Photography: The sky and things in it Archives

April 6, 2026April 5, 2026

Enjoy the southern skies, M’lord!

I suspect that these two photos represent the last time I’ll be able to shoot Orion the Hunter for this season. When I took these it was still probably 30-45 minutes to full dark, and with Orion this high in the sky, he would have been close to setting behind the local apartment buildings by the time the sky would have been black. Soon he’ll be gone, not to grace my skies again until next fall. Alas!

This is actually the same photo, with two different edits. I couldn’t decide which edit I liked better, and then I thought, “Who said I have to choose?”

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March 22, 2026March 22, 2026

“I don’t know why…it makes me sad.” –Samwise Gamgee

Orion the Hunter, emerging from behind a tree. Soon the Hunter will have moved beyond my southern horizon, not to be seen again until late next Autumn.

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November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

“I saw a UFO once….”

A favorite exchange of mine from That 70s Show:

LEO: (Leo is the stoner who owns the local Foto Hut) I saw a UFO once, man. It was awesome! It just hung in the air, then it sent me a message. In big, bright, yellow letters. Said I was going to have a good year.

STEVEN HYDE: (Steven is one of the main teenagers on the show) Did this, by any chance, happen at a football game?

LEO: Yeah, man! And the weird thing is, I was the only one freaking out about it, man! Wait a second… Good year? No, it was a terrible year, man! Stupid aliens.

Why do I bring this up? Because that same UFO was visible from outside my house as it hovered above Highmark Stadium during the Bills-Chiefs game. That’s a good idea, if you’re flying a UFO; you can study humans from right above the stadium where an NFL game is happening because nobody there is looking up at your alien craft. Except for the photographer-writer who lives one neighborhood away. I’m onto you, aliens!