by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Spotlight. What is that spotlight? Why its the very crescent moon. In this image the moon is so bright it looks like a spotlight on the Milky Way. It’s just a distortion of optics and brightness but it still looks really cool so I left it. I had considered the...
by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Star Farm. Welcome to the Dark Star Farm. This is where my observatories sit. Beneath these skies. I really need to do more deep space images as I have tons of data from here. But this is what it looks like in a very simple panorama, that really was a test for the...
by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Blue Pool. This is a beautiful little pool with a name I can’t find, which lies in the Norris Basin of Yellowstone just down the path from Echinus Geyser (steam in background). This was the first shot of the night on a beautiful August evening. The breeze was...
by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble. It’s odd to see mud boil and bubble. But here in Yellowstone it’s a daily occurrence. These are the mud pots of the West Thumb basin. They bubble and hiss and pile up like anthills with that distinctive smell, that...
by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Photoing Astrophotographers photoing the Milky Way. It’s often that I photo the Milky Way, its not often I photo people doing so. This night, at Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park, I caught both in my camera. The long red reflection is a single LED on the...
by David Lane | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here’s some of the many steps for how my newest APOD image was created. Sort of documentary since it appears everyone now fears “fake” pictures. I also included a close up of me in the SUV playing Angry Birds while the shot was taking place. Hey it...
