Messing About With the 135mm - Pleiades 10/08/21

A Joy to Use

The nights are getting longer here in the North and the shooting conditions are really pleasant when the skies are clear.  The temperature is cooler but very comfortable and the light breeze that rolls through carries a hint of warmness.  My backyard has become my astrophotography lab and despite the heavy light pollution, it's just nice to be able to step out at a moment's notice to take some snaps.  Which is exactly what I was able to do this evening.

After messing about with the Samyang for a few days, I can say that this lens is a joy to photograph with.  While this is an entirely manual lens, there is nothing difficult at all about using it.  And the quality of the photos is really impressive - even without a lot of post-processing.

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!