My Photo Guides

Submerged Ruins at Topaz Lake The remnants of an old sheep pen emerge from the depths as the water level drops in the drought at Topaz Lake on the California-Nevada border.  Photo captured at sunrise this morning.  More of my Nevada photos on G+:  https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/5712642035357745425 #landscapephotography   #Nevada   #photography   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Mojave National Preserve, California It's the time of year when the desert landscapes in Mojave National Preserve become comfortable to access again.   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #mojavedesert   #landscapephotography   #desertphotography   #nationalparkservice   #photography  

Leonid Meteor Shower Tonight Just a quick reminder to look for meteors tonight, best generally in an easterly direction from around 11 pm - 2:30 am local time. www.MyPhotoGuides.com #astronomy   #nightphotography   #astrophotography

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Image Buyers are Using 500px Prime I put about 50 photos into the 500px Prime licensing service when it was released a few months ago, and I didn't give it a second thought. I went back and checked yesterday, and I had $354 in royalties waiting for me.  The average $7 per image won't buy me a new camera, but I do have a new tripod arriving early next week. If I had uploaded a couple of high quality photos per day, the few hundred dollars might have been a few thousand.   If you're a photographer on 500px who has put photos into Prime, I'll put the link to your 500px store in the description for this photo on 500px. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #stockphotography   #landscapephotography   #easternsierra

Death Valley in December As I plan a trip to Death Valley next month for the Geminid Meteor Shower, I'm reviewing and adding photos to my Geminid Meteor Shower album from Death Valley in 2012.  It's up to 55 photos so far:  https://plus.google.com/b/116469806647181209109/photos/116469806647181209109/albums/5850004016571453425 Since I've been taking a lot of trips there during the 6 months the park is most comfortable to visit each year, I'm breaking down albums photo by year over on my Death Valley Workshops page on G+ so the albums don't get too large. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #deathvalleyphotography   #deathvalleyphotoworkshop   #deathvalley   Originally shared by Death Valley Workshops More Death Valley Photos from 2012 I'm breaking them down by year to the albums don't get too big... www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #deathvalleynationalpark   #deathvalleyphotography   #deathvalley  

Image Buyers Are Using 500px Prime I put about 50 photos into the 500px Prime licensing service when it was released a few months ago, and I didn't give it a second thought.  I went back and checked yesterday, and I had $354 in royalties waiting for me.  The average $7 per image won't buy me a new camera, but if I had uploaded a couple of high quality photos per day, the few hundred dollars might have been a few thousand. Image buyers can get a 20% discount by using the code "jeffsullivan" when they license a photo there.  Go license mine! Photographers, pop on over and say "Hi": http://500px.com/JeffSullivan Full disclosure: I have no financial or business relationship with 500px other than those royalties I've earned.  I'll probably use the site more often now that there's clear incentive. www.JeffSullivan.com #stockphotography   #500px   #commercialphotography   https://prime.500px.com?utm_source=500px&utm_medium=gplus&utm_campaign=pr

Rosetta comet landing occurs successfully! Coverage live now: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#.VGN2XyrF98E #cometlanding    #space   #science   #news    #rosetta   #rosettamission

Comet Photography Lens Tests As the Rosetta comet landing approaches this morning, here's a collection of time-lapse videos I've taken of comets in the past year, testing different lenses, camera and mounting methods (fixed and star tracking).  There were all fairly faint comets, not visible to the naked eye, requiring binoculars or a telephoto lens to locate.  (One of the first sequences I labelled as being taken on a tracking mount was accidentally mislabeled, it should be fairly obvious once you see the following clips.)   http://youtu.be/B-PCqS1KAT8?list=PLlLN6Bdq3jrl9OItgxV25czS-F1N1OLr7 #astrophotography   #nightphotography   #cometphotography   Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photographing Comets Comet Siding Spring will approach Mars tonight and pass the red planet tomorrow, Sunday October 19, 2014. I performed many lens and exposure tests on Comet Lovejoy in late 2013 and early 2014, with and without a star-tracking mount. Here are some of the results, rendered as

Black and White Software Trials I converted a few images to black and white using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, Silver Efex in the Nik Collection by Google, and onOne's Perfect Effects 8.  In some cases I also pre-processed RAW files in Lightroom and processed multiple exposures in Photomatix 5 to increase dynamic range before starting the black and white conversion. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #blackandwhitephotography   #travel   #landscapephotography  

Incredible, a must-see.    #mountainbiking   #mountainbikinguk   #adventure   Originally shared by Morkel Erasmus I am not into MTB at all - but this is madly awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA&feature=share

Moon Over Half Dome Thanks to the Royal Observatory Greenwich for selecting my image as one of the shortlisted (finalist) images in your Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 contest!  I posted a link to its appearance in their "Judges' Advice" video on my blog in August: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/08/astronomy-photographer-of-year-2014.html #astrophotography #astronomyphotographeroftheyear #APOTY #2014 Royal Museums Greenwich

Orionid Meteor Shower 2014 Thanks to Liz Horton and ABC11-WTVD in Raleigh for using my Orionid Meteor shower time-lapse video from 2012 to inform viewers about the Orionid meteor shower this year.  Here's five hours of the 2014 Orionid meteor shower, condensed into a few seconds of time-lapse video.  I shot it in the high, dry, optimal dark sky viewing conditions of the Tonopah Star Trails area of Nevada, under some of the darkest skies in the world. Here's ABC11's report informing viewers of the shower, with my much longer 2012 video: http://abc11.com/weather/orionid-meteor-shower-visible-tuesday-night-/359788/ #Tonopahstartrails #travelnevada #astronomy #news #Orionids  Travel Nevada Nevada Magazine  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uHJ6CYZwnM&feature=autoshare

NASA's Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) Launches December 4! Early next month Lori Hibbett and I will be covering NASA's Orion launch from Cape Canaveral.  Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). More powerful than any rocket ever built, SLS will be capable of sending humans to deep space destinations such as an asteroid and eventually Mars. EFT-1 will be the first mission to integrate Orion and the Space Launch System. Orion will launch atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex Flight Test on the Orion Flight Test: a two-orbit, four-hour flight that will test many of the systems most critical to safety. NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep

Backlit Cottonwoods in the Mist Colorful cottonwood trees and morning mist at Topaz Lake, on the California-Nevada border.  Fall colors aren't over quite yet! I shot this through the living room window. I stepped outside for the next few shots but the mist wasn't quite as high by then. #fallcolors   #monocounty   #landscapephotography  Eastern Sierra Nevada Workshops  www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Last Light on the Three Sisters Alpenglow on the Three Sisters at sunset last night.  Middle and South Sister are in Mono County, California.  North Sister is in Douglas County, Nevada.  Topaz Lake is divided between the two. #landscapephotography   #monocounty   #california   Blog: www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Snow in the Eastern Sierra Today This image was captured this morning in the Eastern Sierra, looking across Topaz Lake at the Sweetwater Mountains in the northern end of Mono County.   The snow level looks to be around 7500-8000 feet, low enough to dust Bodie but it looks like we may have enough to shoot around here that I don't need to drive that far. #fallcolors   #landscapephotography   #monocounty   #easternsierra   www.MyPhotoGuides.com