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My first attempt at long exposure city scapes over the weekend. Downtown Los Angeles.

Here's a few more from Canada. We started our trip in Montreal and had the pleasure of visiting Notre-Damn Basilica. Challenging conditions - no time to setup a tripod as you only get 20 minutes and people all over the place. I cranked the ISO up to 3200 and got what I could. The detail in the...

First time visiting Canada a couple of weeks ago. Spent 5 days in Banff and Yoho National Park. The scenery completely blew us away. We're already planning a return trip. Here's one from Emerald Lake in Yoho.

Last Sunday I spent the night at Hot Creek. It was clear as a bell at sunset - then the clouds I needed for sunset rolled in just as the Milky Way was lining up. 3 years ago when I first started shooting the Milky Way this would've totally bummed me out but I've learned to roll with the punches...

Another image from the long weekend. I couldn’t manage to get up for sunrise since I stayed up late trying to get some MW shots. But I managed to get to a nice view viewpoint before the light got too harsh and had some nice clouds at hot creek geological site.

I went exploring over the weekend. Eastern Sierra and crossed over to NV for a bit. Here's one from Monday morning before heading home at Convict Lake. Didn't have much time here. Just a few minutes to check it out. It was my first time here and I'll definitely be back....

Had to clone out part of the other tree (see previous post) but like this much better with just the one tree. I typically like the Milky Way earlier in the season when it's more horizontal but this might be my favorite Milky Way photo to date. I always struggle with how much to light up my...

Stayed for the stars on Saturday after the great sunset. When I first got there I think there were about 20 people., maybe more. And if you've been to this spot you know about the ankle breaker loose rocks on the steep hill you need to setup on. A few people left after sunset but it was still...

Spent Saturday in the Ancient Bristolcone Pine Forest. Sunset did not disappoint.

From several weeks ago in the Alabama Hills. Stayed up most of the night shooting the Milky Way at a couple of different arches. As the moon started to rise I noticed it lighting up the mountains and remember Jim saying that it's great to use the moon as a natural light for the foreground in...

Made it up to the Eastern Sierra last week with my wife. It really wasn't a photography trip but of course I took my camera. We made the 10 mile round trip hike up to the top of Kearsarge Pass. Here's a few from the trail. Flower Lake, Heart Lake and some wild flowers that caught my eye.

I was out in Death Valley last Saturday. I went to Badwater primarily to shoot the Milky Way. As always I was hoping for a decent sunset as well and I guess you could say I got one. I've never seen the sky change like it did that evening. It was difficult to even take pictures as I was in...

Went out to Alabama Hills last weekend. Didn't want to fight the crowds at Mobius Arch so I made it out to Cyclops. Shot this on my Pentax K1ii with Rokinon 24mm. 15 images stacked to reduce noise. 10 Seconds, F2.5, ISO 12800. Feedback always welcome.

Here's one I took during the last new moon cycle in Joshua Tree. This is the first time I attempted to take two exposers and blend them. I used the built in astro tracer in my Pentax K1 to track the sky. The tracker allowed for a 90 second exposer at ISO 800. Then took a second image for the...

Finally decided to put the built in astrotracer in my Pentax K1 Mkii to use on my last trip to Joshua Tree. I used my 50mm F1.4 to shoot the core. I took 5 images at F2.2, ISO 1600, 70 seconds. Stacked in SLS. Took a little artistic liberty on the editing and dodging and burning of the dark...

I didn't expect to see a mallard last time I visited Joshua Tree. I hiked out to the Barker Damn to see what kind of wildlife I might come across and found this guy. It's not the most interesting photo but I recently got the Pentax 70-200. I've never had a lens that gives me that much reach so...

This one is from March. I went to Moab to take a photo workshop with Joshua Snow. If you aren't familiar with his work it's worth checking out. It was a great experience. On this morning we went out to Marlboro point near Dead Horse Point State Park. The sky didn't really do much on this morning...

Visited AZ in May. Got to see tons of ruins in the four corners area. Here's one of Spider Rock. Not the best light. Lots of hard shadows. I finally started using photoshop more for editing. Couldn't get the hang of all the masks and what not so I bought a plug in from Jimmy McIntyre that has...

Not the most original composition but a classic shot I had to get when I was in Moab in March. It's a popular place to watch the sunrise so I had to clone out about 20 people....

i know Jim posted a few of this area recently. We were probably there within a few days of each other. Here’s my take on the Arch Rock Milky Way. Just a single image with my new Pentax K1ii and Pentax 15-30 lens. A little low level lighting on the arch.