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Some of the best images that I've taken over the years of the sun, moon and the stars.
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  • Comet Neowise

    Comet Neowise

  • Comet NEOWISE

    Comet NEOWISE

    Taken July 23, 2020

  • Almost Full Moon:  June 14, 2019

    Almost Full Moon: June 14, 2019

  • Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, November 2017

    Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, November 2017

  • Mars.....At Its Closest to Earth

    Mars.....At Its Closest to Earth

  • Lunar Eclipse:  January 20, 2019

    Lunar Eclipse: January 20, 2019

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  • Terlingua Cemetery Entrance & the Milky Way

    Terlingua Cemetery Entrance & the Milky Way

  • Terlingua's Catholic Church

    Terlingua's Catholic Church

    It was open and the door open. We put a portable light on inside

  • Terlingua Ghost Town

    Terlingua Ghost Town

    Two small lights placed in the interior lights up this abandoned house in the Terlingua Ghost Town.

  • Lunar Eclipse of January 31, 2018

    Lunar Eclipse of January 31, 2018

    The composite was made with Photoshop.

  • Diamond Ring Effect of the Solar Eclipse

    Diamond Ring Effect of the Solar Eclipse

  • Totality of the Solar Eclipse

    Totality of the Solar Eclipse

  • A Composite of the Eclipse

    A Composite of the Eclipse

    Nineteen different images merged into one showing the eclipse sequence on August 21, 20017. The beginning began in the upper right hand corner culminating in a total solar eclipse. I was in Mount Juliette, Tennessee in a mall parking lot. These images were made with a Nikon D500 and Nikkor 200-500mm lens at 500mm. The lens had a homemade solar filter attached to the objective lens.

  • Crescent Moon

    Crescent Moon

  • Enchanted Rock and the Milky Way

    Enchanted Rock and the Milky Way

    This exposure was taken with a Sky Adventurer "Star Tracker." The exposure was for 60.5 seconds at 400 ISO....virtually no noise.

  • The Arch of the Milky Way Over the Windmill:  Seminole Canyon State Park

    The Arch of the Milky Way Over the Windmill: Seminole Canyon State Park

  • Seminole Canyon State Park Windmill & Milky Way

    Seminole Canyon State Park Windmill & Milky Way

    The light on the horizon is the city of Del Rio, Texas.

  • The Shaman Prays to God of Heaven

    The Shaman Prays to God of Heaven

    The Milky Way in twilight can be seen shortly after dark in Seminole Canyon State Park.

  • McDonald Observatory & Night Sky on June 2, 2017

    McDonald Observatory & Night Sky on June 2, 2017

    Our last day at Ft. Davis and it began with rain. We were going to blow it off when I woke up at 1:00am and found that the rain had stopped and the sky was clearing. We made the 20 mile drive up to Ft. Davis and made these images before sunup. It was still a little cloudy.

  • Super Moon, Superb

    Super Moon, Superb

    About three years ago my buddy Dave B and I heard about this "super moon" happening on November 14th. We could not think of a better place to use as a foreground than Galveston's Pleasure Pier. Using the app,"The Photographers Ephemeris" which gives you at any location the angle of the sun and moon rising and setting as well as the time. We calculated for that night, to catch the moon rise over the Gulf of Mexico, we had to be somewhere around Seawall Blvd and 33rd St in Galveston. So we headed to Galveston that day, had lunch at Shrimp & Stuff and then headed to Seawall Blvd. Shortly after 7:00 PM that night, a big orange ball rose out of the water to the right of Galveston's Pleasure Pier. It really was a huge looking moon. I realized that by moving toward the "Pier" that I could put the moon in the wheel or as this photo shows "on top." Taking photos at night can be challenging because you can't see your camera settings without a flashlight. This exposure was made with a Nikon D7100 and Nikkor 200-500mm lens, Focal Length 380 {495mm in 35mm}; ISO400, f/5.6, 1/100th sec. Comments, suggestions, questions....mucho gracias! This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

  • Super Moon in the Ferris Wheel; Galveston Pleasure Pier

    Super Moon in the Ferris Wheel; Galveston Pleasure Pier

  • McDonald Observatory & the Milky Way

    McDonald Observatory & the Milky Way

    This image was taken with a Nikon D750 DSLR. Settings were: ISO 6400 FOCAL LENGTH 20.0 mm (20.0 mm in 35mm) APERTURE f/3.5, EXPOSURE TIME 20 DATE TAKEN 2016-08-04 22:41:52 This image was taken with an old 20mm Nikkor lens f/3.5 that I've had for a very long time. It rendered the stars pinpoint sharp. As David B. and I approached the McDonald Observatory and saw the sign "No Traffic" we were sure someone would come and run us off. We parked down and away from the telescope towers and tried not to use too much light in setting up the tripods and cameras. But no one came down and we captured some great images of the Milky Way with the telescope towers.

  • Milky Way Over the McDonald Observatory at Twilight (Blue Sky)

    Milky Way Over the McDonald Observatory at Twilight (Blue Sky)

  • Terlingua Ghost Town Cemetery & Milky Way

    Terlingua Ghost Town Cemetery & Milky Way

  • One of my better images at the Terlingua Ghost Town Cemetery

    One of my better images at the Terlingua Ghost Town Cemetery

    The image was made with a Nikon D750 & Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 lens; ISO 9000 at 30s at f/3.5. There is considerable noise at this ISO, however, using a software called Neat Image, it eliminates it. The image was process thru ACDSee Pro 9 and saved as a TIFF file. It was opened in Neat Image and the noise was removed and saved as a JPG. I used ACDSee Pro 9 as the final edit step.

  • Star Trails Over and Old House

    Star Trails Over and Old House

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