Supermoon (full)

Follow up to my earlier post “Supermoon (almost)”.  My attempt to capture the full 2011 “supermoon”.  Taken with a Nikon D7000, 18-200mm lens, and a tripod.  Settings were ISO 100, f/8.0, 1/320 second exposure. 

Supermoon (almost)

Saturday is the night of the “supermoon” – a full moon when it is closest to earth.  Has not happened for 18 years.  (Thanks to Sean for the clarification!) I don’t know if we will have clear skies on Saturday so I decided to get a shot of the almost-supermoon tonight.  This was done with my Nikon D7000 camera, a tripod, and an 18-200mm zoom lens.  Settings were ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/125 second exposure.

Good Morning Seattle

Seattle skyline on an unusually clear winter morning.  HDR image.

Horse Photobomb

I was trying to get a shot of one of the horses framed between the tree and the barn.  But one of his pals wanted to join in.

Winter Sky

Early morning, as the sky started to clear after a snow storm.  HDR image.

Experiments in HDR – Cloudy Pasture

An experiment in HDR (high dynamic range) photography.   It was a drab, cloudy day today so I decided to shoot a set with a high ISO setting (3200) and play with the HDR software settings.  This isn’t a standard HDR shot but it has a dreamy, painting-like quality that I liked.

This was a set of three shots merged with Photomatix Pro 4.0:

• ISO 3200, f/22, 1/800 second exposure
• ISO 3200, f/22, 1/200 second exposure
• ISO 3200, f/22, 1/50 second exposure

Sad Flowers Haiku Kit

Sad flowers in snow
[Insert deep thoughts on life here]
Soon spring will return

Sticking the Landing

On the glide path….

Touchdown…

Ta-da!!!!

The Road Less Travelled

Took a road trip this weekend and decided to get off the interstate and explore some of the side roads.  This is what I found.  Nothing extraordinary.  Just a farm and the morning sun.  Next road trip I take – more side trips.

Winter Tree

Moon Shot – HDR

An experiment in HDR (high dynamic range) photography.  HDR can let you capture some details that would be difficult to get with a single shot.  This is a combination of 3 shots of the moon with an 18-200 zoom lens, f/9, exposures of 1/250 second, 1/500 second, and 1/1250 second.  Shots were merged with Photomatix Pro 4.0.  Click on the picture to see a larger version of the shot.

Horsing Around

Some shots from around the ranch that amused me.

Shy guy.

I don’t think he was in the mood to be photographed…

“What’s going on out there???”

Playing “hide and go seek” with the horses can be fun, but it isn’t very challenging…

They looked very guilty when I walked by.  I think they’re plotting something.

“I’m ready for my close-up….”

Horse photobomb.

Whoa!!!

“It’s cold and cloudy and I’m bored….”

“On my back – still bored…”

Night Flight

I was taking some long exposure shots of the night sky, trying to get the focus right, and a plane flew over.  The three lines are the lights on the wingtips and the tail of the plane, and the dots in the lines are the flashes of the lights.

Dandelion

Kate

Fly Me to the Moon

I like shooting aircraft and other things in the sky – got a two-for-one here.

Rainy Day at the Ranch

Starry Night

Another experiment in shooting the night sky.  Camera was pointed almost straight up.   You may notice the stars on the right side of the frame look like little dashes – that is from the motion of the stars across the sky during the exposure.  Nikon D60, 35mm f/1.8G lens, 35 second exposure, f/3.2.

Jupiter and Moons

May not look like much, but I’m very happy to get this much detail without a telescope.  Used my Nikon D60, a tripod, and an 18-200mm zoom lens.  A 0.5 second exposure at f/5.6.

Thanks to Avital Pinnick, who published a great post on how to photograph Jupiter.  http://apinnick.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/how-to-photograph-jupiter/

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