Taking, Making, and Sharing Photographs
Thomas Kingsley Photographs
Simple Photos of Amazing Subjects and Amazing Photos of Simple Subjects
The Pleiades
Here are the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades, or for the astronomers out there, M45. It never seemed a very interesting object to me. It is all about time on the target, dark clear skies, and careful processing.
This image was taken the night of October 13/14 and is a stack of 160 two-minute long exposures.
The Dark Sky
We just moved away from the city to a place of darkness and quiet. It is in a Bortle 4 zone on the Albemarle Sound area of North Carolina. If you are not familiar with the Bortle Scale check it out.
The picture is of our house and the sky above it at 3:00 am on May 13, 2026. It is NOT AI. It is a 13 second long exposure from my Sony a7iv camera with a 28mm lens and a bit of editing.
Astrophotography Gallery
Astrophotography is difficult - and not only because you have to stay up all night. An interest in astronomy and of taking pictures of objects in the sky has always been with me, but only in the last few years have I set out to improve my astrophotography skills.
Here is my growing collection of deep sky photographs that I have taken beginning in 2024 under very bright metro skies. As of April, 2026 I have moved away from the city to a home under dark skies. I have great expectations for continuing to improve my craft and taking more naps during the day.
Colors of the Moon?
A photographic investigation
You may have seen pictures of what is referred to as the “mineral moon”. I thought that they were fake. Some certainly look that way. So I decided to give it a try.