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Yes, another eclipse video... would you believe that I have several more shots coming?
The embedded link is a gif, you can download the video if you want to check it out in higher quality!
My favorite one will come in a few days, but meanwhile here is another eclipse shot in 81 megapixels
This time I tried to simulate exactly how it looked to my eyes, which was a challenge. Cameras simply don't operate the same ways our eyes do. I desaturated the image, because to our eyes, we only see a hint of the red. The top of the moon almost seemed to twinkle as the moon hung there ominously.
Last night's Total Lunar Eclipse- an unedited shot.
The first of many of my eclipse shots, here's one straight out of the camera (mainly because I'm exhausted from 14 hours of driving and no sleep). This is how it looked as it set over Mt Whitney
One of my favorite representations of the lunar cycle
This is the next in my remastered series, called "Phased". I'm not sure what it is, but there is something about this image that just feels magical to me.
A remastered composite image of the 2019 blood moon
There is another one of these next week for those of you on the west coast! It will be visible across the entire pacific.
Sneak peek at another remaster: A Lunar Transit
This was my first transit capture where I could see the details of the ISS clearly. I was absolutely blown away when I saw the clear silhoutte of the panels and radiators. I went back to this image with fresh eyes and created a dramatic crop, corrected some of the colors, and cleaned up a lot of the details so it would...
Another remastered image from this series- the Andromeda galaxy
This is a part of the remastered collection that I launched my website with. It's also the only deep sky object that I treated when doing this project. This image is interesting to me, because I absolutely love it, but I'd probably never process an image like this againI tend to keep my stars smaller now, but f...
Another sneak peek at a remastered image- plus early access to my new website
As a thank you to those of you that have supported me by becoming patrons- I wanted to give you early access to my website. You can check out all the images I remastered for this launch, and get in early if you wanted prints for yourself.Website:www.cosmicbackground.ioPassword: (case sensitive)CosmicPatronThis image is...
Some images of the sun from yesterday. Including a 162 megapixel mosaic.
I decided to start sharing more of what ends up on the "cutting room floor" with you. As a lot of this sort of thing never makes it to my social media accounts. This is from yesterday's sessions examing the various features on the sun.Here is what a single frame of the sun looks like:And that same area afte...
Another Sneak peek from my remastered series- "Earthshine"
This image is around two years old, and was one of my first where I really started to rethink how I approached lunar photography. For the remaster, I completely removed and re-added the stars , fixed banding issues in the gradients around the moon, and highlighted the "earthshine" color- as the blues from our o...
Sneak Peek: A completely remastered image of the martian occult of 2020
I'm going to be re-releasing a collection of images, after completely going through and remastering them. That entails going through the raw data and reprocessing the image from start to finish, and in some cases, collecting new images (like in this case, the clouds were not captured properly the night of the event...
The phases of the moon visualized with one of my recent solar images. A reminder of the depth of space.
The shots of the moon were captured in order through the end of 2020. By showing an illumination source in the image, I hoped to convey the depth of space, as the moon's phase has to do with where the sun is relative to it.Bonus- there are a few easter eggs in this image. See if you can find them!Since the original...
Celestial Events in May- do I spy an eclipse?
Hello Patrons!Here's a quick rundown on what we can look forward to this month:May 6-7th -ETA Aquarids Meteor ShowerThis is Earth passing through the tail of Halley's comet, which will produce about 1 meteor a minute on average if you catch it during its peak. You'll want to get to dark skies to properly ex...
A galaxy in leo- NGC 3521
This is data captured by a fellow astrophotographer- Greg Turgeon. He was kind enough to share his data so I took a crack at processing it. This is a spiral galaxy, which has a distinct ghostly shell around it.For a fun bit of perspective- here's what it looks like before processing:
Super Pink Moon- Captured in two different palettes in 178 Megapixels
The first one was captured using ultraviolet and infrared filters, and highlight the mineral composition while showing off a vibrant palette. The other is a more ordinary processing, but high contrast and with some natural colors enhanced to show the moon's geological history.
My latest 140 megapixel Solar Mosaic- but there is something manmade in this photo. Can you find it?
Zoom in to see what makes this shot of the sun so unique! This image was insanely tricky to pull off. It require using two telescopes and over a hundred thousand individual images. This was planned about a month in advance, and required driving to a specific location to get the shot exactly the way I wanted to.THE ANSW...
Tonight's Waxing Gibbous Moon, with enhanced clarity and color. Attached Bonus image.
Bonus- I included a "magic eye" stereo image attached, using this image of the moon and one taken a few monts ago. The phase matched closely, but due to "libration" my position as the observer was offset, allowing me to create an image that becomes 3d when your eyes drift apart. it requires the moons to...
Today's solar activity (see attached for download)
Hello Patrons! I'm back from a much-needed vacation and ready to bring you much more content! Today I spend 6 hours shooting the sun to bring you this video showing an active region from the side, and how it throws plasma into space!See attached for the video, as the compression looks awful on patreon. You can also...
Look at what I caught transiting the moon today....
That's the ISS transiting a 5.6% illuminated moon, probably the most challenging transit I've ever captured. This involved considerably preperation, right up to the second of the transit (which lasted close to 1/100th of a second to catch on the terminator). This final image is a composite. To show you why I st...
A time lapse of the solar prominence from Monday's big sun pic.
The Gif is probably reduced in quality, check the attached file for the downloadable mp4. You can also click the video to view in gfycat.
