Raaber Way

Raaber Way Photographer & Videographer based out of Colorado. Teaching and creating astro and landscape photography. I greatly appreciate any support there and here.

While you will mostly see my photography here, I offer a few more services. I offer basic photography, astrophotography and group outings. I'm also a videographer and can provide any video services you may need. You can find me for wedding videographer services on The Knot, Wedding Wire and Zola. A newer addition to everything is that I'm now on Patreon! Hope you follow along on my adventurers through my photos and vlogs!

Went out this morning to catch the full moon setting and had great conditions. It's always my luck there will be a band ...
11/05/2025

Went out this morning to catch the full moon setting and had great conditions. It's always my luck there will be a band of clouds only to the west, and along the mountain range haha.

Tonight I went out again for C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and decided to try another another spot. The airglow was great again ton...
10/25/2025

Tonight I went out again for C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and decided to try another another spot. The airglow was great again tonight and was shocked that I could actually see it with my own eyes without any magnification. Of course, not like this, but a faint object in the night sky. It's definitely getting brighter.

While I still got some tracked shots of the comet alone, I decided to try something different just to show a blend or composite isn't needed to show this scale. I only shot a series of single exposures and then stacked them before editing.

Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 135 f/1.8 GM
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Tracked: 20x5 seconds - f/2.0 - ISO 6400 (0.5x speed)
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, touched up and cropped to 4x3 in Photoshop

Back at it again! Just a cell phone shot for now.
10/25/2025

Back at it again! Just a cell phone shot for now.

I finally managed to get some good data on C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), but also got lucky with some airglow mixed in there. It w...
10/22/2025

I finally managed to get some good data on C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), but also got lucky with some airglow mixed in there. It was a beautiful, calm night and a decent amount of people out there.

Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 135 f/1.8 GM
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Tracked Sky: 50x10 seconds - f/2.0 - ISO 1600
Foreground: 120 seconds - f/2.0 - ISO 400
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, touched up and blended in Photoshop

Last night I went out chasing what's left of C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and the Milky Way Core season. Here you can see a detailed...
10/20/2025

Last night I went out chasing what's left of C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and the Milky Way Core season. Here you can see a detailed look at the Milky Way Core, Comet SWAN, Omega Nebula, Eagle Nebula and not exactly sure the name of the larger one. Omega is the first from the bottom and then Eagle.
I also made an attempt on C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), but clouds kept getting in the way and high winds. Hopefully my plan will work out tomorrow night.

Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 135 f/1.8 GM
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Tracked Sky: 20x30 seconds - f/1.8 - ISO 800
Foreground: 240 seconds - f/1.8 - ISO 400
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, touched up and blended in Photoshop

Last night we had some clear skies again and headed back out. I had something else planned, but found out Trail Ridge Ro...
10/15/2025

Last night we had some clear skies again and headed back out. I had something else planned, but found out Trail Ridge Road in RMNP was closed miles before my shooting spot. So this was pretty last minute planning and think it came out pretty good. Looking forward to this weekend where Comet SWAN will be in the Milky Way Core.

Here we can see a high resolution image of the Milky Way Core, Lagoon Nebula, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and B 85 (smaller nebula).

Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Tracked Sky: 9x30 seconds - f/2.2 - ISO 1600
Foreground: 3x240 seconds - f/2.2 - ISO 400
Stitched in PTGui Pro then touched up and blended in Photoshop

Super excited for more comet action! Last night I went out for C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and Sh2-27 (faint, but very large nebula...
10/13/2025

Super excited for more comet action! Last night I went out for C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and Sh2-27 (faint, but very large nebula) over Mount Meeker (left) and Longs Peak (right).
I have been watching this comet and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) for a little bit and felt so good to finally see it on the back of my camera screen. Once the moon phase is better I will be going for Lemmon and have more shots planned for SWAN.

Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM
STC Multispectra Clip-in Filter
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Tracked Sky: 10x20 seconds - f/2.2 - ISO 6400
Foreground: 240 seconds - f/2.2 - ISO 400
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker, touched up and blended in Photoshop

When I was walking to the car for this shot, it was still really dark out and could see a decent amount of stars. I was ...
10/08/2025

When I was walking to the car for this shot, it was still really dark out and could see a decent amount of stars. I was a little worried the forecasted cloud coverage had cleared up, but got lucky with some colorful clouds to go with the fall colors all over these mountains.

Nikon Z6iii + Nikon Z 24-120 f4 S

After I saw the clouds thinning out I made some last minute plans to try and catch the moonrise. I didn't get exactly wh...
10/08/2025

After I saw the clouds thinning out I made some last minute plans to try and catch the moonrise. I didn't get exactly what I was going for but still happy with it. Kinda has that Halloween feel to it =)

Nikon Z8 + Nikon Z 180-600 S + Nikon 1.4x TC
0.6 seconds - f/11 - ISO 500 @ 840 mm
Touched up in Lightroom

You may have seen lots of photos of Chimney Rock from Deb's Meadow, but in an effort to not repeat other shots found onl...
10/07/2025

You may have seen lots of photos of Chimney Rock from Deb's Meadow, but in an effort to not repeat other shots found online, I found a different perspective to work with.
I came across this spot in my travels during the day and loved the view. After doing some planning I found the Winter Milky Way and Orion lined up, so here we have it! =)

Also giving this a try since Facebook doesn't seem to be getting me out there.. sorry for the spam notification

Sky:
Sony A74 (Spencer's Camera H-Alpha) + Sony 20 f/1.8 G
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Pro
300 seconds - f/1.8 - ISO 400
Foreground:
Nikon Z8 + Sony 20 f/1.8 G
300 seconds - f/2.2 - ISO 500
Touched up and blended in Photoshop

This one took sometime to get right due to people almost always being present on the road. Then when everything was righ...
10/06/2025

This one took sometime to get right due to people almost always being present on the road. Then when everything was right I right into the center and snapped this while constantly checking my surroundings. It's a really long stretch on both sides, so I had lots of space to keep things safe. I got really lucky with the perfect lighting.

Nikon Z6iii + Nikon Z 24-120 f/4 S
1/250 second - f/9 - ISO 100 @ 120 mm
Touched up in Lightroom

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