Take Over the Night Sky?
Bodie 2021 Calendar Images Selected
The Bodie Foundation has announced the images for their 2021 calendar on their Facebook page. Selected for the September image is this night Milky Way… Read More »Bodie 2021 Calendar Images Selected
The Moon Occults Mars February 18 Before Dawn
I’ve been reading reports that the moon will approach and cover Mars for about an hour and a half early tomorrow morning. EarthSky quotes the… Read More »The Moon Occults Mars February 18 Before Dawn
Top 10 Travel Photos 2019
Some of my favorites on Flickr in 2019: 1. The Sunset That Wouldn’t End, 2. Oak and Granite, 3. Milky Way and Sunrise Light, 4.… Read More »Top 10 Travel Photos 2019
Dark Night Skies: Endangered Resource?
Many photographers are taking up night photography, but with increasing population and development comes more light pollution. Truly dark nights, and dark places, are becoming… Read More »Dark Night Skies: Endangered Resource?
Yosemite Fall Colors Photography Workshop 2018 Results
The image above was a perfect calm fall day in Yosemite Valley. The clouds were just right when I arrived, but much less photogenic moments… Read More »Yosemite Fall Colors Photography Workshop 2018 Results
Death Valley in September – October
I visited Death Valley in late September this year to see what it might be like to run a fall workshop in 2019. Guess what…… Read More »Death Valley in September – October