Astrophotography

Scott Smith Photos : Albums : Astrophotography

Astrophotography - the moon and the stars, lunar eclipses, the milky way, blood moons and more.

View this album on the photographer's personal website!

Camping with a View - Landscape - A beautiful view of the milky way from our campsite at Turquoise Lake, Leadville Colorado, adjusted for portrait view.

$9Y9A5841.jpg - Supermoon tonight. I don\u0027t have a super long lens anymore - this is a heavy crop, best I can do with a 200mm.\r\n\r\nCanon 5DMk4, Canon 70-200 f/2.8 L II, ISO 100, f/8.0, 200mm.$

$Mary\u0027s Lake At Night 2 - The milky way just manages to peek through the clouds, over Mary\u0027s Lake near Estes Park, Colorado.$

$Mary\u0027s Lake At Night - Another long exposure from the shore of Mary\u0027s Lake a few miles near Estes Park, looking east towards Denver.$

$Night Sky on Fire at Mary\u0027s Lake - Clouds lit from distant Boulder and Denver light the sky at midnight. From the shore of Mary\u0027s Lake a few miles near Estes Park, looking east towards Denver.$

Leadville Starry Sky - Another beautiful view of the milky way from our campsite at Turquoise Lake, Leadville Colorado.

Camping with a View - A beautiful view of the milky way from our campsite at Turquoise Lake, Leadville Colorado.

$Star Trails - My first attempt at shooting the Aurora Borealis, which turned out to not quite extend down to Denver tonight, turned into my first attempt at merging 103 stacked images into star trails. The shot is cropped to remove the neighbor\u0027s house behind mine.$

Milky Way and Perseids from Ward - Another shot of the Milky Way and the Perseid meteor shower, from Ward, Colorado.

Milky Way from Ward II - The Milky Way during the 2015 Perseid meteor shower.

Milky Way over Brainard Lake - The Milky Way over Brainard Lake, on August 13th, during the Perseid meteor shower. No meteorites show in the image, but the reflection of the stars on the water is striking. The Andromeda galaxy makes an appearance, in the middle of the right half of the

Milky Way and Meteorite from the Perseids - A lone meteorite streaks through the sky near the Milky Way, at the Brainard Lake State Recreation Area near Ward, Colorado.

Milky Way From Ward - On my way to shoot the Perseid meteor shower I stopped and snapped this great view of the milky way.

Milky Way at Turquoise Lake - 25 second exposure of the Milky Way from Turqouise Lake, Leadville Colorado.

April 4 2015 Eclipse Collage - A collage of 14 images from the spring 2015 lunar eclipse, showing the different phases of the moon.

Lunar Eclipse, April 4 2015 8 - Lunar Eclipse ad blood moon, April 4 2015 from Denver, Colorado.

Blood Moon over Denver, Colorado - Lunar Eclipse ad blood moon, April 4 2015 from Denver, Colorado.

Craters - The craters on the moon pronounced much more when side-lit during the crescent phase.

$My God, it\u0027s Full of Scars! - The moons scars are showing on a clear night.$

2014 Blood Moon Collage - Lunar eclipse and blood moon, 4/15/2014. Shot as separate frames with a 100mm Canon f/2.8 and assembled in Photoshop.

Starry Night - The big dipper shines near Bailey, Colorado on the 4th of July, 2014.

All image and article copyrights held by the respective member. No license to use, copy, or distribute images is granted or implied, unless expressly granted by the respective member in writing.