NEOWISE – Chasing the Comet

Comet Neowise seen in the upper left of the photo. Taken at Flagstaff Overlook, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

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 clouds and weather interference. If I was the paranoid sort, I would start to think the clouds are purposefully blocking […]

Sunset over the Pocono Mountains

Pocono Mountain Sunset

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, purples and yellows. I had my Sony A7Riv and Tamron 28-75mm in the car with a tripod, so set up […]

Roxy Tests

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Roxy, Border Collie & Queen of the house Playing around with the dogs and a couple new lenses – One day my wife will love me as much as she loves her Border Collie, Roxy … er.. ok … maybe not … a man can dream I guess 🙂 Here are two images taken with […]

Star Squared

Trifecta’s Morning Star Squared Playing around a bit with some new lenses, and my dogs as my guinea pigs. This is a Tamron 28-300 f/3.5-6.3 on a Nikon D610 body… actually, this is a Golden Retriever who’s photo was taken with the equipment combination above 🙂 I cleaned up the photo a bit with Lightroom, […]