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Here is the Sword of Orion, the cluster of stars and the Orion Nebula that make up the sword in Orion the Hunter.
Pentax K-3, 300mm f/4, 10s, ISO 125.



Mineral collection at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

One lens reflects another.

The last surviving dandelion in North Park, or maybe an early riser for this false Spring.
Taken with a Pentax K-3, Takumar 50mm f1.4 (eight element early version), and a full set of screw mount extension tubes.


Moss, quite close up.
Taken with a Pentax K-3 and Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens on a full set of extension tubes.

No light in this storm
or
Thank goodness my camera is weather sealed

Test shot with a recent purchase: an SMC Takumar 400mm f5.6 lens. Shot a few minutes after sunset at Crooked Creek State Park.

Two starlings on a branch, enjoying the late afternoon sun.

Falcon soaring in the afternoon sun. Shot at Crooked Creek State Park.
(c) 2017 John W. Sheldon

The moon shot in the early evening, before the first stars appear in the sky.
Shot with a Takumar 400mm @ f11, mounted to a Pentax K-3.

Orion about to set behind the trees, 2017.
Taken from Erie Bluffs State Park, facing West at about 10pm.


Deer.
Deer blep.

Macrophotography of a tiger lily.


The Milky Way, as seen from Pittsburgh’s North Park.
Light pollution limits some of the clarity, but I’m pretty happy with the results.


Some test shots run with @your-eyes-touch-me-physically
They were testing makeup, and I was testing the studio setup a little further. It was a real joy to shoot him with the old Takumar 50mm, which just feels a little nicer in the hand than the newer 50′s I have.