Whiskey and Failure

Kevin Church takes pictures. His Flickr account is here. His main website is here.

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2026 Las Cruces Balloon Festival

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Frosty morning with the Goldfinches.

On Flickr.

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It's been a while, so I broke out the camera this morning and sat in the backyard for 15 minutes. More here.

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We had a big roadtrip to Eugene, Oregon and back. I took some photos. More on Flickr.

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Good skies on NM 549 between Deming and Las Cruces.

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A cool rock at City of Rocks.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II // Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm // Single Exposure: ISO 100 • f/20 • .3 s // Processed in Lightroom

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Two shots of the Milky Way, taken over City of Rocks State Park outside of Faywood, NM.

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Pigmon (Bandai Ultra Monster Series No.77)

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I’ve decided to get into tiny Japanese toy trucks.

No, I have no idea why, either.

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A black and white version of my favorite photo from yesterday, using XChrome by NatePhotographic as a starting point.

I think I like it???

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Visited the Organ mountains and spent some time at Fillmore Canyon this afternoon.

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Ursa Major, captured over Radium Springs, NM

Captured on: Canon EOS 7D Mark II mounted on a Nyx tracker

Lens Used: Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm lens set at 11mm and f/2.8

Single Exposure: ISO 1000 • 30s

Processed in Adobe Lightroom.

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Milky Way, shot at Leasburg Dam State Park in Doña Ana, NM.

Captured on: Canon EOS 7D Mark II mounted on a Nyx tracker

Lens Used: Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm lens set at 11mm and f/2.8

Single Exposure: ISO 400 • 180s

Processed in Adobe Lightroom with adjustments made to white balance, color temperature, contrasts (deeper shadows and blacks, moderate boosting of highlights and whites), minor boosts made to texture and clarity.

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A happy accident, taken while setting up and testing for last night's (unsuccessful for technical reasons) shoot.  Sun was vanishing, clouds were moving out, colors were great.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II // Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm // Single Exposure ISO 400 • f/10 • 90s • Nyx Tracker.

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Hunter’s Moon 2021 over Las Cruces, NM.

Gear used: Canon EOS 7D Mark II // Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM // Sigma 1.4x Teleconverter for a combined 560mm // Single Exposure: ISO 125 • f/10.0 • 1/320s.

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Milky Way, Widefield, outside of Leasburg State Park. Gear used: Canon 7D Mark II // Tokina AT-X 116 11-16mm set at 12mm on a Nyx Tracker // Single Exposure: ISO 640 • f/2.8 • 121s

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This handsome gentleman was waiting for us to leave the back porch so he could get to some of RK's herbs. 

Canon EOS 7D Mark II // Tokina 100mm Macro // Single Exposure: ISO 2000 • f/2.8 • 1/50s • Processed in Lightroom CC Using Nate's K-Chrome Kodachrome Pro settings.