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So starting to get out more with my R5 and 100-500 and really liking it. Here is an Eastern Kingbird, taken handheld at 500mm, at Barr Lake State park a few days ago, out shooting with friends. This little guy was my best capture of the day. I still have lots to learn on wildlife shooting...

So this is really one photographic idea, but I have 2 slightly different versions of it. I'd like to get folks take on which they like. I have things I like about both of them, and so am not clear on which one to feature on my website. These are both from our week long Maui trip, which was very...

I already posted the Hα data of this region previously: https://www.focalworld.com/threads/maybe-the-start-of-something-good.16843/ Here is the final version of that image. More data in the pipeline for a couple of other targets but processing of those will have to wait until back from an...

Took a quick trip up to the park with photographer friends before the reservation system kicks in for the year. We were able to drive a fair way up Trail Ridge Road before it was closed off, and then walk up a bit farther. The weather was typical CO high country spring weather, which is to say...

So my remote astro session 4 is now in the books, with gear packed away safely and my friend in AZ getting set to travel back here to CO for the summer. It was an interesting session, with a one image already posted here (Rosette Nebula, probably my favorite I have done to date) and a few more...

Here are 2 of my favorite friends, one sadly passed due to a tragic accident (Jenny) and one who si still very much with us (and busting my chops right now to go on a walk instead of whatever silly activity I am engaged in on the computer :) ). Jenny was a once in a lifetime soulmate, saved as...

Here is a quick grab shot, handheld 1/1250 sec, 500mm, wide open on the RF 100-500, @ ISO 8000. Taken as the light was fading, and a heavy crop due to only having 500mm for these little subjects. Not the best location on the feeder, but wanted to get one before they travel on past for the...

This is a target that I had only imaged for a short time in just Hα. I have wanted to get back to it and create something with a full set of NB filtered data and finally had the chance. Even so, due to the non-optimal placement, this was only visible to image starting at about ~2 a.m. local time...

While out watching friends take their turns flying drones I decided to try some pseudo 'macro work on the huge outcrop we were flying around. Inspired by Alan's great posts on closeups, I got something I liked, shooting handheld propped on a rock. Continue to be amazed how sharp this RF 100-500...

So I have been out with my drone 3 or 4 times so far, and it has been a challenge to get anything I like. Yesterday was out with 2 other new drone owner friends between Cheyenne and Laramie flying around some big rock formations. The wind was challenging at first but died down, and we had a few...

So here is another object that is often shot with more magnification, but as I am currently constrained to my 580mm refractor I got a somewhat wider view, although this has been cropped a bit to get a little closer. I also liked the square format for this one. This is also a shorter stack for...

So I am heading into galaxy season now armed only with my 4" refractor, so I am starting to find whatever targets I can. Here is a wider view that includes M106, the main spiral galaxy dominating the view here, along with a handful of other smaller galaxies. This image was surprisingly hard to...

So I recently got turned on to a very useful and powerful website that can be used for astro target planning (among other things...) I set up a free account and then I was able to use it immediately https://telescopius.com/ and it allows you to enter your location and then show what is visible...

So I flew my drone a second time yesterday and got a little more comfortable with it. I still have nothing from it I would consider very post-worthy but at least yesterday flew in a more scenic area than the 'surface of the Moon' flatland area on the corner of the grasslands the last time out...

I went out on an afternoon mountain drive yesterday, taking advantage of some nice weather (if you don't count the crazy high winds...) It was near enough to the middle of the day to make for some harsh light, and for many of the subjects that I found that lighting did not work well. At one...

In spite of my very productive run of astroimages over the last year, if has not been all sweetness and (ancient) light; I have been dealing with some mysterious issues as well. I have had what appears to be an eccentricity (i.e. star roundness issue) that is filter specific. That is, my stars...

So was looking for an image the other day and happened across one from the same shoot, just minutes earlier. I dimly recall there was some reason I didn't favor this 'found' image the first time around, but now I cannot really see why. Perhaps someone here can point out the issue(s) with it...

So now that I have flown my drone twice, I am already feeling much better about the flight aspects of using it, while also feeling a bit more frustrated about developing an efficient workflow to be able to determine where it is safe, legal, and scenic to fly it. That was the issue that held me...

So I have managed to finish my first image from what I am calling astro remote session 4 (which is curious, as I did not have a remote session 3, but I am not going to rename all those folders and files now :)) This is an object I first imaged a while back (2015 I think?) with a cooled OSC...

2020 was a down year for me for scenic photography, but that was compensated by my best year for astrophotography ever. While I hope to improve upon the results in the one discipline while I can hopefully match the results from the other discipline, here are my 10(ish) favorites from the year...