Where the Lake Carnegie Dam Meets the Millstone River

I looked around, and spring did the rest.

https://islandinthenet.com/where-the-lake-carnegie-dam-meets-the-millstone-river/

”Portrait of Miss Poppy using Apple’s ‘Stage Light‘ Portrait setting, then further feathered into the background.” Photo by: Smitho.graphics

Image Processed with: Adobe Lightroom

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

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”Some black and white shots of Miss Poppy, which work well as she’s mostly all black” Photo by: Smitho.graphics

Image Processed with: Adobe Lightroom

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

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✏️”View of Seaford Head Cliffs taken from Splash Point, towards Exceat.”

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📷 Photo by: Smitho.graphics

🙏 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

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Phone Photography Without the Hype

I’m not against third-party camera apps, but I am against the hype. My iPhone 16 Pro workflow — Lightroom Mobile for RAW, native iOS Camera for 2×, macro, and night — is built for results, not marketing myths. The so-called “film-like” look? Only actual film delivers that.

https://islandinthenet.com/phone-photography-without-the-hype/

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The Rosette nebula!! A year ago I couldn’t even imagine getting a shot like this, or not even in October when I first captured it! The Optolong L-eNhance has greatly helped achieve this, along with the auto guider which allows me to not worry about backlash and take even longer exposures that the filter allows.

Over 3 nights last week I got over 110 5-minute subs which got me close to 10 hours of data total! The data is also very clean and it allowed me to stretch a lot of faint details from the center of the nebula without bringing out too much noise.

116x300s lights (9.67 hours) at ISO 1600 with darks, flats, and biases stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, edited in Siril, GraXpert, and noise reduction applied in Adobe Lightroom mobile.
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🌌 Rosette Nebula (NGC 2244)
🔭 Modified Celestron Astromaster 114 (Scope), SkyWatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Stock Canon Rebel T4i (Main), ZWO 120mm Mini (Guide), Optolong L-eNhance (Filter)
📅 Bloomington, Minnesota (Bortle 8)
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Last week I wanted to image another nebula before galaxy season starts, but there was only had one night with a few hours that were clear, so I figured I would go after Orion that night since it was pretty bright and would look good with only 2 hours on it (second image). But after processing the data from that night, it looked so good that I completely changed my plans and continued to image it for another two nights to get as much data as I could on it, and I’m so glad I did!

359x60s lights (5.98 hours), darks, flats, and biases stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, edited in Siril, and noise reduction applied in Adobe Lightroom mobile.
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🌌 Horsehead Nebula (IC 434)
🔭 Meade RB-70 (Scope), SkyWatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Stock Canon Rebel T4i (Main), Optolong L-eNhance (Filter)
📅 Bloomington, Minnesota (Bortle 8)
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Earlier this month I got two clear nights, the first for a while after this Winter, and continued to add to my 2 hours of data I had previously captured in December. I gathered another 7 hours, but due to backlash and wind, I ended up getting rid of about 2 hours. But I still got a respectable 7.15 hours, and the final image turned out fantastic!

286x90s lights, darks, flats, and biases stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, edited in Siril, and noise reduction applied in Adobe Lightroom mobile
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🌌 Horsehead Nebula (IC 434)
🔭 Meade RB-70 (Scope), SkyWatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Stock Canon Rebel T4i (Main), Optolong L-eNhance (Filter)
📅 Bloomington, Minnesota (Bortle 8)
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