This may not be my best image of 2019, but it is my favorite. This was the first shoot in which I took full advantage of my astro modified A7 III. It shows the Reds/Magentas of the nebulae in the northern Milky Way, revealing that it can be can nearly as interesting as our galaxy’s core. I shot this pano at the May workshop after I had “finished” shooting, and while I waited for everyone else to start packing up. Everything else I shot that night was meh…and that’s how it always seems to go.

This is a composite shot taken in November at Skogafoss Falls in Iceland. It’s my favorite of 2019 because I’ve been trying to capture the northern lights for years, and I was finally able to do that on this trip. I used the technique Brad taught us by combining a long exposure foreground shot with a 20 second sky shot.

It was such a surprise to climb down the hill and find these beautiful flowers in bloom. On top of that a meteor streaked through the scene when the moon was setting. It was a wonderful moment.

This image was taken at 13,000ft at my favorite run out and shoot spot because I have clear skies (mostly). I had planned of shooting the Milky Way arching over a star gazing castle ruins at the summit (14,000), unfortunately someone else had made plans to shoot selfies with their car headlights. After patiently waiting for half an hour for them to finish my shot was spoiled. So, I decided to head back down a little ways to this beautiful location and try my luck, it payed off! I took this shot just in time. Had I arrived slightly earlier the reflection would have been perfect; the wind kicked in while I was setting up. Instead of getting a reflection I got the storm clouds rising! To be able to shoot at 14,000ft is great! Watching the thunder and lightning storm all around below you is amazing, this shot captures both, the drive home in the down pour not so amazing. I decided to pack it up after this pano because I felt like I was being watched! While editing the photos I discovered that I was! To the right of the image in-between the mountains there was a herd of big horned sheep (they didn’t survive the edit).

Sony Ar7ii late at night after dinner at the tip of the Sibley Peninsula, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario. Light pollution from Thunder Bay on the right. Remember Mars was prominent in summer, 2019. We anchored the boat in a bay to the right.

This is the Mongla Stupa in the Khumbu Region of Nepal. This is my 2019 favorite because I took it while my husband and I were on a 15 day trek from Lukla to Gokyo. The trip included summiting Gokyo Ri (17575 ft) at sunrise to view Mt Everest. We had hoped for many nights of astrophotography but this was the only clear night. We were lucky enough to be staying in the tea house right above this stupa. It was a magical trip that I will never forget.

This is a shot of another surreal landscape, similar to Bisti, yet unique. It makes me feel like I am relaxing on a Martian landscape, listening to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd - a very calming effect.

This image was taken on March 31, 2019, along a stretch of the Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks, Alaska, nicknamed ‘The Enchanted Forest’. While I got many nice photos of the aurora while I was there, this is my favorite because the trees and snow provided a nice foreground to the curtains of auroral light overhead. It was taken with a Nikon D850 DSLR and the Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 lens, at 14mm, f/2.8, ISO 3200, 3 sec.

This image was taken in late summer at Yellowstone National Park. It was really dark that night with the Milky Way vertical and bright in the sky, with Jupiter just above the horizon. When I processed the image, I was delighted to find that it captured geyser activity in the foreground. The vast night sky, the lake with reflections and the geysers made it my best of 2019.

The aurora borealis over the Great Slave Lake. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. This image was taken during a solar storm and while there were numerous images taken throughout the night, this one, for me, is the best combining clouds, conifers, the multicolored aurora and reflection off the lake.