The Milky Way over the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland. A multi panel mosaic image taken on a wonderful trip this summer.
Milky Way, Lauterbrunnen
Comet Neowise
Probably the last re-working I’ll do – the comet is now fading and we’ve been clouded in here outside of Zürich. A light and dark edit of the same data.
Schloss, Kirche, Komet
A castle, a church and a comet. I visited Rapperswil early in the morning and captured Comet Neowise rising over the old town.
Comet Neowise and Noctilucent Clouds
Comet Neowise is putting on a good show – and I was treated with noctilucent clouds a few mornings ago. Unreal, is the only way to describe the view.
Orion
Revisited this image I made in 2018 of Orion. Learned a few things about processing and tried to soften my previous edit.
The image is a 2 panel mosaic, 10 30s shots for the top and another 10 for the bottom were stacked and then stitched and processed in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Milky Way, Lake Lila – Stay at Home Edit
Still searching, looking, hoping for answers in this life. Remembering a wonderful night from our last summer before moving out of the US – I was alone under the stars deep in the Adirondacks of NY, USA at Lake Lila, one of my favourite places. I took some time after photographing a few of my design client’s projects to spend time hiking / wandering in the mountains and forests.
This is a ‘stay at home’ re-edit, playing with the reflections a bit and altering the base Ps files that were stacked and stitched to make this image.
Canon EOS M6, EFM22, f2.8, 120s @ ISO 800, riding on a Vixen Polarie.
27 images (3 land, 12×2 for the sky). Tracked, stacked and stitched. Lr, AutoPano Giga and Ps.
Typically one visits Lake Lila with a canoe after a long drive down a ‘unimproved’ dirt road. I hiked into this spot after noon and setup, snacked, and watched the light change. I heard fireworks from far far away, dozed off, and eventually watched the Milky Way rising over the lake. I hiked out as the moon was rising, napped in the hatchback and was back in Vermont for breakfast at one of my favourite cafes before the family was out of bed.
Minimal edit in Lr, exported as TIFF, stacked in Starry Sky Stacker, TIFFs stitched in AutoPano Giga, imported to Ps, curves and adjustments, along with pasting in the static foreground images, then final adjustments in Lr.
M31, Andromeda
Our spiral galaxy neighbour, taken from the terrace last night. Surprised that I was able to find it, and surprised that with pretty low tech approach I was able to get any sort of useable image…
Matterhorn, Startrails, Meteor, Climbers
Lots of travel in the last couple of weeks… all by train. A quick study of the Matterhorn from the porch of an apartment we stayed in with friends.
Milky Way over Lake Lila
I recently re-processed this image in preparation for printing. Such a wonderful trip, and an amazing night under the stars.
The Pleiades and Comet 46P/Wirtanen
A misty. icy, cold night – I set out to create a night sky panorama from Orion to the Pleiades – planning to catch comet 46P/Wirtanen in the process. That changed when clouds moved in – so I focused on capturing a set of images to stack for the Pleiades and 46P. Not the cleanest image, nor the most detailed, but enough to inspire me to try again.
