Cliff Nieuwenhuis

@nieusite.com

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Photography is one of my favorite creative outlets and has changed the way I see the world.

An old oak tree surrounded by plants and weeds grows alongside a dirt path
Photo of Uncle Sam and some red, white, and blue clowns on an old truck at the Circus Parade in Downtown Baraboo in June 2026.
Milky Way from Baraboo. 2026-06-15 Nikon Z6ii, Nikkor Z 14-30mm f/4 S 24mm, f/4.5, composite: foreground ISO 640 1/25sec, stars ISO 2500 13sec processed in Darktable and PixInsight, composite in GIMP
Venus, Jupiter, the moon, Pollux, and Castor in the early evening of June 16, 2026 as seen from Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA. Mercury is in the frame but not visible due to clouds.
A painted turtle swimming in the waters of Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin.
An American White Pelican sitting on a nest next to an egg in Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
A Canada goose among drift ice on a horizon-less Lake Michigan shore
Two male Common Goldeneye ducks, one with neck extended, and one female Goldeneye
Light Pillars in the western sky
Looking towards the constellation Perseus. This part of the Milky Way doesn't get photographed as often as the core but I like it because the view includes the Andromeda galaxy (upper-right) and the Pleiades (on the right side of the horizon). Seeing the Pleiades in the evening sky is a sure sign that winter is on the way.
The moon on October 3, 2025 from Baraboo, Wisconsin. Nikon Z6-2 with Nikkor 180-600/5.6-6.3, 116x 1/25sec, ISO 100, f/6.3, 600mm, stacked with Zerene Stacker, processed in PixInsight and darktable
NGC 7000, or the North America Nebula Nikon Z6ii, Williams Optics ZenithStar 61ii, iOptron SkyGuider Pro 360mm, f/5.9, ISO6400, 200x60sec Processed on Debian Linux using PixInsight and darktable 2025-09-01, Baraboo, Wisconsin
Storm clouds race over Baraboo, Wisconsin on August 16, 2025
My wife Debbie watches a wall cloud approaching Baraboo, Wisconsin on August 16, 2025.
Photo of "rattlesnake master" (Eryngium yuccifolium), a prairie plant. This specimen is growing in my yard. Not my best picture but it's the first one where I used darktable's new multi-preset export feature. My workflow had been to make a full size JPG from the image I'm working on and then change the settings to make an additional reduced-size version suitable for social media. And now with the multi-preset option and a sprinkling of variables in the target storage path, I can click once and like magic I get the two image exports in the right place on my file-system. Thanks again darktable developers!
My dog Shasta looking up at the sky instead of at the camera
Photo of some old newspapers with headlines "Men Walk On Moon", "Nixon Resigns" and "Kennedy is Killed By Sniper as he Rides in Car in Dallas; Johnson Sworn in on Plane"
NO KINGS Protesters enthusiastically but peacefully line the street in Baraboo Wisconsin
Humpback Whale NYC0313 raises its tail as it takes a dive in waters near Asbury Park, NJ
A Tree Swallow perched on a birdhouse has its beak wide open
Almost full moon rising over the treeline in a dark blue sky
Whooping Crane in Wisconsin
The just-past-full moon rising in a cloudy sky
A black and white image of the sun rising on a cloudy day with a tree and fence in the foreground.
A tree at the edge of a pond is so bent over that it's tip is just touching the surface of the water.
Crowds of peaceful protesters in Madison Wisconsin demanding justice and sanity
A faint show of color in the northern sky on the night of March 25th, 2025 in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Bald Eagle in a tree on my property in Baraboo, Wisconsin
A collection of seven images of the moon taken during the eclipse of 2025-03-14 showing the earth's shadow crossing the surface of the moon.
Moon just past full eclipse with a few stars visible
Moon
a dead tree lit by moonlight
Night sky partially obscured by clouds. I had hoped to get a photo with more planets but clouds and time worked against me. This photo does have Jupiter and Uranus, but Venus just set and Mars is out of the frame (above the top edge).
Photo of a Welsh dragon wood carving
A cup of coffee with coffee beans, chocolate, and a Stroopwafel.
Brown needles on a fir tree during a snow-less winter
Photo of some evergreens on a hillside during a snow squall
A dead tree leans against mossy green rocks in a gorge. There is a little snow on the tree and dead leaves litter the path through the gorge.
Two trees in a gorge. The rock walls are covered with moss and lichen. One of the trees seems to be sliding off a boulder into the gorge. Dead leaves litter the path and rocks.
Homemade bagels on cooling racks. From left to right, plain, poppy seed, cinnamon raisin, and blueberry.
A dog looking out of a window.
Composite image showing a T.A.R.D.I.S. in some grassy hills around Coed Felinrhyd, Wales.
A single old moldy sock with a hole in the toe hanging on the branch of a tree.
Cones of ice form from wave action along the shore of Lake Michigan at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
A lone tree on a wind-swept rocky outcrop in Wales
Photograph of a statue of Rosa Parks seated in a public bus. The status and the bus were an exhibit in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
A photograph and a linoleum block print of star trails in the sky over a hill covered with long grass. A trail leads through the grass to the top of the hill.
Single image of the The lunar occultation of Mars on January 13, 2025 showing Mars near the Moon, but clouds are starting to obstruct the view.
Time-lapse video of the Lunar Occultation of Mars. Unfortunately clouds came in and blocked the view just when Mars was about to go behind the moon.
Two horses pull a wagon at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Winter Festival
A Perseid meteor streaks through the sky over a tree.
Timelapse video of the aurora borealis photographed by Cliff Nieuwenhuis from Baraboo Wisconsin on the night of August 11th, 2024
CD case: "Better Left Unsung" by Holly Bowling
Photo of a Western Scrub Jay (I think)
Purple flowers in the greenhouse at Olbrich Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin.
A flock of Snow Buntings flying around the beach at Sandy Hook New Jersey in December 2024
A female Cardinal perched on a tray feeder
A photo of Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. taken from Sandy Hook, N.J. on a hazy December day. While processing the photo I intentionally kept the grungy, vignetted, desaturated look that resulted from shooting a long distance through air pollution.