Milky Way over the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado

This is a panoramic image of the Milky Way composed of 18 separate images, taken in 20 sec intervals with a Canon 5DMkII, 24-70mm @ 24mm lens, f/2.8, ISO 3200. The meteor was in the last shot taken in the sequence.

From Colorado

Milky Way at Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

5 images stitched into a panorama of the Milky Way. The glacier at Fjallsárlón is being lit by car headlights. Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 @ 30 sec ISO 800.

Jökulsárlón Panorama

9 stitched images make up this panorama of the Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon.

Jökulsárlón Lights

6 sec image from the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon. Post processing in LR, PS, Nik Define, Topaz Clarity.

Milky Way over Boyle Murder Lake

I saw that we had clear skies and a new moon so I decided to get up early to get some spring Milky Way shots just outside of Atlanta. During the spring time, the MW pans the early morning sky unlike the fall when it pans the sky in the early evening.

Fjallsárlón Aurora

Traveling back from Hofn, we stopped 3 times on the 2 hour ride back. This image overlooks the other glacier lagoon (frozen) of Fjallsárlón. The entire scene is being lit by a 3/4 moon.

Skaftafell Aurora

Another stop along our return to the guesthouse from Hofn. Just outside of the Skaftafell Glacier.

Kirkjufell Trails

This is almost 30 minutes of stacked 30 second images that were used to create this startrail image of the famous Kirkjufell mountain in western Iceland.

Milky Way and Meteor

The only image I captured of the MW and a meteor. Perseids are coming.

MW over Rocky Mountain Recreation Area Summerville GA

Joint night event with the Booth Photography Guild and Rocky Mountain Recreation Area State Park. Canon 5DM3 with Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 25s ISO 1600. Post-processing with LR CC, PS CC, Nik Define, Topaz Clarity.

Sleeping Bear Lights

8 second image of the northern lights shot from Sleeping Bear Dunes Overlook.

Milky Way Roadway

Roadway to Okefenokee Swamp Park is the foreground of this MW image. 30s image on a Canon 5DM3 with a Rokinon 8mm 3.5 fisheye lens. Editing in LR CC.

Okefenokee Swamp Park Road Milky Way

24 image panorama taken at 3:30am using a Canon 5DM3 with Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 lens. Each image was shot for 20s at 1600 ISO. Editing in LR CC and PS CC.

Superstition Milky Way

10-30 sec images stitched together in a panorama of the Milky Way over the Superstition Mountains outside of Phoenix AZ, Lost Dutchman State Park. Pano editing in LR CC. Additional editing in PS CC with Nik Denoise, Topaz Clarity. Rokinon 14mm 2.8 ISO 800.

Fickle Aurora

My only less than decent aurora image for the week. We had a 10 minute window on this one night that we didn't have perpetual clouds.

Fickle Aurora

My only less than decent aurora image for the week. We had a 10 minute window on this one night that we didn't have perpetual clouds.

Milky Way over the Rockies

MW image shot from Mushroom Rocks stop on Rt 34 in the Rocky Mountains National Park. Nearly 13,000 feet. Processing in LR CC, PS CC, Topaz Clarity and Topaz Define. Canon 5DM3 with the new Sigma 14mm f/1.8, 30s @ f/1.8 ISO 1600.

Startrails over Mushroom Rocks

While waiting for clouds to clear around the milky way, I took 20 minutes worth of star trail images with Mushroom Rocks RMNP in the foreground. Editing tools Starstax and PS CC to blend. I needed to lower exposure level 4 stops in post since it was set for capturing Milky Way light.

Blairsville Zodiacal Light

A little more than an hour after sunset, the zodiacal light shines through the light pollution of Blairsville.

Brasstown Bald MW pano #1

This is a 3 image vertical panorama from the Brasstown Bald visitors center parking lot at 5am. Post-processing in LR CCC, PS CC, Topaz Clarity. Canon 5DMk3 with Sigma 14mm f/1.8 Art at f/2 30s ISO 800.

Early Morning MW at Brasstown Balk

Shot from the vistors center parking lot at Brasstown Bald Ga. 6 image panorama stitched together in LR CCC and only edited in LR. Approximately 5:20am. Canon 5DM3 with Sigma 14mm Art f/1.8 @ f/2 30s ISO 800.

Eastern View

7 image horizontal panorama of the Milky Way from atop the visitors center at Brasstown Bald Ga. at 6am. Canon 5DM3 and Sigma 14mm f/1.8 Art lens at f/2 30s ISO 800. Post- processing in LR CCC, PS CC, Topaz Clarity and Denoise 6.

Rocky Mountain Milky Way Pillar

We waited outside of Estes Park for nearly 1.5 hours before the clouds finally exited the Milky Way galactic core. Canon 5DM3 with Sigma Art f/1.8 @ 30s f/1.8 ISO 1600. Post processing in LR CCC, PS CC, Topaz Studio Clarity.

