Jim worked on the 10 Shot-1 Spot theme and discovered how challenging it can be depending on the venue. He had some luck during an overnight trip to Julian, specifically a visit to the 1870 Eagle Gold Mine. The tour through the mine was fun and the history is fascinating. But from a photographer’s perspective, all the relics from the time it was a working mine were the most interesting. Jim walked into the working garage, picked a spot inside the doorway and took 10 photos. He shared color and b&w images of the 10 photos – most of his favorites being the b&w versions.
Staying the night in Pine Hills, adjacent to Julian at 4000ft, he used his SeeStar S30pro smart telescope to take two galactic images. Andromeda is a galaxy most beginner astrophotographers photograph since it’s big & bright. His second astrophoto was the Triangulum Galaxy; much smaller and a more challenging since it’s dimmer. Both images were stacks of ~210-20sec (~90 mins each) images processed using Stacking Wizard & Astro Wizard.
