Not sure how this is going to post on Bsky, but here we go. The Milky Way really put on a show a couple of nights ago at Brown Co St Park, IN. Not bad for a Bortle 4 area. 3 image vertical pano with 8 stacked images in each spot. (click for the full image) #photographersUnited #astrophotography

A free bag of popcorn AND a coupon for getting vaccinated? Holy shit. What a great deal. Woohoo! #fluseason #covid #vaccines

This is my first astro time lapse video, and it was a holy grail time lapse to boot. The 2nd night I camped at Garden of the Gods in Shawnee Nat Forest the weather was perfect. 3 hours, 1 photo every 20 sec. #MilkyWay #PhotographersUnited

I spent 3 nights camping in SE Illinois last week, looking to photograph the Milky Way. This was the first night, from a spot where I had photographed before. #photographersUnited

The sunset last night at Garden of the Gods in Shawnee National Forest in IL did not disappoint. You can just see the waxing crescent moon getting ready to set. #photographersUnited

I recently spent 3 days camping up in Door Co. WI. Hoping to get Milky Way photos, but the weather didn't cooperate. This is the next best thing, my first star trails photo of Eagle Bluff Lighthouse in Peninsula State Park. Already planning for my trip next year though. #PhotographersUnited

“Go up to Door Co, WI” they said. “They have an Internationally Certified Dark Sky Park”. (that closes at 11:00pm 🙄). Last 2 nights. Hazy, cloudy, foggy, and windy as f*. *sigh* When the weather doesn’t cooperate, adapt and pivot. 😎 #PhotographersUnited

Northern Wisconsin isn’t too shabby. Nothin’ more to say. That’s the post. #PhotographersUnited

So Final Fridays a couple of nights ago was a bust. Storms came in and the organizers cancelled the outdoor events. *sigh* As a consolation, here's another Milky Way shot from Garden of the Gods, IL a couple of weeks ago. #PhotographersUnited

Come see me! This Friday. 😊 Final Friday in Old Town Greenwood, IN. I'll be on the north side of Main St. Come chat and hang out. Take a look at my photos in print. They look a lot better in print than they do on social media. #PhotographersUnited www.restoreoldtowngreenwood.org/finalfridays

Americans have really got to unlearn the propagandist indoctrination that socialism is bad. It means that everyone has what they need, resources are shared, and we care for the earth & those around us. We've been taught to hate it so capitalists can keep exploiting us and working us to death.

I spent a few hours last night SW of Bloomington IN photographing the Milky Way. This was about an hour before official moonset @ 12:45 am. I wish I could say that I had planned the MW on the left side of the image, but I was just hoping to get an image of the fog rolling in. 😁 #photographersunited

This is awesome. 😎

New blog post on losing Peanut, our rescue dog. TL/DR: he gave us over 8 years of joy from his 16-17 years on this earth. We'll always miss his goofy smile and unbridled joy of living. He was the best rescue we could hope for www.davemccaskill.art/2025/06/the-... #rescuedogs #puppy #whosagoodboy

I managed to get my first Milky Way panorama done at Garden of the Gods, IL before I had to cut my trip short for "reasons". Each trip out shooting in the dark is a learning experience (watch your camera bag so your lens cap doesn't roll out and bounce away down a cliff). #PhotographersofBlueSky

My “office view” this morning. Garden of the Gods in IL. I spent a couple of hours in this spot last night photographing the Milky Way. I’ll probably come back tonight and fix the mistakes I made last night. #PhotographersUnited

Leadplant (Amorpha canescens) is one my favorite native plants in the Midwest. Once it's established (2 years or so), it can live for decades. Very low maintenance, its tap root can reach up to 10 ft deep. This time of year it's covered in deep purple and yellow flowers. #PhotographersUnited

Nothing to see here. Just a happy little mushroom living its best life. #PhotographersUnited

Posting for no particular reason a photo of my dad. He piloted night missions in Halifax and Lancaster bombers for the RCAF in WW2 over Germany. Not more than 24 years old in this photo. Reading his flight logs is chilling. One of the OG antifa MF’s who first saved us from fascism. #NoKings

1st Milky Way image is a better post processing of one I posted a couple of days ago. 2nd is from the next night, with a lot more haze from wildfires in Canada. 3rd image was pre-visualizing the 2nd. 2nd was my first successful stacked image using a Benro Polaris Astro head. 😃 #PhotographersUnited

Just got back from 2 days car camping with my camera gear in Brown County State Park. Looking to shoot the Milky Way (pics coming later). I clearly don’t understand the concept of packing light. 🤣 Bonus pic of my campground neighbors trying to light their tent on fire. #PhotograpersUnited

