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We also share photos from our travels (Stephen and Alice).
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Moonrise behind Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona. Location determined using The Photographers Ephemeris.

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August 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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For an object lesson in the visual power of single point perspective in your photographs, watch Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme.

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The Phoenician Scheme (2025) ⭐ 6.7 | Action, Comedy, Crime
1h 41m | PG-13
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July 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The Milky Way over Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, on a perfect night - calm, clear and mild.

Some background on the planning: photoephemeris.com/articles/key...

#nightphotography #weather #photowx
The Milky Way over Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park.
July 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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A thin crescent Moon (2.1% illuminated) sets above Lake Mary near Flagstaff, Arizona (25 July 2025).

Each image is a composite: the first with tracking for the Moon; the second without tracking.

#astrophotography #landscape 📷 @photoephemeris.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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One of our service providers is experiencing a major outage right now, so a few problems are showing up on our sites (e.g. time zones, elevation, eclipses).

Sorry for the interruption, hopefully all will be restored soon. More here: forum.photoephemeris.com/t/cloudflare...
Cloudflare Outage affecting some functionality
If you’re seeing time zone and elevation errors or issues with solar eclipse functionality, etc., it’s due to a major outage with one of our service providers. I’ve added details to our status page a...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Neat things about tonight's almost full moon:

- It will rise and set about as far south as you'll ever see it
- It will never get very high in the sky (a mere +6 degrees above the horizon maximum in the north of England, for example).

Some unique photo opportunities!
The almost full moon will remain low in the sky all night tonight as it coincides with the time of minimum lunar declination during the current "Great Lunar Standstill". Explore more at https://ephemer.is/low-moon
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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A stunning sunrise in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, taken while moored at Fathers Reef near Lolobau Island.

I think the two larger volcanoes are Ulawun (middle) and Bamus (right).

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A stunning sunrise in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, taken while moored at Fathers Reef near Lolobau Island.
May 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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A view of the La Sal mountains from Castle Valley, Utah. One of the most amazing landscapes you'll find.

#utah #mountains #desert #photography #landscape
A view of the La Sal mountains from Castle Valley, Utah
May 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The full moon rising over Denver International Airport. It's a slightly trickier shot to get than you might think due to viewpoints and angles.

Here's a short video on how it was planned and executed: youtu.be/JP8AnsW5QZc

#photography #moon #lunar #nightphotography #airports #colorado
The full moon rising over Denver International Airport, Colorado.
May 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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A black & white pano of an approaching storm at Dinosaur National Monument.

It's May so, looking forward to more weather like this in the coming weeks!

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A wide panorama of an approaching rainstorm at Dinosaur National Monument in western Colorado. Black and white.
May 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Part 4 in our architectural photography series covers some techniques for addressing wide angle distortion. Here we use DxO ViewPoint 5 and show how to use the relatively new "propagation" slider in the ReshapeFusion.

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#photography #tutorial #architecture #dxo
Architectural Photography, Part 4: Fixing Wide Angle Distortion
At the end of our last article, we had corrected the converging verticals and the slight horizontal yaw of our photo, and yet things still aren't quite right..
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May 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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It's almost a year since the great solar storm of May 2024. I was looking back on some of the shots from northern Colorado from that night.

What do you think about the B&W processing? Fine tuning the color filter hue in SilverEfex vastly changes each shot.

#photography #aurora #b&w #solarstorm
Black and white treatment of a photo from the May 11 2024 solar storm. Northern Colorado. The lights on the horizon are from a wind farm to the north. Processed in Nik Silver Efex with a greenish hue color filter applied.
May 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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The pair of nesting red-tailed hawks we saw last year in the middle of Boulder have returned again this year, it appears.

This shot is from last year - looking forward to another attempt to capture some behaviour once again!

#colorado #boulder #birds #hawk #photography #wildlife
A red-tailed hawk returns to the nest with a rodent.
May 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Part 3 in our series on architectural photography, this time covering how to fix those converging verticals with precision.

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#architectural #photography #tutorial #photographer #postprocessing #lightroom
Architectural Photography, Part 3: Fixing Converging Verticals
In this third post about architectural photography, we'll look at how to fix converging verticals in your shots of buildings. If we can't avoid unintended conv
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May 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Missing winter already? Here's a snow covered barn in Colorado to cool you down!

#colorado #photography #snow #b&w #blackandwhite #black&white
A snow covered wooden barn in a mountainous landscape with thick clouds (black and white).
May 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The west end of Lincoln Cathedral in the afternoon sun with some rather gloomy looking clouds behind. This was shot from Exchequergate on the way into Minster Yard.

Here's the shot setup: ephemer.is/_5xlNb

#uk #england #cathedral #lincoln #architecture #photography
Lincoln Cathedral as seen from Exchequergate. Sunlit with gloomy clouds behind.
April 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Another from Durham Cathedral, this time the interior, shot mid-morning on a sunny day.

While the building mostly pre-dates the Gothic style, its windows still admit more than enough light to create some beautiful interior effects.

#photography #architecture #durham #cathedral #england
Interior of Durham Cathedral, Black & White photograph
April 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The east elevation of Durham Cathedral in the morning sun. What a wonderful building. The east end is the one of the "modern" bits, not built until the year 1230!

#durham #cathedral #architecture #photography #architecturalphotography #england #sunlight
The east elevation of Durham Cathedral in the morning sunlight.
April 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Part 2 of our series on the basics of architectural photography, covering the equipment you’ll need - the good news is that just a smartphone camera can take you a long way!

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#architectural #photography #guide
Architectural Photography: Equipment
In this second post about architectural photography, we'll discuss equipment selection (cameras, lenses, tripods, and tripod heads) and some of the implication
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April 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The Percy Lion sees you!

Detail from a doorway in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.

#photography #northumberland #alnwick #castle #england
The Percy Lion by an archway in Alnwick Castle
April 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Wallington Bridge on the River Wansbeck, Northumberland, England.

Built in 1755 from a design by James Paine. Grade 1 Listed. Read more at www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/walling.html

#photography #northumberland #england #nikon #z8 #black&white #blackandwhite #b&w #nikcollection
Black and white image of Wallington Bridge, Northumberland, England.
April 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Another one from our stroll around Whitley Bay the other day:

The Rendezvous Cafe.

This was a frequent childhood haunt in the 70s and 80s - it hasn't really changed!

#photography #whitleybay #b&w #streetphotography
Black and white image of the Rendezvous Cafe in Whitley Bay, England.
April 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Spanish City, Whitley Bay.

Love this in black & white - processed in LightRoom + Nik SilverEfex Pro.

#photography #architecture #england #clouds #nikon #z8
Black & white photo of Spanish City at Whitley Bay, England.
April 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Beautiful day at the coast. St. Mary’s Lighthouse north of Whitley Bay.

Nice to see quite a few folk strolling around with cameras too!

#photography #england #seaside
April 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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We wrote a new post on the use of perspective in architectural photography, the first in a planned series. Let us know what you think!

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#photography #architecture #perspective #art #architecturalphotography
Architectural Photography: Perspective
This is the first in a series of brief introductory articles on architectural photography. We'll cover everything you need to know in order to plan, execute an
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April 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM