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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Little acorns on a mighty oak tree . Bedfordshire, UK #PhotoHour

DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I managed to photograph a lightning bolt! The thunder following this was extremely loud! DSLR photo taken from my bathroom window. 06.07.25, Bedfordshire, UK

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The Red Arrows always put on an impressive, skillful and fabulous show. Old Warden, Bedfordshire, UK 08.05.16 #photohour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Some photos from the car on our way back from Norfolk recently: 1. Poppy field 2. Phacelia purple flower field 3. Rapeseed yellow fields 4. Sandringham Rhododendrons #photohour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

An aircraft flew in front of the sun and left this contrail. 20.05.25 Bedfordshire, UK #PhotoHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The Totem pole, Priory Country Park, Bedford, UK 16.05.25 #PhotoHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Let's take a moment to appreciate the iridescent plumage of a starling in the sunshine! 09.05.25, Bedfordshire, UK #starlings #ukbirds #photohour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Airbrushed sky, showing the formation of a tiny funnel cloud. 13.04.25 Bedfordshire UK #PhotoHour #StormHour #ukweather #funnelcloud #clouds

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Ahh nice to see a solar halo today! 12.04.25 Bedfordshire UK #viewfrommygarden #PhotoHour #StormHour #ukweather #solarhalo

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Japanese Flowering Cherry tree near our home is a delight 26.03.25 Bedfordshire UK #springtime #photohour #stormhour

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matheus @batidacronica.substack.com · 10/03/2025

great additions, but pleeeeeeease add bookmarks and allow soft block users that we don't want following us

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Another beautiful March sunset 09.03.25 Bedfordshire UK #viewfrommybathroomwindow #PhotoHour #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Sunset clouds 07.03.25 Bedfordshire UK #PhotoHour #StormHour

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Jesika5555 @jesika5555.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

270225 OM1ii play time Neutral density. #OMSYstems @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social @dawnsky.bsky.social (there's a cash back offer!) #yorkbirding #birds Filters have different strengths & degrees of hardeness & the graduated filter can be moved into any position including upside down! Play Friday?

Tiny Blue Tit surrounded by twigs full of Hazel catkins. It was very high, a test of my ability to hold camera & lens steady, and a test of the camera's ability to find and lock on to the little bird. OM1ii's auto focus did a pretty good job I think and stayed locked on even when a second bird arrived.

Daft play time, but why not? A row of trees on Millennium Fields, Fulford, York.
1/1250 second f8 ISO-800 graduated neutral density level 8, soft and vertical, just to see what it would look like!
On the left it's dark and on the right its' just as it actually was.

Looking towards Millennium Bridge from the centre of the field, goal posts on the right, a tall red crane along the right margin and the bridge one third up and the same from the left side.
Grass is mostly green, tree line quite dark, sky fairly dark blue with heavy grey clouds.
1/4000 f4.8 ISO-640 GND8-soft horizontal

Same scene except I missed the crane this time.
1/4000sec f5 ISO-500 GND2- soft horizontal.
The sky looks more natural, clouds still grey, but the colour they were. Tree line lighter. Altogether a more natural looking image.
I can only learn by playing, each time I use the filters I will have a better understanding of how to use them to maximum effect.

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The Crescent Moon with Venus. Just after the sun had set, these two astronomical beauties graced the western skies. Phone photo. You might need to click to expand 01.03.25 Bedfordshire UK #photohour #stormhour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Oooh lovely dark cloud rising in the sky! #ukweather 26.02.25 Bedfordshire UK #PhotoHour #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Fab mackerel sky just after the sun had set. 18.02.25 Bedfordshire UK #photohour #stormhour #ukweather

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The prettiest fallstreak hole I've ever seen and photographed!! One from the archives for Valentine's Day. #photohour #stormhour #ukweather #skydelight #fallstreakhole

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

It would be useful to be able to soft block people on here. (Block then unblock) just to make them unfollow when outright blocking seems too harsh. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A tip of the crescent moon🌙 Single, handheld, afocal phone and telescope photo. 02.02.25 Bedfordshire UK #StormHour #photohour #astrophotography #crescentmoon

