Astrophotography and the curse of clouds
A couple things going on here on the astrophotography front that I thought I would post about… Firstly, I bit the bullet and placed an order for some new gear. I got a Sky-Watcher EQ6 […]
NEOWISE – Chasing the Comet
Not unlike other amateur astronomers and photographers, I have been outside every night trying to capture images of Neowise (a.k.a. C/2020 F3). Unfortunately, like most I’ve chatted with, I’ve also been fighting and frustrated by […]
Online Photo Galleries
Setting up and maintaining online photo galleries, aka “Frustration, Annoyance and Chaos”. As this is predominately a blog for my photography (photoblog), you would think I have a clue on how to best do this. […]
Blowing Bubbles on the Thames
Don’t burst my bubble! Due to COVID-19 I’ve not been able to get out much to shoot new photos, but I have a hell of a backlog. This image was captured last year while in […]
Round Robin… Eggs?
Outside of my dining room window, a robin made her nest and laid four eggs. While doing some cleanup in the yard yesterday, we found that two had hatched. I ran to grab my camera […]
WordPress Updates and New Look!
I spent a few days of this COVID-19 crisis sitting in front of the computer and rebuilding a lot of this blog’s WordPress front end. The prior theme was nice looking but I was starting […]
Pixaloop – Animate Still Photos
I downloaded the free version of Pixaloop (Apple iOS | Android) to my phone a few weeks ago, but never got around to taking it for a test drive until this morning. I loaded a […]
Sunset over the Pocono Mountains
Driving home in the Pocono Mountains, out here in North East Pennsylvania, I had to pull over to grab some shots of this gorgeous sunset. The sky was on fire, lit up with amazing reds, […]
Astrophotography at Francis E. Walter Dam
Updated 24 April 2020: I added a third image from the night’s astrophotography shots with an amazing purple hue from the light pollution. Stacked from 16 lights and 5 darks in Starry Landscape Tracker, edited […]
Dealing with Isolation, Inertia and Creativity
I know things are challenging right now. I, and probably you as well, have been combating isolation and inertia. Trying to maintain levels of creativity while working my day job at home. Doing more with […]
