One of the local banks plants tulips along the road and parking lot each spring. Last month I took the camera and left for work a little early to take a few shots. Below is one of the results from the fairly short shoot.
Read detailsThe weather this past weekend was great, and Saturday night proved to be a good night for shooting the stars. I ended up at Itasca, trying another crack at the Milly Way over the headwaters with a friend. after a couple of hours we headed back to the car. As we started to load our gear, we looked back and saw the Milky Way over the visitor center. we spent another 20 minutes shooting. Below are 2 shots from the final images made.
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We have a couple of feeders in the yard, and every year we get a variety of birds that migrate threw. I have started to photograph them now that I have a long enough lens. This is a pair of Grosbeaks that showed up a couple of days ago. The male is really skiddish, so I have less chances to get a photograph. The female hangs around the feeder, and doesn’t seem to be bothered by me.
Read detailsI have been wanting to try my hand at astrophotography lately, and figured I would try to capture the Milky Way. The weather agreed last night, with a perfectly clear sky, so I made the trek down to Itasca State Park in the early hours of the morning. The Milky Way was positioned to the South/Southeast, making it a great backdrop for the Mississippi Headwaters. Being the Headwaters would be in silhouette, I knew I would have to light paint them. This was my first attempt at light painting a landscape, so it was an interesting shoot.
Read detailsIn the early morning hours of April 15, 2014, there was a full lunar eclipse. I was a little worried about the weather, as we had cloud cover for a few days leading up to the event. Fortunately the skies cleared before sunset, and stayed pristine through the entire eclipse. I was able to photograph the entire event from my back yard. Here are some images. The first is the moon at full eclipse. The next 2 are composites I put together of the eclipse in various stages.
While walking around Old Car City many of the emblems and badges on many of the vehicles caught my attention. Here is a small selection of them.
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