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smittenbystars.bsky.social

@smittenbystars.bsky.social
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Landscape photographer with an avid love of all things night sky. Occasionally, I play with abstract and ICM letting movement paint the image.

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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
To all you storm chasers, my hat's off to you for your skill. Lightning all around me, 300 photos later, but no capture. Sitting in my car in the Eastern Sierra thinking it might be time to move a little further away. #EasternSierra, #storm, #BlueSkyPhotographers, #SonyA7IV
Rain Shaft headed straight for me.  ISO 64, F22, 1/3 second, 24mm
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Missing My Old Friends on the Mountain.
Decided to re process this older archived image of mine very desaturated as that is the way we see in the dark.  I was going for the feeling of being there again.  What do you think?  
Single image A7S ISO 12.8, 21 mm; 15 seconds
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Carol Thomas @carolfthomas10.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Young Kashmiri Girl
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
12 years ago, armed w/ my Canon 5DMII, I went to the coast to satisfy my Milky Way "Jones." My love affair with the Milky Way continues to this day. Found this little gem which I had not processed until today. #MilkyWay #nightsky #Sonoma #bioluminescence #nightskyphotographers
Bioluminescence lights up the ocean as the Milkyway lights up the night sky along the Sonoma Coast.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Quick update: I have suddenly been struck down by a severe flare of my autoinflammatory condition (Yao Syndrome), & am currently out of commission. To be quite honest, I am struggling to manage this as my health insurer (Anthem) is refusing to cover medically necessary meds.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I mean...yeah. Just a mind-boggling self-inflicted wound, on top of many other recent ones.
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
In a reflecting mood, reliving some wonderful nights under the stars. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) and the Milky Way. Single image taken 10-23-24 #MilkyWay, #CometC/2023A3(Tuchinshan-ATLAS), #PointReyesNationalSeashore, #stars, #reflection, #SonyA7IV, #astrolandscape
ISO 8K, 29mm, F28, 16 seconds, Sony A7IV
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
One Still Night in Yosemite. Unable to do any photography for a while, I couldn't stand it any longer and went back through some of my older images and reprocessed this one. It made me feel a lot better.
Blend of tracked sky and untracked foreground:  Sky Tracked - 9 2 min images - ISO 1600, 18.2 mm, F 2.8;  foreground:-Single ISO 12800, 30 seconds 18.2 mm, F 2.8  - iOptron SkyGuiderPro; Sony 7RM2
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
People having been asking: "Are these cuts really that big of a deal? Could people really die?" And the answer is: This exact situation, during a major hurricane/flood/tornado/wildfire event, is precisely how that would happen.
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Spring Time in Yosemite. So much water.
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Siril @siril.org · 29/04/2025
We're looking for a volunteer to develop a Siril snap package. If there's a volunteer in the room, please let me know.
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Merced River in Moonlight #Yosemite, #nightphotography
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Grabbed my tracker and went to my favorite close by dark sky site to capture the Rosette Nebula as it set behind a distant pine tree forest.
500 mm, 27 min exposure.  Stacked in Siril
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smittenbystars.bsky.social @smittenbystars.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Spent a lovely evening with my camera pointed at El Cap in Yosemite
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