Jeff Studley
@jstudleyphoto.bsky.social
Retired and trying a new career in living life. Photography, reading, traveling and cooking with the wife. And some social commentary when needed, but more for my mental health, not yours.
My political account is at https://jstudley.substack.com/
My political account is at https://jstudley.substack.com/
Rainy days and sunshine can coexist. Roamed around the backyard after a shower the other say.
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rainy days and sunshine can coexist. Roamed around the backyard after a shower the other say.
#Retired now for a few years and planned for it. This is kind of how I see the #working world now, working for the man.
#blackandwhite
#photography
#streetphotography
#blackandwhite
#photography
#streetphotography
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#Retired now for a few years and planned for it. This is kind of how I see the #working world now, working for the man.
#blackandwhite
#photography
#streetphotography
#blackandwhite
#photography
#streetphotography
At a height of 7000 feet and mostly dark skies, Sunset Lookout outside of Prescott was the perfect place to shoot Comets Lemmon and #SWAN. We didn’t see Lemmon and SWAN was found after the fact when I got back home; the telltale sign is its green coma.
#MilkyWay #stars #AstroPhotography
#MilkyWay #stars #AstroPhotography
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At a height of 7000 feet and mostly dark skies, Sunset Lookout outside of Prescott was the perfect place to shoot Comets Lemmon and #SWAN. We didn’t see Lemmon and SWAN was found after the fact when I got back home; the telltale sign is its green coma.
#MilkyWay #stars #AstroPhotography
#MilkyWay #stars #AstroPhotography
The Granite Dells of Watson #Lake (man-made early 1900's) date back 1.4 billion years and originated from magma that cooled and solidified beneath the Earth’s surface. Their signature look was created by hundreds of millions of years of exposure and erosion.
#photography #landscape #water #arizona
#photography #landscape #water #arizona
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Granite Dells of Watson #Lake (man-made early 1900's) date back 1.4 billion years and originated from magma that cooled and solidified beneath the Earth’s surface. Their signature look was created by hundreds of millions of years of exposure and erosion.
#photography #landscape #water #arizona
#photography #landscape #water #arizona
October 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Watson #Lake hosts a bunch of different water fowl and magnificent geology.
Graylag Goose, Canada Goose resting on one leg and a female Mallard scoping the scene.
#birdphotography #geese #ducks
Graylag Goose, Canada Goose resting on one leg and a female Mallard scoping the scene.
#birdphotography #geese #ducks
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Watson #Lake hosts a bunch of different water fowl and magnificent geology.
Graylag Goose, Canada Goose resting on one leg and a female Mallard scoping the scene.
#birdphotography #geese #ducks
Graylag Goose, Canada Goose resting on one leg and a female Mallard scoping the scene.
#birdphotography #geese #ducks
Living in the desert south west, USA I feel very fortunate to have this place just a 20 minute drive from me. The Gilbert Riparian Preserve is quite literally an #oasis.
October 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Living in the desert south west, USA I feel very fortunate to have this place just a 20 minute drive from me. The Gilbert Riparian Preserve is quite literally an #oasis.
Good walk around #Gilbert Riparian Preserve yesterday. Although the ponds are being drained for maintenance, there are still a good number of birds there.
Here are just a few: Great #Egret, House #Sparrow and a Northern #Mockingbird.
#photography #birding #Goldenhour
Here are just a few: Great #Egret, House #Sparrow and a Northern #Mockingbird.
#photography #birding #Goldenhour
October 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Good walk around #Gilbert Riparian Preserve yesterday. Although the ponds are being drained for maintenance, there are still a good number of birds there.
Here are just a few: Great #Egret, House #Sparrow and a Northern #Mockingbird.
#photography #birding #Goldenhour
Here are just a few: Great #Egret, House #Sparrow and a Northern #Mockingbird.
#photography #birding #Goldenhour
THIS #DOG, oh my goodness. I could tell he wanted to convey something to the owner the way he kept #jumping on him. I held back to get some dog action shots and got him completely off the ground.
Turns out he was just done with #walking and wanted to ride the owner back to the car. #photography
Turns out he was just done with #walking and wanted to ride the owner back to the car. #photography
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
THIS #DOG, oh my goodness. I could tell he wanted to convey something to the owner the way he kept #jumping on him. I held back to get some dog action shots and got him completely off the ground.
Turns out he was just done with #walking and wanted to ride the owner back to the car. #photography
Turns out he was just done with #walking and wanted to ride the owner back to the car. #photography
Record rainfall put us over the recorded average in one day. North-east of us Globe was devastated with flooding. A town somewhere near Phoenix got almost 4 inches in a couple of hours. It was intense.
Sometimes beauty and fury meet. These #clouds and #lightning were coming in the day before.
Sometimes beauty and fury meet. These #clouds and #lightning were coming in the day before.
September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Record rainfall put us over the recorded average in one day. North-east of us Globe was devastated with flooding. A town somewhere near Phoenix got almost 4 inches in a couple of hours. It was intense.
Sometimes beauty and fury meet. These #clouds and #lightning were coming in the day before.
Sometimes beauty and fury meet. These #clouds and #lightning were coming in the day before.
September 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
33rd #anniversary breakfast yesterday morning. A good start to the day with the wife.
