Curse You Light Pollution - Deneb 06/28/21

Let's Try Something New

I was sorely tempted to take another crack at Cassiopeia having been blessed with clear skies.  But with what I had learned the previous night, I was eager to try something new so I thought I'd see what I could catch around the constellation Cygnus and more specifically, its bright star Deneb.

New challenges, new problems.  Generally speaking, this imaging session went a lot more smoothly than the previous one.  The results were a lot a better as well.  However, I got my first taste of the pernicious nature of light pollution.  Curse you light pollution!

 

 

 

 

Living Up to Low Expectations - Cassiopiea 06/27/21

When Failure is a Brilliant Outcome

I've wrapped up my first night of shooting and I'm delighted to say that I didn't let myself down as I was able to produce a picture that is about as pleasant to look at as dog-barf.  It was an absolute comedy of errors but as I like to remind myself, nobody ever learned anything from success.  And let me tell you, I learned a whole lot tonight.  

Kidding aside (kind of anyway), I had a great time out with my son.  And rather than be in any way discouraged by my results, I'm more eager to get back on that horse and try again.  When you live up to low expectations, it can only get better from here.  Let me share a few of the many things that I learned.