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A tip of the crescent moon🌙 Single, handheld, afocal phone and telescope photo. 02.02.25 Bedfordshire UK #StormHour #photohour #astrophotography #crescentmoon

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

February sunset sky. View from my bathroom window. 02.02.25 Bedfordshire UK #StormHour #photohour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My daughter's beautiful cat, Max 😻 #caturday

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Kevin Earp @astrokev.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Weather hasn't been too kind lately for long exposure #astrophotography 🔭 Here's a small montage of some not so recent deep sky shots, while I wait for the clouds to part #astrophotography 🔭

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

@davidbflower.bsky.social thanks for the repost! Clear sky here yay!!!

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Venus and Saturn just below it. Lovely sight in the South-West. Quick phone pic taken from my bathroom window 18:00, 23.01 25, Bedfordshire UK #ThePhotoHour #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I took this photo of a cute squirrel in our garden. It's a good one for #SquirrelAppreciationDay #ThePhotoHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Starlings gathering on a Fire Service drill tower at sunset, with the moon rising in the background Bedfordshire, UK #ThePhotoHour #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

It would be useful to be able to soft block people on here. (Block then unblock) just to make them unfollow when outright blocking seems too harsh. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team

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Karl Battams @sungrazercomets.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I really, REALLY can't get over just how beautiful this comet is in our LASCO images! I mean, I've seen more than a handful of comets in this data over the years (~5,200 to be exact - not that I'm counting...) But I've really gotta say... this might be the pick o' the bunch right here. WOW 😱😍☄️☀️🔭

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Pearlescent colours in clouds. This beautiful display appeared very briefly, just for a few seconds on a very cold and frosty morning. December, 2017. Bedfordshire, UK #StormHour #iridescence

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Remember iridium flares? Here's one I photographed on 14.02.16 From Bedfordshire, UK

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Ennileah Astrophotography @ennileah.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

M31 Andromeds work in progress Friend helped with editing. Still have lots to do Dwarf 3, Astro Filter 60 Secs exp, 60 Gain, Astro Filter 90 lights, 20 Darks, 1 Master Bias 1 Master Flat SE UK Stacked in Siril Quick 10 min Post Processing in PI 🔭 #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Andromeda #M31

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A rising cloud at sunset. One from the archives #ThePhotoHour #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Look at my long legs!! Sunset long shadow photo. 02.01.25, Bedfordshire UK #ThePhotoHour ##StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Look at my long legs!! Sunset long shadow photo. 02.01.25, Bedfordshire UK #ThePhotoHour ##StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The best sky moment of 2024, was the aurora of 10th May. I saw it from my fave hill not far from my home. What a treat!! I took these photos using my phone camera on nightmode (handheld). Bedfordshire UK #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 31/12/2024

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lars Kenseth. #NewYorkerCartoons

Two astronauts are talking to each other in space. One says to the other, “I’m not actually an astronaut—I just came up here to get away from the news.”

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

The weather has been generaly poor for astro in the UK for 2024, but for a few key events it came through. 2 bright comets, nights of aurora, huge sunspots, the occultation of Saturn plus lots of lunar and Milkyway, no complaints so here's to 2025 and clear skies 🍻 #astronomy #astrophotograpy

TL - Comet 12P Pons-Brooks, Rossette nebula, 1.5% crescent moon,
ML-aurora 10th May, Moon/Saturn Occultation, Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS),
BL- 2x Aurora 10th October, huge Sunspot AR3780

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Full Cold Moon, shining light on fast moving clouds. 15.12.24, Bedfordshire, UK #ThePhotoHour #StormHour #FullColdMoon

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Winter sunset. A shepherd's delight! 15.12.24 Bedfordshire UK. #ukweather #ThePhotoHour #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The moon, iridescence and Jupiter. It's just a phone photo, but I wanted to quickly capture and share this beautiful sight. 15.12.24 Bedfordshire UK #viewfrommygarden #ThePhotoHour #StormHour

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DawnSky @dawnsky.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The moon tried to shine through some fab clouds tonight! 15.12.24 Bedfordshire UK #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

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