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So I want to get it out there RIGHT now that I am presenting an image here that has been AI enhanced. It is NOT something I would really ever do, except as a test. This originally came about because of an original non-AI-enhanced image I posted in the Salvage Week thread, where I commented that...

So just a quick image of the Sun, a single snap to show the framing in the RF100-500 at 500mm on the R5, and to check out my camera-safe AND eye-safe 77mm screw in solar film filter from Thousand Oaks Optical. Not as many sunspots on the old girl today as I expected, but a couple showing up. 2...

While I often aspire to getting that one image of an area that stands the test of time, it is certainly true that if one goes far enough back in the time in the hobby there are frequently images that were taken in the past that can be improved upon, and I think that is certainly the case with...

Obviously it is a good year when you have trouble picking only 10 images to post, but 2023 was a great year for me photographically, with a very productive year for astrophotography, combined with an epic once in a lifetime trip to Australia. So I have decided to take my 10 selections from 4 of...

So some of you are aware that I have been fighting some apparent hardware issue(s) with my remote setup, really ever since I went down to AZ last November to upgrade my setup. I have been dealing with lots of poor guiding, and almost consistently bad tracking, even when my guiding has been good...

A great year of astrophotography for me, with the culmination being enough high quality results to produce an astrophotography calendar with images not used in either of the previous astrophotography calendars I have done. Once again, a top notch printing result from Bay Photo really made the...

And now for something completely different (for me at least). An abstract composition. The speed of the train matched with a slower shutter speed simplifies the outside terrain into the basic colors of the Outback, heading into the Northern Territory of Australia on The Ghan train. It was just...

Our last destination on our Australia trip was the Whitsundays, specifically Hamilton Island. We had a spectacular view from the hotel, but they warned us to keep the screens closed (they were heavy duty screens) because the wild Cockatoos would fly into the room and make a real mess of things...

Standing at a straight-line distance of ~2.8 km (1.75 miles) away, Uluru is still a truly magnificent sight in the setting sun. It dominates the terrain for miles around, jutting up abruptly out of an otherwise completely flat looking landscape, with only the more distant Kata Tjuta rock...

So my whimsical title refers to the Wizard Nebula, shown in the upper left of this image, and a Sharpless Catalogue object, Sh2-139, in the lower right of the image, which for the purposes of the title of the post vaguely resembles a fireball :) The Wizard Nebula is an area of active gas and...

This could easily have been named the shot that almost didn't happen. I will try not to bore the audience with everything leading up to this, but suffice to say it was not only a long distance to this distance-wise but also difficulty-wise. The backstory is summarized as follows: Ever since...

Hi, So I do not often post here as I am not a particularly accomplished wildlife shooter, but a recent trip to Australia gave me a chance to capture some animals and birds not found in North America (or in some cases anywhere besides Australia) so since I had my 100-500 zoom along on the trip...

So I am back from an trip to Australia that included 4 of the 6 states, plus the Northwest territory, 13 hotel rooms, 10 plane flights, 4 ferry trips, 2 boats, a bus, a train and 3 rental cars, for a total of 24 days including getting there and getting back. Definitely pretty epic. We started in...

A short drive up to Vail for a 2 night stay produced this crop of a 2 frame stitch, actually shot on the side of Interstate 70, with the lens zoomed in to miss all the highway clutter. The side lighting really set off the mountain view, and the drama in the sky was also pretty special. Comments...

So I am still trying to get my technique and proficiency up on Nightscape images and Milky Way images in particular in preparation for my upcoming trip to Australia. I had an unfixable focusing issue with my previous lens designated for this type of shooting so I bought a different lens and this...

So a trip to Independence Pass to attend a Milky Way Photography Workshop unfortunately did not produce any nightscape images when the clouds rolled in on us right as darkness fell. But those same clouds REALLY made for some jaw dropping color during the Golden Hour while we were waiting for the...

So, inspired by Ed's (@Comet Hunter) wonderful work on reprocessing some of his data, I decided to go back to one of my older images from 2017, the Eastern Veil Nebula. Lots has changed since 2017, both in available post processing tools and techniques, and also in my proficiency level in...

So for those of you who are PixInsight users, you may already know of Bill Blanshan. he has been adding a number of new process icons to PixInsight lately that are quite effective and helpful for a number of varied tasks, such as star reduction, adding luminance to RGB, adding Hα to RGB...

The Sunflower Galaxy is the 63rd object in the Messier Catalog and is located in the Canes Venatici constellation, at an approximate distance of 29 Mly away from us. Is it is believed to be home to 400 billion stars (more than our Milky Way). With no easily identifiable spiral arms this galaxy...

I was very focused on the western view during my sunrise session at Flaming Gorge but at some point I realized I had to look the 'other way' from my previous compositions and so I scurried over to another viewpoint and got set up quick enough to capture this view. The sun was really just peeking...