Category Archives: Gore Range
Partial Lunar Eclipse Earthsky India Astro Photo Festival
On April 25 and 26 there will be a Partial Lunar Eclipse visible through most of the world save North America. In honor of the event I shared a photo I took of last years Partial Lunar Eclipse here in Summit County, Colorado. Earthsky.Org picked up on it and asked to use it with their article on the event: http://bit.ly/Y0jpTA
Thank You Deborah Byrd and Earthsky.Org for including my photo in your story.
Back in December 2012 there was an Astro Photography festival at the Nehru Planetarium. Atish Aman, event coordinator, contacted me to submit some photos to the event and few were hand selected, printed, and put on display with other Astro Photographers from around the world. This was the first event of its kind in India and I am extremely proud to have had my photography displayed with all the great artists.
There was a holdup on releasing images from the event but they have been released and I wanted to share a few snapshots of the event. Click for the Original Blog Post on the India Astro-Photo Festival.
All Photos © Courtesy of the India Astro-Photo Festival
Partial Lunar Eclipse – Far Right
Milky Way Rising – Far Right
Orion over Gore Range – Center
Stellar Tuesday Global Astronomy Month Landscape Photography Magazine Gore Range Monochrome Series
(Early) Spring Time in the Rockies
Stellar Tuesday Astro Image: (Early) Spring Time in the Rockies: Winter Constellations in the West shortly after sunset as the snow recedes from the valley floor.
I am sure by now you are aware that I have been working with International Dark-Sky Association to bring you Dark Sky week from April 5 – 11 but did you know the entire month of April is Global Astronomy Month? I was fortunate enough to have a small contribution of photographer by pairing up with writer Larry Sessions of North American Skies to bring you the article Globe at Night and Online Classes for Astronomers without Borders. Check the article to see “Wildernest Reflection”.
: My Harvest Moon 2012 photo is currently in Issue #26 in the Inspirations section of the Magazine and it provided me with the gift of a brand new camera bag. This is amazing cause I have been putting off getting a new bag for months now. Thank You Landscape Photography Magazine and Fstopgear.Com
The Website has been updated not only with the new ecommerce page: Shop.DanielMcVey.Com
but also with the Gore Range Monochrome Series slideshow. Please take a minute and check the slideshow out which includes sepia toned photos of Summit County’s Gore Range thoughout the year day and night. I ran the series on Facebook and was met with a lot of positive remarks so I brought in slideshow fashion to the webpage.
Don’t forget that April 5 is First Friday at the Denver Photo Art Gallery.
Comet Pan-STARRS Summit County Citizens Voice Colorado
Pan-STARRS over Middle Park – Click image for Article on event by Summit County Citizens Voice w/ unseen images.
Capturing Comet Pan-STARRS here in Summit County, Colorado has been a difficult process with many failed attempts before I even saw the comet. Since the comet appears so low on the horizon, finding a vantage point while surrounded by peaks towering 12,000 ft plus proved to be a challenge. Mix that in with overcast nights I was growing frustrated but trying to keep patient. One partly cloudy night I hiked in to my spot only to find clouds forming in the worst possible place and since I was on foot no chance of realigning my angle of view.
The evening I captured my only series to date of PanSTARRS I was unsure what I would get cause I had cloud building in about the area I was expecting to see this cosmic wonder. Im not sure why this happens but sometimes when the temps drop after sunset, clouds seem to vaporize. I was hanging on to this thought as I did my last chance to view the comet but this time it paid off.
Comet in a Nose Dive. Click for Larger Image
The first frame I caught of the comet, I leaped for joy and then started to work vigorously. From the time I saw the comet, I knew I had a short time before it dipped behind the horizon.
Big Thank You to Bob Berwyn of the Summit County Citizens Voice who is a huge supporter of my photography. Bob was kind enough to put together an Article on Comet Pan-STARRS over Summit County, Colorado utilizing my photos and making sense of my wild ramblings sent via email.
Winter Circle Huffington Post and Space.Com
Winter Milky Way with Winter Circle (Capella, Aldebaran, Rigel, Sirius, Procyon, and Castor) Jupiter, and the Pleiades.
Recently I was lucky enough to have my Winter Highlights (pictured above) run in the Huffington Post UK “Image of the Week” – where my photo was next to one of Kate Middleton! – and it was voted as the Fan Favorite!
