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Brian G Weber Photography
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Photographer of the sea and sky, occasionally the land.

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Playing with the OM-1's live composite mode while using my fisheye lens. The thin clouds created a surreal effect.

Olympus OM-1.1
Live Composite of 8s exposures
Olympus 8mm fisheye PRO @ f/2.0

#photography #astrophotography #longexposure #startrails #clouds #fisheye #nightsky #space 📷 🔭
A live composite image captured with a fisheye lens from my backyard. By capturing a series of 8s photos, the camera adds new light as it arrives. Thin clouds produced the light beam effect.
January 25, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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THREE (!!!) long-eared owls resting together as the sun goes down. These images are a heavy crop with Lightroom denoise as I didn't have enough focal length and the light was fading as sunset approached.

#wildlifephotography #wildlife #birds #owls #raptors #olympus #om1 #lifer 🦉 🐦 📷
Three long-eared owls resting together in thick brush before nightfall A nice view of the striking facial features of this species.
January 24, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Take a ride along with my telescope as it tracks the winter sunrise low across the sky.

#timelapse #sunrise #clouds #photography
January 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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It has been a busy couple days for Earth's magnetic field as the sun has been pummeling us with material. With all this sunspot activity, it's easy to see why!

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#astrophotography #photography #sunspots #aurora #skywatcherUSA #touptek 🔭 📷
A full disk solar image showing off a combination of lines and spots covering the surface
January 21, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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I came across this pair of birds in an unfrozen part of the lake and just assumed it was a pair of the same species. I later realized this was a male hooded merganser and male bufflehead chilling (literally) together.

#birds #waterfowl #wildlifephotography #wildlife #olympus #photography 🐦
A male hooded merganser and male bufflehead hanging out together in the chilly water of Massachusetts A male hooded merganser and male bufflehead hanging out together in the chilly water of Massachusetts A hooded merganser framed by close branches in a local lake
January 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Dive #2 with the OM-1! I set the AF limiter correctly and it's a good thing I did because there were tiny sea slugs EVERYWHERE.

#underwaterPhotography #scuba #scubaDiving #olympus #om1 #shrimp #nudibranchs #NewEngland #coldWater 🦑
Placida dendritica sea slug crawling along a stalk of sea fleece with a couple Norther lacuna snails A chameleon shrimp in the water column. I'm impressed with the focus on this one as subjects in the water column are notoriously difficult. Placida dendritica sea slug reaching out from a stalk of sea fleece The water was flat calm and 41F, but the sun came out after the dive and the air temps were in the high 40s. Nice day!
January 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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PixInsight just added a new step for rejecting frames during the stacking process! My current intake process will filter out obvious things like clouds, but Frame Selection exposed a potential issue with my frames shot during the full moon. Sweet!

#astrophotography #pixinsight #stacking #processing
Frame Selection in WBPP!
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January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Horsehead and Flame Nebula are a rite of passage for any new camera gear, so I pointed my ToupTek585M at it and snapped away with L, R, G, and B filters.

Prints: buff.ly/k6rAEso
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#astrophotography #space #nebula #orion #horsehead #touptek #skywatcherUSA #photography 🔭📷
This is the region around Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion's Belt. Featured are the Flame and Horsehead Nebula, which both shine brightly in the dust.
January 16, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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First dive with my new Olympus OM-1 and of 2026! Nice surface conditions, freezing cold crystal clear water, and some good macro critters made for a nice dive!

#underwaterPhotography #macroPhotography #scuba #scubaDiving #anemones #crabs #scallop #olympus #om1 🦑 📷 🦀
A barnacle extends into the water column to grab some passing food A tiny frilled anemone perched on a mussel on the seabed. Both animals get their food from the water column. The anemone uses sticky tentacles to catch things as they pass by and the mussel sucks in water and filters out the food before expelling the water. A scallop on the seabed siphoning its supper. The black dots are elementary eyes that help them detect predators. A small Acadian hermit crab under a tunicate encrusted in another species of tunicate.
January 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Maybe the biggest snowflakes I've ever seen! The weather is all over the place today alternating between rain, freezing rain, and snow. What is weather like where you are?

#snow #snowday #rain #winter #winterwonderland #wintervibes #NewEngland #Massachusetts
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Maybe the biggest snowflakes I've ever seen! The weather is all over the place today alternating between rain, freezing rain, and snow. What is weather like where you are?

