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Current: Associate Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Univ. Colorado, Colorado Springs
Previous 40 years: Olympic sport executive; college professor; graduate student; ski bum...
I learned technical, film-based, micro and macro photograp…
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Current: Associate Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Univ. Colorado, Colorado Springs
Previous 40 years: Olympic sport executive; college professor; graduate student; ski bum...
I learned technical, film-based, micro and macro photography as a graduate student in biology and physiology over 40 years ago but put it aside to pursue careers in academia and Olympic sport management.
I bought my first real telescope in 2011, expecting to see views that resembled the beautiful images popularized by the Hubble telescope. Obviously, that first experience was a big disappointment; and I immediately realized this was not going to be as easy as the ads in magazines would have you believe!
Undaunted, I decided to brush off my photographic skills and get up to date on the new (to me) science of digital imaging. For practical reasons, I decided to start w/ solar photography because: 1) I could not devote nights to imaging; 2) high-quality mono video cameras were relatively inexpensive; 3) accurate polar alignment and guiding were not issues; and 4) the sun was easy to find in the sky!
I quickly discovered that even solar imaging has many challenges; not the least of which was the rare superposition of days I had available to image with days that were conducive to imaging! I also happen to live on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mts. in the U.S. and the air coming over the mountains is quite turbulent on most clear days.
In 2015, my work and travel schedule changed, and I decided to explore deep-space astrophotography. Yikes! After a couple of years of dragging equipment out to my driveway, aligning my mount, avoiding passing mountain showers, and trying to stay awake (and warm) while collecting data, I decided the only way I could keep doing this was to build a permanent, automated observatory. After looking at the options, I chose a 2.2-meter NexDome - which is still going strong today.
Like many of you, I have learned much of what I know about this fascinating and frustrating field by reading websites & blogs; and by just looking at images posted on Astrobin and other websites. That said, I still have much to learn and am looking forward to learning all I can from all of you! So, it was with some trepidation that I decided to start posting my own images so that others may learn from my experiences, and I may learn from your comments.
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Cycling; Skiing; Hiking; Macro Photography