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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Aug 9

Great work David! What a wonderful location that is.

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David Blanchard @davidblanchard.bsky.social · Aug 8

Moonrise behind Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona. Location determined using The Photographers Ephemeris.

#astrophotography #landscape 📷 @photoephemeris.com

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Jul 30

For an object lesson in the visual power of single point perspective in your photographs, watch Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme.

www.imdb.com/title/tt3084...

The Phoenician Scheme (2025) ⭐ 6.7 | Action, Comedy, Crime

1h 41m | PG-13

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Jul 29

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

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David Blanchard @davidblanchard.bsky.social · Jul 27

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

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Jun 12

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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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Jun 10

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

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 10

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).

#png #photography #newbritain #sunrise

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 9

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

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 7

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.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 6

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!

#photography #landscape #blackandwhite #b&w #colorado

A wide panorama of an approaching rainstorm at Dinosaur National Monument in western Colorado. Black and white.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 5

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.

photoephemeris.com/articles/arc...

#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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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 5

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.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 4

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.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 3

Just be glad you’re not in the UK.

“Enter characters 3 and 6 from your secret word.”

It makes my head explode.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 3

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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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · May 2

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).

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 30

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.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 26

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

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 25

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.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 21

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!

photoephemeris.com/articles/arc...

#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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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 21

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

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 19

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.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 19

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.

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The Photographer's Ephemeris @photoephemeris.com · Apr 18

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.

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