Happy Pride to all of you beautiful people who celebrate being something other than straight. I have no idea where, or even when I took this photo. It's on film, maybe in Colorado, maybe sometime in the late 80's. Not 1, not 2, but 3 rainbows in a single image (look closely on the right). ✌️ #Pride

Preliminary edit of the Milky Way from about 2:30 am this morning in Brown County State Park, IN. High level haze moving in from wildfires up in Canada affected visibility. Still pleased with how this turned out, at least until after I get home and edit on the big monitor. #PhotographersUnited

What can I say? I like windmills. #photographersunited

This guy. 🥰 Twice a day, after breakfast and dinner this fierce dog thanks me for putting a roof over his head and food in his bowl. I’m used to the smell of kibble breath twice a day as he tackles me. #rescuedogs

“The hawk, in other words, appears to have learned to interpret a traffic signal and take advantage of it, in its quest to hunt. Which is, with all due respect, more impressive than how most humans use a pedestrian crosswalk.” Wow…. 😱

Who in their right mind uses a 600mm lens to shoot detailed macro sort of shots? 🙋🏼‍♂️ Coming May 31, I'll have 3 prints on display and for sale at Gallery317 in Indianapolis. If you're in the area, come out and say hi. I'll be there opening night Saturday May 31 from 4-8pm. #photographersunited

Norm! Rest in peace George. 😢 #georgewendt

This is my favorite thing today. 😊

Currently scoping out locations south of town for shooting the Milky Way in a couples of weeks. Fingers crossed for clear skies. #PhotographersUnited

Wild ginger (Asarum canadense L.) is an early spring ephemeral native to much of eastern North America. Its flowers attract small pollinating flies that emerge early in spring. I spend a lot of time crawling around on my belly on the ground with my camera. #PhotographersUnited

I like this trend of showing what I see vs. what the camera sees with a telephoto lens. This shows a Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) shoot just starting to emerge from the soil, shot at 400 mm from about 20 ft away. #PhotographersUnited

Milky Way season is back, which means it's time to start planning and praying to the clear sky gods. I've gone back and edited and re-edited this photo from Aug 2023 a lot, as I've learned how to edit these types of photos. Each re-edit gets closer to how I want it. #photographersunited #MilkyWay

Burglar alarm. Mounted about 10 ft off the pavement. Maybe the sound carries farther when it’s mounted that high? It probably hasn’t been active for decades. Anderson, IN. #photographersunited

Signs of life. After a long winter native plants are starting to come up. This is an ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) shoot. #photographersunited

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I visited the Kurt Vonnegut Museum a couple of days ago. The first floor is largely devoted to the 1st Amendment. Although this poster in the exhibit is attributed to the McCarthy era, it actually dates back to the late 1880's. Regardless of the origin, I'm a fucking artist. #photographersunited

I just delivered this bad boy yesterday to the Anderson Museum of Art for their 44th Annual IN-Focus juried exhibition. 30x20" of gorgeous acrylic print courtesy of Roberts Camera here in Indianapolis. Elwood windmills, and a comet. Remember to support local artists. #photographersunited

Throwback Thursday... to Thursday of last week when we still had a bunch of fresh snow on the ground and frigid temperatures. Now it's all gone and spring is definitely on the way. #photographersunited

Indianapolis area peeps. Looking to support local artists? Head on over to Cool Creek Nature Center from today thru March 9 for their “Nature’s Inspirations” Art Exhibit. I’ve got 2 large prints on display (and for sale 😉). www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/1748/Natures... #photographersunited

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Earliest known photo of me. I’m the one in the lead. #throwbackthursday

random piece of artwork as I explore how to use Procreate for creating digital artwork. I'll probably do a blog post about this soon. #digitalart

Blue hour at White Sands NM a few years ago. Traipsing across the sand dunes is one of my happy places. #PhotographersUnited

And now for something completely different. Native flower bud in winter. #PhotographersUnited

I'm feeling lazy these days about going out in the cold, so here's another abstract winter image from my backyard. #PhotographersUnited

I love the composition of this. The angular lines, light and shadow, leading your eye to the complementary blue sky in the distance.

New blog post on shifting away from algorithm-driven social media. Inspired by a post on Conscientious Photography Magazine on "Photographers After Social Media" (link in my blog post. Personally, 2025 will be a year of change for me. #PhotographersUnited

Y’all gotta check out this photographer. Seriously good stuff.

New blog post about getting motivated in 0 ºF weather. Sometimes you just have to get outside and shoot. You might just find something beautiful. #PhotographersUnited #supportsmallbusiness