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Summit County’s night skies
Gore Range Panoramic: Middle Park, Colorado.
All photos by Daniel McVey
SUMMIT COUNTY — I’m super-psyched to be hosting a guest photography post by self-taught widefield landscape astrophotographer Daniel McVey, a resident of Summit County, Colorado for more than 10 years. McVey has been honing his night photography skills for about six years.
“I first started the trial and error process when I lived up on Boreas Pass,” McVey said. “At night I would hike out to Rocky Point and give it a go. I found that there is a lot of practice, patience, pre-planning, and painfully-frozen fingertips to try to get the image you envision. I seldom record my composition exactly as planned but I’m not unhappy with my end results.”
Check out his website, www.danielmcvey.com and his facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/PhotographybyDanielMcVey for a daily blog and additional images.
Milky Way over Mayflower Gulch: Summit County, Colorado.
Orion, the Great Hunter, with the Dog star, Sirius, over the
Gore Range: Summit County, Colorado.
Moonshine on the Blue River: Silverthorne, Colorado.
Pleiades over Lake Dillon: Frisco, Colorado.
Venus, Jupiter, and the Andromeda Galaxy over Williams Fork Range: Summit County, Colorado.
The Milky Way stretches over the Gore Range: Summit County, Colorado.
Beacon from A-Basin: Frisco, Colorado.
Moonrise over the Williams Fork Range: Summit County, Colorado.
Composite Image of Grays and Torreys and Continental Divide from Lake Dillon: Frisco, Colorado.
Filed under: Colorado, Morning photo, photography, Summit County Colorado Tagged: | astrophotography, Daniel McVey, Frisco Colorado, Gore Range, Milky Way, Summit County Colorado
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Daniel’s night photography is absolutely stunning.
I can’t think of any superlatives good enough to describe how good I feel about these photos. I’ve Liked Daniel’s Facebook page. Look forward to viewing more of his photos.
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Glad to see these wonderful photos. I always hear Summit County folks talk about seeing meteor showers, and I can’t imagine seeing them from my vantage point in the city. Same with these pictures.