2023… 2023: Missouri – Lurking in cosmos, there is a Lion! The Lion Nebula – (SH2-132) 20 Jan 20245 Apr 2024 About this project I wanted to test using three scopes of different focal length, and paired with three cameras with different sensor sizes. The end result of my efforts will…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri -The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) 15 Dec 202315 Dec 2023 About the object The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) also known as LBN 452 could be called the Northern Rosette because it resembles the more famous nebula in Monoceros. IC…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri – NGC 6914 – Reflection Nebula Complex – also known as Bluebird Nebula 10 Nov 202310 Nov 2023 NGC 6914 is a Reflection Nebula in the Cygnus Constellation, it is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Rookie…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri – The Consigned to Oblivion – Clamshell Nebula SH2-119 in One Shot Color Dual Narrowband. 29 Oct 202310 Nov 2023 About this project I had the opportunity to take advantage of a rare stretch of clear nights and decided to try my luck at capturing a very faint target. According…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri – Heart Nebula (IC 1805) and Soul Nebula (IC 1848) 17 Oct 202331 Oct 2023 About this project This was a short test, working with a new Narrowband light pollution filter. Narrowband filters are specialty tools that only allow a narrow range of specific wavelengths…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri – North America Nebula and Pelican Nebula (NGC 7000 and IC 5070) 16 Oct 202331 Oct 2023 As we bid farewell to summer, I welcome Fall. As I become more familiar with astro-imaging, I thought it would be a great time to tackle my first project -…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri – Widefield view of NGC 6888, SH2-101, and WR 134 14 Oct 202331 Oct 2023 In the summer months, we can capture the wonderful nebulae region in the constellation Cygnus. In this frame, the beautiful Crescent and Tulip nebulae and the material from the hot…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri – The Cygnus Loop 2 Oct 202331 Oct 2023 The Famous Cygnus Loop The Veil Nebula Complex, also known as Sharpless2-103, is a supernova remnant located in the Cygnus constellation. It's estimated that this star went supernova between 2,500…
Nature Photography 2023: Missouri – Platanthera peramoena (Purple Fringeless Orchid) 21 May 202331 Oct 2023 In 2022 I lead a Webster Groves Nature Study Society, photography field trip to Castor River Conservation Area. The goal being to document and photograph - Platanthera peramoena, the scientific…
Nature Photography 2023: Missouri – Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) 7 May 202331 Oct 2023 I have to admit when I first heard of wild orchids in Missouri, it harkened me back to being home; where to catch a glance, one would have to look…
Astrophotography 2023: Missouri – Rosette Nebula and Star Cluster NGC 2244 15 Feb 202331 Oct 2023 Clear nights in winter, in the great state of Missouri, are not really a thing of frequency January 27th 2023 astrophotography adventure from the front yard, with a Bortle Sky…
Astrophotography 2022: Missouri – Diamonds on a Black Velvet Sky – Imaging of M45 “Pleiades.” 10 Dec 202231 Oct 2023 Another Astrophotographer adventure is here - it’s the 19th of November, 2022 in the Midwest, I arrived at the Bortle Class 4 location at 4:00 pm, and sunset was at…
Astrophotography 2022: Missouri – My first Astrophotography image – M31 “Andromeda Galaxy” 27 Nov 202231 Oct 2023 Hello everyone, I hope all is well. It has been some time since I have shared anything on my blog.At the time I wrote this post, in Missouri, it was…
Nature Photographer 2022: Missouri Deeproot clubmoss “Diphasiastrum tristachyum” 16 Aug 202231 Oct 2023 How many times have you been told, "keep your head up while walking on the trail!" It's a good thing to do, but in this case, I was on a…
Bird Photography… 2022: Missouri – Summer Madness – Look a Bluebird! 4 Aug 202231 Oct 2023 It is summer time in Missouri, the heat is here and as of late so has the rain. A play on light, that is what I call the Indigo bunting…
Bird Photography 2022: Missouri – Spring Migration – Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Jun 202231 Oct 2023 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica): Breeds from south-central Alberta east to Nova Scotia, south to the east-central U.S. from New England to the Great Lakes region, and in the Appalachian Mountains.…
Naturalist 2022: Missouri – Handy Field guides 12 May 20221 Nov 2023 If you are a native plant enthusiast. These are my field tools, app PlantNet and Missouri Wild Flowers. Each state I believe has a wildlife flower field guide. Until the…
Nature Photographer 2022: Missouri – Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers “White Trout Lily” (Erythronium albidum.) 22 Apr 20221 Nov 2023 While out on a Webster Groves Nature Study Society Nature Photography hike to the woodlands, El Presidente, Senor Ozark Bill, "put me on game" He pointed out the leaf structure…
Nature Photography 2022: Missouri’s Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers “Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria.)” 14 Apr 20221 Nov 2023 Five years, that is how long it has been since I last picked up my macro kit and attempted to photograph wildflowers. Many a thing has changed in the world,…
Bird Photography 2021: Missouri – Look what the wind blew in! 23 Mar 20221 Nov 2023 In the winter of 2021, into 2022, a rare migrant from the Arctic appeared and made where I am in Missouri, its winter home, and “bird watchers” are taking notice.…