Tons of AI photos floating around being touted as real.

To experienced astrophotographers it’s obvious, but without that experience it’s easy to fall for. When I called this out people were fighting me on it because they wanted it to be real.

Some sounds from the 2024 eclipse.

My voice is the loudest, but I couldn’t really say anything intelligent in the moment.

The uncropped photo of Monday's HDR composite shot is available in print for a limited time. I use these print sales to fund future projects, so if you want to support my work and make sure I get to Spain for the 2026 one this is how! cosmicbackground.io/pages/total-ec…

dave Ben Clark kottke.org I did see the corona extending quite far out, faint lunar detail, and quite a few stars via binoculars and my 14” dob.

But recreating the experience for me wasn’t just about copying what my eyes saw, but the *feeling* of the event. I tried to make the photo bring back the…

Strongly recommend reading this book if you haven’t already. Asks important questions about the nature/abundance of life while being an entertaining and satisfying read. Even better than The Martian (also by Andy Weir).

If you ever have any questions about my images or processes, just ask!

Friendly reminder that I do astrophotography for the spectacle of it, not the science of it, and encourage anyone to do whatever they like with their own work. All photography is art, after all!

The accusation that I use NASA data in my images I’ll just take as a compliment 🥰

I got my eclipse photo to save without crashing finally. This might be the coolest photo I’ve done so far. I can’t stop staring at it 😂

It combines data from 5 cameras capturing thousands of photos during the 4 minutes of totality.

I’ll share it tomorrow after my site is up.

Sorry guys my computer keeps crashing, my massive behemoth of an eclipse photo is coming soon though I promise!!!