by David Lane | Aug 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Learn to take images like these and make your images stand out in a increasingly crowded field. What you will learn: How to focus your images properly for the Milky Way How to combine images into a panorama with fantastic detail How to shoot star trails and timelapse...
by David Lane | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Just to prove I can still do some sort of deep space astrophotography, I present Saturn Peeking. This was taken with my backup Canon 6D and consists of 78 1 minute exposures with a Nikkor 180 2.8 lens at f/2.8. It’s not Rogelio grade but I still like it....
by David Lane | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Peace. In this world that is full of outrage and unrest, let me offer you Peace. There is peace in the world. There is beauty in the world. It’s almost everywhere. It’s in a lake, nestled in the mountains the stars flitting about on its surface. It’s...
by David Lane | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Homage. No tree on earth is older than the Bristlecone Pines in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Not a single living thing is older than the trees here. The trees here are almost 5,000 years old.with germination dates as far back as 2880 BCE. Older than the...
by David Lane | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pink Cliffs. The remote Pink Cliffs at Bryce Canyon is a bear to get to in a car. I have scratches all down the sides of my trusty Jimmy Envoy thanks to this trip. I also have a couple of videos, one showing the location and the other finding the path to where this...
by David Lane | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Melting the Milky Way. These are the 5 beehive smelters at Frisco, Utah (one is a little hard to make out as the top has collapsed.) These kilns are very well preserved for having been made in the 1870’s. I had shot the headframe of the Horn Silver Mine first,...
by David Lane | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Milky Way Melt. Is the Milky Way melting into the ground? At White Pocket it always looks like things are melting, including the rocks themselves.This scene is the back side of the “Frog” at White Pocket and is a raised ridge of white that walks out to the...
by David Lane | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Milky Way Mine. I’m distracted by rocks. I really am. So when I have a chance to combine mining with the Milky Way, well you know I’m going to do it. This scene is set in Frisco Utah. Frisco is the location of one of the richest silver mines in the...
by David Lane | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Mars Dog. As many know Mars is really bright right now. I normally just discard images with much in the way of clouds but this one seemed interesting. It had what appeared to be a Mars Dog. It might just be a illusion of the clouds although I’ve never seen one...
by David Lane | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Crown Prince Frog. The “Frog” as I call this unusual rock formation at White Pocket AZ appears as if the Milky Way is about to crown it with the Antares region. Included in the royal crown is Saturn, Mars and the Rho Ophiuchus region. Its a beautiful...
