Dusty Skies

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by Dan Thompson | Apr 30, 2023 | POTW, The Night

Do you ever go back and re-edit old photos?  Every once in a while I do this; most often with my night sky images when I’ve learned some new technique.  Well over this past winter we had very very few clear...

The Setting Elephant Trunk

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by Dan Thompson | Apr 23, 2023 | POTW, The Night

Growing up just outside of the Smokies, I feel like there are a lot of nice overlooks.  It wasn’t until I started exploring these deep space objects, however, that I realized we have a lot of overlooks that face...

Rosette Rising – 2023 (100mm)

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by Dan Thompson | Apr 17, 2023 | POTW, The Night

Later in 2021 I started messing around with the concept of these “deepscape” images – pairing deep space objects with terrestrial foregrounds, all shot at the same focal length.  At the beginning of...

Orion the Hunter

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by Dan Thompson | Apr 9, 2023 | POTW, The Night

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you’ve all had a nice weekend.  Though this week’s Picture of the Week doesn’t have a specific tie to Easter, I personally find that all night sky images can speak to the...