Geminid meteor caught Dec. 12, 2004 during Geminid metor shower, using Canon Digital Rebel set on tripiod (fixed camera) at ISO 800 and 1 minute exposure at f/2.8 with 16mm lens. Taken as part of 276-frame time-lapse sequence of Orion moving across south sky. Noise Ninja filtered and processed to make sky less green. Glow layer added to fuzz stars and meteor trail.
Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004, from Luxor, Egypt. A single image taken near mid-transit. Taken with a Sony DSC-V1 digital camera shooting afocally through a 40mm eyepiece and on a 90mm apochromatic refractor, equatorially mounted and driven. Shot thru a Baader solar filter, which gives a white Sun. Yellow coloration added in Photoshop.
Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004, from Luxor, Egypt. A composite image (layered in Photoshop) of individual multiple shots taken from just after 2nd contact to just before 3rd contact. Taken with a Sony DSC-V1 digital camera shooting afocally through a 40mm eyepiece and on a 90mm apochromatic refractor, equatorially mounted and driven. Shot thru a Baader solar filter, which gives a white Sun. Yellow coloration added in Photoshop.