September 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
33rd #anniversary breakfast yesterday morning. A good start to the day with the wife.
So, this happened yesterday, the biggest #haboob in #Arizona since 2011. Our first one was early 2000's. These things are biblical in size.
It was estimated to be 10,000 feet tall, traveled about 30 mph, was around 30 miles across and produced winds up to 66 miles an hour. #photography #storm
It was estimated to be 10,000 feet tall, traveled about 30 mph, was around 30 miles across and produced winds up to 66 miles an hour. #photography #storm
August 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So, this happened yesterday, the biggest #haboob in #Arizona since 2011. Our first one was early 2000's. These things are biblical in size.
It was estimated to be 10,000 feet tall, traveled about 30 mph, was around 30 miles across and produced winds up to 66 miles an hour. #photography #storm
It was estimated to be 10,000 feet tall, traveled about 30 mph, was around 30 miles across and produced winds up to 66 miles an hour. #photography #storm
That's my son's hand. Little dude was dazed and confused, flew into a wall next to where he was working. Spent the rest of the day in his truck. He took him to a field and he flew away. #Nature
August 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
That's my son's hand. Little dude was dazed and confused, flew into a wall next to where he was working. Spent the rest of the day in his truck. He took him to a field and he flew away. #Nature
Creole Shrimp going down tonight. Too hot to go outside for pics, but turning up the heat in the kitchen.
July 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Creole Shrimp going down tonight. Too hot to go outside for pics, but turning up the heat in the kitchen.
Today's listens...
It was a good day.
It was a good day.
July 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Today's listens...
It was a good day.
It was a good day.
Epic #sunset at San Tan Mountain Regional Park in Arizona.
#photography
#silhouette
#nature
1/40 sec
f/16
ISO 50
EF 24-105 Canon L series @55mm
Canon 6D mkII
#photography
#silhouette
#nature
1/40 sec
f/16
ISO 50
EF 24-105 Canon L series @55mm
Canon 6D mkII
July 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Epic #sunset at San Tan Mountain Regional Park in Arizona.
#photography
#silhouette
#nature
1/40 sec
f/16
ISO 50
EF 24-105 Canon L series @55mm
Canon 6D mkII
#photography
#silhouette
#nature
1/40 sec
f/16
ISO 50
EF 24-105 Canon L series @55mm
Canon 6D mkII
Forgot to post this one from late last month. An attempt at the #MilkyWay from a local spot, obviously NOT dark skies. Happy with the structure in the foreground. Tried stacking a series of ten but honestly I like this single exposure the best.
15 sec
f/1.4
24mm Samyung
ISO 250
Canon 6D mkII
15 sec
f/1.4
24mm Samyung
ISO 250
Canon 6D mkII
July 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Forgot to post this one from late last month. An attempt at the #MilkyWay from a local spot, obviously NOT dark skies. Happy with the structure in the foreground. Tried stacking a series of ten but honestly I like this single exposure the best.
15 sec
f/1.4
24mm Samyung
ISO 250
Canon 6D mkII
15 sec
f/1.4
24mm Samyung
ISO 250
Canon 6D mkII
Sad news today about the lodge and campgrounds at the North Rim. We were there last summer during a New Moon for some Milky Way shots.
Haven't heard of the fire was started by lightning strike or human caused.
Haven't heard of the fire was started by lightning strike or human caused.
July 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sad news today about the lodge and campgrounds at the North Rim. We were there last summer during a New Moon for some Milky Way shots.
Haven't heard of the fire was started by lightning strike or human caused.
Haven't heard of the fire was started by lightning strike or human caused.
Pecan smoked chicken breasts and green chilie be brats. Fine dining tonight!
July 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Pecan smoked chicken breasts and green chilie be brats. Fine dining tonight!
Some salt and pepper, a little steak seasoning and cooked over oak.
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Some salt and pepper, a little steak seasoning and cooked over oak.
Foghat from around 2014 at a local music festival. The video is a different venue, but the same lineup of musicians.
Slow Ride: youtu.be/Mk9X46bWqBE?...
#music #rocknroll #blackandwhite #concert #photography
Slow Ride: youtu.be/Mk9X46bWqBE?...
#music #rocknroll #blackandwhite #concert #photography
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Foghat from around 2014 at a local music festival. The video is a different venue, but the same lineup of musicians.
Slow Ride: youtu.be/Mk9X46bWqBE?...
#music #rocknroll #blackandwhite #concert #photography
Slow Ride: youtu.be/Mk9X46bWqBE?...
#music #rocknroll #blackandwhite #concert #photography
Not the best conditions as light pollution is the enemy of anything #MilkyWay, but it is the season to get out and snap away. I do like this old water storage tank that I've used before.
#photography
#nightsky
#photography
#nightsky
June 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Not the best conditions as light pollution is the enemy of anything #MilkyWay, but it is the season to get out and snap away. I do like this old water storage tank that I've used before.
#photography
#nightsky
#photography
#nightsky
Pulled off the road in 2019 because the weeds were blooming in a spectacular fashion.
#blackandwhite
#flowers
#nature
#blackandwhite
#flowers
#nature
June 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Pulled off the road in 2019 because the weeds were blooming in a spectacular fashion.
#blackandwhite
#flowers
#nature
#blackandwhite
#flowers
#nature