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Day 54: Three (Six?) Variations on a Moonset

Friday, February 17, 2012

 (1/1000, f8, 400mm, ISO 320) Alternate: *** (1/3000, f8, 400mm, ISO 320) Alternate: *** (1/750, f8, 400mm, ISO 320) Alternate: *** ~Curtis in Sedona at Sunrise! {!-{>

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Day 53

Friday, February 17, 2012

A Sunrise Moonset!  (1/1500, f8, 400mm, ISO 320) ~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 46

Saturday, February 11, 2012

A two photo panorama stitched together in MS ICE. A three photo panorama stitched together in MS ICE. ~Curtis in a Photographer’s Paradise! {!-{>

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Day 45

Saturday, February 11, 2012

I got some great sunrise photos yesterday, but then last night when I was getting ready for bed, I looked out the window.  While Robyn’s and my plan to shoot the full Moon rising came to naught, the Moon was still shining bright. The view from the backyard. (This appear really dark on one screen, […]

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Day 18

Friday, January 20, 2012

The Moonset on the 6th.  Not a great photo: the air was very unsettled, and shooting at this angle to the horizon means you shoot through a lot of it! (1/30, f5.6, 400mm, ISO 1000, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 11

Friday, January 13, 2012

Dailylife Daughter #2 and I went to the Moonrise Wednesday night.  We were on top of the hill above the Lewis and Clark Overlook, overlooking Rainbow Falls and Dam. (1/30, f5.6, 400mm, ISO 4000) The viewing conditions were, at least as far as photography went, horrible. (1/1000, f5.6, 400mm, ISO 4000) The wind was blowing […]

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Day 349: A Polar Express Addendum

Saturday, December 17, 2011

One section of the Polar Express route is over a very high trestle.  With the Full Moon the shadow of the trestle, with the Polar Express on top, was very visible.  It really needed more than Dailylife Wife’s old Canon Powershot SX100IS to capture it, though.  Next time! These photos are heavily processed. They are […]

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Day 346: The Polar Express pt.1

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Saturday night the Dailylife Wife and I took the two grandcritters, Toots and Lugnut, to ride the Polar Express, named for the train in the film, of course. It is a presentation of the Charlie Russell Chew Choo, which is normally a summertime tourist/dinner train out of Lewistown, /\/\ontana!  But for a few short days […]

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Day 345: A Total Lunar Eclipse!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

An under-publicised Lunar Eclipse took place the morning of 10 Dec 11.  It was visible in most of the western US and Canada.  It started about 4:40am, and was total by about 7:35am.  The Moon set officially at 8:04am; Sunrise was 8:02am.  This one was different in that it happened just at Sunrise.  You didn’t […]

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Day 319

Thursday, November 10, 2011

I am a little ahead.  This was taken on the night of the 9th of November.  One night shy of Full Moon. (1/1000, f8, 400mm, ISO 160) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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