The Milky Way arcs over the rugged coast of Maine on a clear night in May, 2020. Nikon D810A with NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8 lens @ 14mm and f/2.8 for all shots. Blend of two panoramas, […]
Late Season Milky Way on the Coast of Maine
Late season Milky Way over the coast of Maine. The green color in the sky is from airglow, a natural phenomenon that occurs all over the globe. See this link for more details. The orange […]
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
At a mere 2.5 million light years away from Earth, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest neighbor galaxy to our home Milky Way galaxy. The Andromeda Galaxy is also known as M31 for its place […]
Milky Way Panorama on the Maine Coast
Nikon Z 6 with FTZ lens adapter and 14-24mm f/2.8 lens. Panorama images like this are possible when the Milky Way is lower in the sky, making it possible to shoot single row panorama that […]
Milky Way Over Homer Wilson Ranch
Nikon Z 6, NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S lens. The Milky Way and Venus rise over Carousel Mountain and Homer Wilson Ranch in Big Bend National Park in Texas. Venus is the very big bright […]
Gallery Shows and Presentation in Maine this Summer!
A foggy night at West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine. The light beams are created by the window frames in the lighthouse that break up the very intense directional light from the fresnel lens. This […]
Twilight Milky Way Over François
Panorama with Nikon Z 7 and NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S lens The Milky Way arcs over the incredibly remote village of François, Newfoundland. Nestled into the top of an ocean fjord, François (pronounced “fran-sway”) […]
Big Bend Blue Hour Bluebonnets and Milky Way
Nikon Z 6 with FTZ adapter and NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8 lens Sometimes even the most simple descriptive titles sound like a Dr. Seuss poem. This shot is from mid-February during the very early part of […]
The Story Behind: Milky Way Falls
This is one of my favorite shots from back in 2013. Back then, we didn’t have no stinkin’ apps that let you plan Milky Way shots easily on satellite maps like you can with PhotoPills. […]
The Story Behind: Galactic Cave
I photographed this view of the Milky Way from a sea cave back in February of 2015, but it had been in the planning for about 2 years. A lot of things needed to come […]