This same picture ran on Space.Com under the category “Amazing Night Sky Photos” for the month of March. Big Thank You to both for sharing.
If all this sounds familiar but in abbreviated fashion its because these were Lost Blogs in the Great Website Crash of 2013. Thank God, that the rest of the page was recovered by my host: Blue Host. Thank You!
Thanks to Stellar friend, Kim Klodnicki, I now have a Instagram page. Please check it out and if you are an Instagram user, send a friend request!
Winter Circle and Milky Way over Gore Range Summit County Colorado
Submission for Astronomy Photograph of the Day (APOD)
Winter Milky Way with Winter Circle ( Capella, Aldebaran, Rigel, Sirius, Procyon, and Castor) Aldebaran (Taurus) Jupiter, and the Pleiades over the Gore Range in Summit County, Colorado.
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Sirius and Orion over Gore Range Colorado APOD
Sirius and Orion over the Gore Range: Summit County, Colorado
Originally photographed in the Spring of 2012 this image of Sirius and Orion over the Gore Range is one my favorites. The glow from behind the mountains is coming from the Eagle / Vail area. The light reflecting down from the clouds then scattered by the snow helped to bring out foreground detail along with some post processing in Lightroom 4.0 .
Moon Jupiter Conjunction Summit County
Moon / Jupiter Conjunction Pano. Please use scroll bars or your touch activated device to scroll through this image.
For more from my photos of the Moon and Jupiter please follow this link to the Summit County Voice.
www.danielmcvey.com
India Astro-Photo Festival Space-Com Summit County Voice and other Happenings
December 22, 2012 – Silverthorne, Colorado: So I am glad to see that most of us have survived the alleged apocalypse. I wanted to take some time to note some events and appearances.
This month in New Delhi, India at the Nehru Planetarium there is India’s First Astrophotography Festival happening which I am honored and proud to share a part. Recently I was approached by Atish Aman, a representative of the festival to submit some photos into their show based on certain Astrophotography themes. Three of six of my photos were chosen to be at the festival and then I submitted large format versions of the files and the festival paid to have them made for their display. I love the backlit Orion over the Gore Range. So cool. Thank You Atish.
For those of us who can’t visit the festival this video has been provided: https://vimeo.com/55754623
Arrival of Winter – Orion
This month I was also fortunate enough to have my “Arrival of Winter” photo appear in NASA’s Space.Com in their Best Photos of the Month #12 and in an article Explaining the Solstice.
I had an appearance in the Summit County Voice in an article about the recent Geminid Meteor Shower.
Check out 303 Magazine based out of Denver, Colorado for an article on my photography. I am doing a short interview with them on January 4 which also happens to be the next First Friday event at the
I will be there hosting my space as usual barring a blizzard between here and Denver. A little snow, no problem. If you haven’t been down to the space in a while, Ive added 2 new pieces recently: The Great Rift: Milky Way through Aspen Trees which looks incredible in all its large print glory printed on metallic paper and well lit; Ive also added Harvest Moon Rising 2012 printed on Antzl Project Canvas which was recently seen at EarthSky.Org.
Finally all of my 2013 calendars are SOLD OUT. Some copies can still be purchased locally at the Petal and Bean in Breckenridge, Colorado or the Next Page Bookstore in Frisco, Colorado. Thank You to everybody who voted for the images and to those who purchased the Best Calendar yet!
Starry Night Middle Park Colorado
Starry Night in the Gore Range * Middle Park * Colorado
Stellar Tuesday – Dec 4, 2012: Starry Night in the Gore Range – Middle Park, Colorado
News: Don’t forget that I will be at the Denver Photo Art Gallery from 6-9+ pm to host my space and talk about my photos. There will also be a 25 % sale on all my photos as well as many other photographers. Great chance for a unique Holiday Gift!
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In other news Harvest Moon 2012 was recently featured on LandscapePhotographyMagazine.Com ‘s webpage. Click HERE.
Milky Way – Silverthorne Colorado
Milky Way * Silverthorne * Colorado
11/13/12 Stellar Tuesday: Milky Way over my town, Silverthorne, Colorado. Even with the bright lights of Silverthorne shining, highlights of the Milky Way can be seen.
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