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#Moon and #Moonbow - 1/1/2026
#CompositePhoto / #ExposureBlend

Nikon Z8, Nikon 100-400S at 140mm
Moonbow: 1/4 sec., f/6.3, ISO 250
Moon: 1/30 sec., f/6.3, ISO 250

#waxinggibbous #wolfmoon #nightscape #moonphotos #nikoncreators #nikonphotography #nikonofilter
January 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
#FullMoon Through the #CherryTreeLeaves at the #TidalBasin, #WashingtonDC - 11/04/2025
#CompositePhoto

#NikonZ8, #Nikon100400s at 400mm
#Leaves: 15 sec., f/10, ISO 250
#Moon: 1/60 sec., f/5.6, ISO 250

#nikonphotography #dcphotos #beavermoon
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#MilkyWay Over the #GrandTeton from #JacksonLake, #GrandTetonNatiionalPark - 9/23/2025

#CompositePhoto

#NikonZ8, #Nikon2470s at 35mm,
Milky Way: 240 sec., f/2.8, ISO 500, Tracked on #MoveShootMoveNomad
Tetons: 8 sec., f/11, ISO 64 at Blue Hour
Reflection: 8 sec., f/4, ISO 4000
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#ICM (Intentional Camera Movement): Golden Cottonwood Trees on the #GrosVentreRiver in #GrandTetonNationalPark - 9/22/2025

#NikonZ8, #Nikon70200s at 200mm, 1/8 sec., f/9.0, ISO 64, Kase 6 Stop Neutral Density Filter

I tilted the camera up and down during the exposure.
September 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#MilkyWay Over #YellowstoneLake - 9/20/2025
#CompositePhoto

#NikonZ8, #Nikon2470s at 30mm
Milky Way: 240 sec., f/2.8, ISO 500, Kase Neutral Night Filter, Tracked on Move Shoot Move Nomad
Lake and Tree Trunk: 90 sec., f/4.5, ISO 1600
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Bull Moose in the Twilight at Grand Teton National Park - 9/22/2025

Nikon Z9, Nikon 600 TC at 840mm, 1/80 sec., f/5.6, ISO 7200

#moose #bullmoose #wildlife #wildlifephotography #grandtetonnationalpark #NikonZ9 #nikon600tc #nikonphotography #nikonnofilter #nikoncreators
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
#FullMoon Rising Beyond the #USMCMemorial in #ArlingtonVA - 9/8/2025
Composite Photo

#NikonZ9, #Nikon100400s at 130mm,
Memorial: 0.5 sec., f/8, ISO 500
Moon: 1/60 sec., f/8.0, ISO 500
September 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#MilkyWay 's #DarkHorseNebula "Jumping" Hawksbill on a Summer Night in #ShenandoahNationalPark - 7/6/2025

Composite Photo

#NikonZ8, #Nikon2470s at 30mm,
Stars: 12 x 120 sec., f/2.8, ISO 500, Tracked on #MoveShootMoveNomad
Foreground at Blue Hour: 15 sec., f/5.6, ISO 500
July 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#MountainRidges Just Before #Sunset from #SkylineDrive, #ShenandoahNationalPark - 7/5/2025

#NikonZ8, #Nikon70200S at 200mm, 1/100 sec., f/8.0, ISO 360, Camera Standard profile

The only edit to this photo is the 16x9 crop.

It's easy to see how they were named the #BlueRidgeMountains
July 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Normally, on July 1st, I turn on a gallery of 4th of July images on my website to help celebrate our nation's birthday.

I will reread the Declaration of Independence on Friday morning, I can't post fireworks or other happy images while 47 is making a mockery of the Declaration and the Constitution.
July 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#sunrise #reflections at #JeffersonMemorial in #WashingtonDC 5/12/2025. The clouds blocked the moonset photo I had hoped to capture, but they provided great reflectors over the #TidalBasin
May 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
March 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Lady in Red, #WormMoon at Max #Eclipse - 3/14/2025
Nikon Z6iii, Nikon 600 PF S, 18 x 2 sec., f/6.3, ISO 800, Tracked on Move Shoot Move Nomad

#astrophotography #lunareclipse #nightscape
March 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#Sunrise Over the #Undercast - #ShenandoahNationalPark 3/14/2025
#NikonZ8, #Nikon24120s and #Nikon100400s
The photos with the sun are composites where I replaced the overexposed sun to more closely match what I saw.
#landscapephotography #blueridgemountains #virginia #nikonnofilter #nikoncreators
March 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#RedWingedBlackbird Singing in the Cattails at #HuntleyMeadows - 3/10/2025

#NikonZ9, #Nikon600TC at 840mm, 1/2000 sec., f/5.6, ISO 2200, EV -1.0
March 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#MilkyWay at #HazelMountainOverlook - 2/26/2025, Composite Photo

#NikonZ8, #Nikon24-70S at 35mm
MilyMilky Way 10x60 sec., f/2.8, ISO 500, #KaseNeutralNight Filter
Boulders: 240 sec., f/8.0, ISO 500

#stars #astrophotography #shenandoahnationalpark #skylinedrive #moveshootmovenomad
February 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#SnowMoon From My Backyard - 2/14/25

#NikonZ9, #Nikon600TC at 840mm, 25 x 1/1000 sec., f/6.3, ISO 500 stacked and aligned in Photoshop with median blend mode and then color stretched.

#fullmoon #mineralmoon #compositephoto
February 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#Sunset on the #PotomacRiver Near Mount Vernon - 2/3/2025

The photo with the rock in the foreground is a #compositephoto to retain focus between the rock and the distant shoreline and the clouds.

#reflection #landscapephotography #iphonephotography #dcphotos #bskyphotos
February 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#Moon and #Venus #Conjunction - 2/1/2025

Composite Photo

Nikon Z9, Nikon 100-400s at 400mm 1.0 sec., f/5.6, ISO 500
Stacked images at 1/4, 1/30, 1/125, and 1/500 sec for details in the sunlit portion of the moon

#moonvenusconjunction #astrophotography #igdc #dcphotos #nikonnofilter #nikoncreators
February 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#StarTrails at #BigMeadows on a Windy Winter Night - 1/29/2025
#1 (with tree) 64 x 240 sec., f/3.2, IS0 250, #NikonZ8, #Nikon14-24S at 14mm
#2 40 x 300 sec., f/3.2, ISO 200, #NikonZ6iii, #Nikon20mm18s
#shenandoahnationalpark #blueridgemountains #nikonnofilter #nikoncreators #compositephoto
January 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The #ice formations on #SkylineDrive between Little Stony Man and Hemlock Springs are getting pretty solid. 1/25/2025

Nikon Z8, Nikon 100-400 at 100mm, 1/15 sec., f/8.0, ISO 2200

#shenandoahnationalpark #winter #blueridgemountains
January 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
January 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#Winter #Sunset on the Tanners Ridge Road in #ShenandoahNationalPark - 1/12/2025

Composite Photos - Foreground 30sec. and Sky 4 sec.
#NikonZ6iii, #Nikon24120s, f/11, ISO 100

#landscapephotography #blueridgemountains #nikonnofilter #nikoncreators
January 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM