Category: Astronomy

Views of the sun, moon, and stars

Four-Years Ago (29-April-2011) — Mexico

Gone to See Central America and the Panama Canal. Semester at Sea Spring 2011 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Ultimate Travel Photography Workshop II with Michael Mariant. Day 3: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Fisherman at Sunrise while at Anchor off Cabo San Lucas Mexico. Series of 12 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, (levels normalized -1.33 EV for exposure, cropped), Nik Define 2 (noise reduction), and converted to web with Photoshop CS5. Motion added by Google+ Auto Awesome

Two-Years Ago (14-February-2013) — Norway

Gone to See Norway 2013 Chasing the Northern Lights. Day 17: Tromsø.

Northern Lights in Norway. The entire sky just exploded just after midnight on Valentines day. My fisheye lens was not wide enough to capture it all!!!. If you watch closely you can see the Big Dipper. Image taken with a Nikon D800 and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 3200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 2 sec). The sequence of 18 images was automatically converted into an animated video by G+.

Wednesday (13-August-2014) — Poland

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 74: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Gdansk, Poland.

Gdansk Panoramic Wheel with Sunburst. Composite of three images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 wide-angle lens (ISO 200, 12 mm, f/22, various). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, HDR processed with Photoshop CC.

Gdansk Panoramic Wheel with Sunburst. Composite of three images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeis-s 12 mm f/2.8 wide-angle lens (ISO 200, 12 mm, f/22, various). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, HDR processed with Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Gdansk Panoramic Wheel with Sunburst. Composite of three images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeis-s 12 mm f/2.8 wide-angle lens (ISO 200, 12 mm, f/22, various). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, HDR processed with Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Sunday (10-August-2014) — Baltic Sea

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 71: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. At Sea.

Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC.

Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Thursday Ago (24-July-2014) — At Sea. 

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 54: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Gulf of Finland.

Ship Passing Under Electric Blue Noctilucent Clouds on the Gulf of Finland. Early morning from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC 2014.

Noctilucent Clouds over the Gulf of Finland. Image taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). (David J Mathre)
Noctilucent Clouds over the Gulf of Finland. Image taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). (David J Mathre)