Week 53: The final week

Wrapping up this 53 weeks photo challenge with another analog/film photo.

Week 52: Stairs

Hundred years old staircase

Week 51: Shooting film

There has been decades between these photographs and the last time I shot in 120 film.

Week 50: Quincy Street Dock

What remains of the oldest dock in Port Townsend, it served public and private ferry system for about 50 years, until 1982.

Week 49: The North Cascades

Minutes into my flight the most rugged mountains in the North Cascades popped into the line of sight.

Week 48: A submerged forest

Aquatic plants in a lake, and the lake surface reflecting the clouds in the sky: It was probably around 4:30 pm and past the golden hour (after end of DST on the Pacific Coast) when bright clouds were above me and a submerged forest beneath the pier - I was surprised I could get this shot without using a polarizer.

Week 47: Seattle Big Wheel

In the night when the spokes glow red…

Week 46: Ready for the Winter

Week 45: Washington Fall

A very late Fall

Week 44: Chlorophyll

Week 43: Ducks in a creek

Ducks in a creek, smoke (from nearby forest fires) in the air.

Week 42: Afternoon Sun

Leaves ready to change color

Week 41: Andromeda

I have always wanted to do this, especially after realizing the galaxy isn’t too small observed from the Earth, seeing it rise/move across the sky in timelapse videos I’ve filmed over the years. The only challenge was tracking its movement across the sky (or rather I should say compensate Earth’s rotational motion) in long exposures. Now that I have a tracker, had to take the obligatory first formal photograph of Andromeda along with M32 and M110 for my astrophotography collection.

The technical details:

29 tracked images (culled from 50), 30 seconds at f/6.7 ISO 4000 in about 40 minutes total shooting time
Sony Alpha 7 R3 w/ Tamron 150-500mm
Sky-Watcher Sky Adventurer 2i