Brasstown Bald Startrails

Here's 44 images, each 30s long, blended together using the free program StarStax. I edited one image in LR CCC and then applied the settings, exported the images as jpegs. Setup: Canon 5DM3 with Canon 16-35mm @18mm 30s f/2.8 ISO 400.

New Smyrna Beach Zodiacal Light

-11 minutes until the 5:44AM EDT ULA Atlas 5 AEHF 5 launch and I could see the zodiacal light off to the east. I swung around to catch this shot before returning to my original composition for the rocket launch. Canon 5DM2 with Sigma ART 14mm f/1.8 lens 20s f/2 ISO 1600.

Three Hour Cruise

The shrimp trawler Donna Kay beached on the shore of Cape San Blas FL in late summer. At this time of year, the Milky Way is more vertical after sunset. Canon 5DM3 with Sigma Art 14mm @ f/2 20s ISO 1600. Post-processing in LR CCC, PS CC, Topaz Denoise AI and Topaz Sharpen AI.

Milky Way Over Superstition

This is a composite panorama of 12 different shots. Each shot was for 15 sec @ f/2.8 ISO1600. Images were merged together in PS4. The Superstition Mountains are being highlighted by the greater Phoenix city lights. The horizon light to the left is from the morning sunrise and the light to the right is from city sodium lights.

Twilight in Yosemite

Twilight image of Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from Olmstead Point on Tioga Pass Road. You can start to make out the Milky Way to the left.

Milky Way over Yosemite National Park.

15 image stitched panorama of the Yosemite National Park looking to the south from Olmstead Point Tioga Pass Road. The city of Fresno is in the background. A single light can be seen from climbers bedding down for night on Half Dome.

Kirkjufell Trails #2

MW panorama at Brasstown Bald

4 image panorama stiched together in LR CCC. Canon 5DM3 with Sigma 14mm f/1.8 ART lens 30s f/2.0 ISO 800. Editing only LR CCC.

St. Mark's Lighthouse Walkway

MW over the SMNWR lighthouse. Canon 5DM3 with Sigma Art 14mm f/2 20s ISO 1600. Editing in LR CCC.

Crabbing by the Milky Way

This is a composite of 2 images taken about 10 minutes a part. The milky way being one image and crabbers the other. Blended together in PS CC. Inlet Beach FL. Canon 5DM3 with Sigma ART f/1.8. Crabbers @ f/1.8 1/30s ISO 6400. MW @ f/2 30s ISO 800.

Early morning Milky Way panorama

Early morning MW panorama of the beached Donna Kay trawler at Cape San Blas FL. 9 vertical images stitched together using PS Panorama, Topaz Clarity, and Topaz Sharpen AI. Shot with Canon 5DM4 and Sigma 14mm ART f/1.8 @ f/2 30s ISO 1600. This was a challenging edit since PS wouldn't create the proper perspective. The wide angle filter would work only to a point. I relied on transform to pull the rest of image together. Lessons learned: don't shoot panoramas with an ultrawide lens and make sure to set your WB to something other than Auto for consistency between images.

Cape San Blas Milky Way

Milky Way rising over the coast of Cape San Blas south of 30E. Light pollution on the left side, thunderstorm in the gulf, planet Mars rising with it's reflection in th water, and shrimp trawlers on the horizon. Canon 5DM4 with Sigma ART 14mm f/1.8 @ f/2 25s ISO 1600. Post-processingin LRC, PS CC, Denoise AI, and Clartiy.

Donna Kay Milky Way Panorama

4 image panorama of the Donna Kay shipwreck at Cape San Blas FL. Canon 5DM4 with Sigma ART f/1.8 @ f/2 25s ISO 1600. Post-processing in LRC, PS CC, Denoise AI, and Clarity.

Lake Powell panorama with comet Neowise

Northeast view of Lake Powell, Wild Heron community and Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise. Shot at 4:34am CDT Lake Powell Panama City Beach FL 20200712. Canon 5DM4 with Sigma ART 14mm f/2 20s ISO 400. Post-processing with LRC, PS CC, Topaz Sharpen AI.

Lake Powell Neowise Viewing

Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise above the waters of Lake Powell. Shot at 4:46am CDT Lake Powell Panama City Beach FL 20200712. Canon 5DM4 with Canon 100-400mm @ 100mm with vertical crop from horizontal image f/4.5 10s ISO 1600. Post-processing with LRC, PS CC, Topaz Denoise AI.

Blue Hour Comet

Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise above the waters of Lake Powell. Shot at 8:55PM CDT, 70 minutes after sunset. It was first located at 8:30. Canon 5DM4 with Canon 24-70mm @ 70MM 10s f/2.8 ISO 1250. Post-processing in LRC, PS CC, and Topaz Denoise AI.

Feeding the MW

Instead of just having a plain MW image, I saw a distant beach bonfire where I could utilize it as my foreground, anchoring the entire image. Canon 5DM4 with Sigma ART 14mm f/2 25s ISO 800. Post-processing with LRC, PS CC, Topaz Clarity, and Topaz Denoise AI.