KunjanPhotography

KunjanPhotography I'm here to capture all the moments and memories you will love, cherish, and enjoy for years to come. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri

Silent. Patient. Always watching. 🦉A Barred Owl perched high above, surveying its kingdom with those incredible dark eye...
06/01/2026

Silent. Patient. Always watching. 🦉

A Barred Owl perched high above, surveying its kingdom with those incredible dark eyes.
Swipe to see the close up of the eyes.


Hiding in plain sight. 🐦
05/17/2026

Hiding in plain sight. 🐦

05/14/2026

I don’t usually film, but when I saw this Barred Owl fixated on the grass at 6:00 AM, I knew something was about to happen. 🦉 Had to hit record just in time! Please excuse the shaky hands—turns out it’s hard to stay steady when you’re this excited (and haven’t had coffee yet). ☕️✨

EarlyMorningView

Golden hour sentinel. 🦅✨ There’s a quiet beauty in the details of nature that often goes unnoticed. This Black Vulture w...
05/13/2026

Golden hour sentinel. 🦅✨ There’s a quiet beauty in the details of nature that often goes unnoticed. This Black Vulture was perfectly poised against the evening sky, reminding us that every creature has its own elegance.
Captured with and .

🐦 Morning visitor in the grass 🌿Spotted this killdeer doing its thing this morning — that red eye is something else up c...
05/09/2026

🐦 Morning visitor in the grass 🌿
Spotted this killdeer doing its thing this morning — that red eye is something else up close.
📷 Canon EOS R6 | Sigma 150–600mm Contemporary @ 600mm
⚙️ 1/2500s · f/6.3 · ISO 500

Weeks of waiting. One perfect moment. 🦉This barred owl has been visiting my backyard for a couple of weeks now — and eve...
05/07/2026

Weeks of waiting. One perfect moment. 🦉

This barred owl has been visiting my backyard for a couple of weeks now — and every single time I grabbed my camera, it was gone. Today it perched right on top of the bird feeder and didn’t move while I shot away.

Not my ideal settings (high ISO + slow shutter aren’t exactly the wildlife photographer’s dream), but sometimes you take the shot you’re given. And honestly? I’ll take it.

📷 Canon EOS R6 · Sigma 150–600mm @ 600mm
⚙️ 1/80s · f/6.3 · ISO 6400

The Pleiades (M45). Shot from my backyard about 30 miles south of St. Louis, under Bortle 5 skies. Even with the light p...
11/24/2025

The Pleiades (M45). Shot from my backyard about 30 miles south of St. Louis, under Bortle 5 skies. Even with the light pollution, it’s amazing how much detail you can pull out with patience and the right workflow.

Captured with the Canon EOS R6 and Sigma 150–600mm Contemporary on the Star Adventurer 2i. Took 200 frames at 30 seconds each (f/6.3, ISO 800), stacked in Siril and finished in Lightroom. Love seeing those blue nebulous wisps come alive in the final image.

Revisiting My Favorite DSO — The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)I never get tired of photographing the Andromeda Galaxy. It’s inc...
11/16/2025

Revisiting My Favorite DSO — The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
I never get tired of photographing the Andromeda Galaxy. It’s incredible how much detail you can capture with just a DSLR or mirrorless camera and a lens.

There’s something special about capturing a galaxy over 2.5 million light-years away from a backyard. Andromeda has always been one of my favorite deep-sky objects, and this session finally let me bring out its dust lanes and extended arms with the detail I’ve been chasing.

Gear & Setup
• Camera: Canon R6
• Lens: Sigma 150–600mm Contemporary (shot at 600mm)
• Tracker: Sky-Watcher Sky Adventurer 2i Pro

Exposure Details
• 1 min 30 sec subs
• f/6.3
• ISO 800
• 100 total frames

Processing
Stacked in Siril and finished in Lightroom for final color and detail.

☄️ Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) — A Cosmic VisitorDiscovered earlier this year, this long-period comet from the distant Oort...
10/25/2025

☄️ Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) — A Cosmic Visitor
Discovered earlier this year, this long-period comet from the distant Oort Cloud made a rare appearance in our skies — a frozen traveler from the solar system’s edge, glowing in silent motion.

Captured on 10/22/2025, this image is a blend of over 140 frames, meticulously processed through Siril → Starnet++ → Photoshop → Lightroom to reveal the subtle structure and tail detail of this celestial wanderer.

📸 Canon EOS R6
🔭 Sigma 150–600mm Contemporary
⏱️ 30s | f/6.3 | ISO 800
🌌 Tracked with Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i

A night’s worth of photons transformed into one fleeting cosmic moment. ✨

🌌 Triangulum Galaxy (M33) 🌌The Triangulum Galaxy, sitting about 3 million light years away, is the third-largest member ...
10/01/2025

🌌 Triangulum Galaxy (M33) 🌌
The Triangulum Galaxy, sitting about 3 million light years away, is the third-largest member of our Local Group of galaxies (after Andromeda and the Milky Way). It’s incredible that with the right gear and patience, we can pull in this much detail from a backyard. ✨

📸 Capture Details:
• Camera: Canon 70D
• Lens: Sigma 150–600mm Contemporary
• Tracker: Star Adventurer SkyWatcher 2i
• Light Frames: 360
• Calibration Frames: None (no darks, flats, or biases)
• Stacking Software: DeepSkyStacker
• Post-Processing: Lightroom

Despite skipping calibration frames, the integration of 360 lights brought out the galaxy’s spiral arms, glowing star-forming regions, and subtle dust lanes. A reminder that persistence and patience really pay off in astrophotography.

Every time I process a deep sky target, I’m blown away at how much hidden beauty can be revealed with just consumer gear, a tracker, and clear skies. 🌠



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Olive Boulevard
St. Louis, MO
63141

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Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 7pm
Sunday 8am - 7pm

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