Discovered on a distant corner of the hard drive, taken mid 2005.

Canon 20D and 17-40mm L; 17mm 1/15″ F/4 ISO-100

This evening’s sky offered a lovely scene.

Mmm. Crepuscular rays.

Hint of 22° halo toward the top. Nice prism.

Emerging Sun.

Cloudscape.
Canon 20D and 17-40 f/4 L at f/5; exposures between 1/640″ and 1/1000″, ISO 100

Lovely sunset this evening gracing the Hill Country.

Canon 20D and 17-40mm L; 40mm 1/500″ F/4.5 ISO-100

Pulling back out to 25mm (full image) yields a partial sundog or some sort of neat atmospheric refraction at right.

40mm, 1/400″

Tonight’s observing session was short-lived due to poor seeing and gusty winds, despite excellent atmospheric transparency. Regardless, I still seized the opportunity to grab a couple of afocal lunar shots. 10″ dobsonian and Canon 20D w/50mm prime.

f/2, 1/30″, ISO 100

f/2, 1/60″, ISO 100
Addendum: in my zeal to post the images, I only included EXIF data […]

Okay, granted, we’ve just entered 2006; I can’t help but be reminded though that spring is just around the corner. Those of us in central Texas end up being a bit ahead of the curve.
In a matter of weeks, nature will spring back to life. I’m very much looking forward to getting another, more extensive […]

I first became aware of Tom Davis‘ work via the Astrophotography section of the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today bulletin board, where I’m a member of the forum staff. From his Idaho-based Starsearch Observatory, Davis has been producing fantastic images of the cosmos, and holds an ever-growing number of image publications to his credit (including the BBC’s […]

Editor’s note:
I had originally intended on showcasing the following images in my previous article, but had not yet received permission from the author to include them before the last installment went live (… and I was trying to have the article posted prior to the end of 2005).
And now for the third leg of our […]