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North America and Pelican Nebulas
North America and Pelican NebulasThis is a view of the North America (NGC 7000) and Pelican (IC 5070) Nebulas in the constellation Cygnus.The North America Nebula is approximately 2600 light years away, and approximately 50 to 100 light years across...
Milky Way
I went out to shoot the Milky Way a few weeks ago when we finally had clear skies. Not uncommon for me, but usually I shoot with a 15mm lens to get as much of not only the Milky Way in the shot, but also some foreground as well. While out there on ...
Earth Day : Share your most favorite photo of Mother Earth
In celebration of Earth Day, share your most favorite photo of Mother Earth. Trona Pinnacles, California EOS-1DX | EF 24 f/1.4 | 25 sec. | f/1.4 | 2500 ISO I set out on an offroad photo adventure deep into the California Desert Conservation Area, bo...
Orion Nebula - M42
Unfortunately, I have pretty terrible visibility to the east, so my window of observation is pretty narrow on targets like M42. I can get maybe 3 hours a night between the time a target clears a building and then disappears behind some trees on its w...
Lunar Eclipse
2025 Lunar Eclipse, cloudy conditions, so they're not the best, but it was a great experience. R5, RF100-500mm, F7.1-F9, SS varied
FL 1200mm Meets the Moon (with some assistance)
I picked up an FL 1200 f-11 lens on eBay during the pandemic, modified (shortened) the focus unit and added an EF mount for cine and stills shooting. The accompanying snap was with an EOS 5D MkII set to 1/90sec (slowest speed that surprisingly didn'...
