If you haven’t had a look at the Milky Way Scientists page, go over and see—and subscribe immediately. It regularly posts some of the most fantastic landscape and astronomical photography I’ve ever seen. I’ll restrain myself and post a few specimens (click to enlarge).
- Venus Transit. Photo was taken on June 6, 2012 using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Copy Credit : Alex Conu
I believe that’s a hang glider over the cloud. What a view!
Battle between light and dark. Sunrise light creeps over the Palouse River canyon as the 200ft Palouse Falls rages with winter run-off. Photo by Ryan Dyar, used with permission.
And their “about” information is great:
Milky Way scientists is for humanists with an active interest in science. We believe that science is a fundamental part of humanism but also that it should be directed to humane and ethical ends. Science is, in our view, more a method than a body of facts.
Have you got a version of the top one without the mouseover text?
You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=321044874644878&set=a.320548941361138.71909.117905868292114&type=1&theater
(and sub)
Fixed, thanks.
I wish I were on Facebook; the Milky Way Scientists is the first time I found a good reason to join.
Rare and welcome sighting of a subjunctive. I though they had become extinct.
I would they were! Only joking.
I would I were in Dixie.
Perish the thought!
(That’s the jussive [pronounced yussiv] subjunctive.)
Want to take this on? Just saw it on a blog
Don’t trust the Godless
Even as an atheist, I have more confidence in religious people. And now science is backing me up
BY JESSE BERING
One of his claims is that since the godlies think they are being watched by god they will behave better. Yah, right…..
Looks great, following now.
Thanks for posting. Didn’t know about Milky Way Scientists, am now subscribing. For those who think we need God to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the world or that science is cold–send them there!
That third picture is the one I chose as the header for my blog 3 years ago. Truly breathtaking.
At first glance it looks like someone is surfing the morning glory cloud.
Very beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting. Definitely subscribing
A great find. Liked!
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Like and “Liked”. 😉
The 5th photo (of the waterfall and plunge pool) looks to me very much like it’s been done as a “HDR” style combination of images. Which is not necessarily “cheating” – I’m trying to learn the technique for myself, because cliffs and dramatic skies are difficult to “get” in the same exposure of a digital camera. But I note that the author has signed the image as a piece of artwork.
Just looks like a long exposure to me. Why do you think it needs multiple images?
It was two exposures blended by hand manually in post production to maintain detail in the dark shadows of the canyon also in the bright highlights of the sky. And yes, the exposure used for the dark canyon was a long exposure… 10 seconds if I remember correctly. This helped give a sense of motion to the swirling pool below.
The canyon is about 300ft deep from where I was positioned to the floor below.