#snow #snowday #rain #winter #winterwonderland #wintervibes #NewEngland #Massachusetts
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Located between the constellations Orion and Gemini, Monkey Head Nebula is a large, colorful nebula is an excellent narrowband target.

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#astrophotography #nebula #space #monkey #touptek #skywatcherUSA 🔭 📷
A large colorful nebula with a gold-orange rim, wispy clouds streaming off the outside, and a bright blue center.
January 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Jupiter, Io and Ganymede looking beautiful tonight with my C6.

#astronomy #astrophotography
January 2, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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My first sun/moon pair of 2026! The moon was 97% illuminated last night and then sun was captured this morning as it peeked up over my house.

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Sun: buff.ly/1OSCm4T

#astrophotography #newyear #sun #moon #sunspots #aurora #solarsystem #touptek #skywatcherUSA
A 97% illuminated waxing moon photographed on the evening of Jan 1, 2026 A full disc solar image featuring a few clusters of sunspots at various latitudes in the middle of the surface
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Super quick read on the December recap since I only did a single dive. Great conditions on that one dive, but our weather has been so junky recently. Looking forward to getting out again soon!

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#underwaterPhotography #nudibranchs #blog #olympus #photography #scubaDiving #tg 📷 🦑
My December Underwater
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January 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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More decorative drinks! This is an espresso martini with Hershey Kiss shavings.

Recipe:
Single shot of espresso
3/4 oz simple syrup
1.5 oz Bailey's Irish Cream

Shake with ice and serve in a fancy glass 🍸

Happy New Year! What are you eating/drinking this evening?

#martini #drinks #nye #2026
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Reviews are in. We are TIEd for the best coffee in the galaxy!

#coffee #starwars #latteart #tiefighter #puns
A coffee with foamed milk and cinnamon in the shape of a TIE fighter from Star Wars
December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I'm looking for some inspiration for how best to use my new Olympus 8mm fisheye lens. I'm not in love with the weird look of the trees in this image. Do you have a super wide angle shot you love? Please drop it in the comments!

#photography #forest #olympus #om1 #fisheye #lenses #inspiration
An image of a forest with a stream running through it, a setting sun, and a light coating of snow taken with a fisheye lens.
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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A swan family (I believe two parents and a juvenile) on the lake as sunset approaches. I don't have a proper telephoto lens yet, so I had to crop this image in.

Captured with my Olympus OM-1 + 60mm macro lens

#photography #birds #swans #family #sunset #olympus #om1 📷 🐦 🦢
A family of swans with the adults on the outside and the juvenile in the middle. They were foraging in the lake as sunset approached.
December 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Hooray for astrophotography! Imaging opportunities have been few and far between recently, so I took deep sky pics last night and then a quick sun pic this morning. Good stuff!

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#astrophotography #sunspots #solar #solarsystem #space #telescope 🔭 📷
A full disc solar image with sunspot clusters around the edges and very little activity in the middle.
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Ice lily pads on Lake Cochituate! These shapes are formed when water freezes on top of a body of water with waves to break the ice into chunks as it forms. The edges are caused by the chunks bumping up against one another. Really cool!

#ice #frozen #lake #lilypad #discs #winter #olympus #om1
December 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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This is a two panel mosaic of Dark Shark Nebula with about 2h on R, G, B and 4 h on L per panel. This is still very much underbaked and will need more exposure time, but it's starting to take shape.

#astrophotography #darknebula #shark #photography #space #telescope #touptek #skyWatcherUSA
A two panel mosaic of the Dark Shark Nebula with jaws open facing the left side of the image. The dark dust needs a ton more exposure time to sharpen the edges and bring out the texture.
December 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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My first cartoony dog nose pic with the fisheye lens! I didn't really slow down for this picture because I was pretty sure she was going to boop my lens in her excitement. We'll try again sometime when she's calmer.

#dogs #pets #christmas #fisheye #photography #cartoon #christmastree #olympus #om1
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Merry Christmas from my pup in her new sweater! She loves presents!
December 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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We surfaced on a shore dive at Old Garden Beach to check our location only to come face to face with this crew of double-crested cormorants. I can only assume they were mocking my navigation skills.

#photography #birds #waterbirds #olympus #tg #scubaDiving #cormorants 📷 🦑 🐦
Three double-crested cormorants sunbathing on a rock were surprised when we popped up from scuba diving nearby. They kept an eye on us, but didn't want to give up their sunny spot.
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM