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Day 294: Benton Lake NWR…

Monday, October 17, 2011

…or across the road from their turnoff.  I think from this angle I was looking at the Moonrise north of the Highwoods, but it got cloudy enough Saturday night when I took these that you couldn’t see the mountains anyway. (1/8, f5.6, 400mm, ISO 320, -1/2) It rose up through a bunch of clouds into […]

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Day 280

Monday, October 3, 2011

The First Quarter Moon tonight.  It was windy, so I had to keep my shutter speed high, so my ISO had to be high, which can induce noise (which we used to call grain!).  As soon as I can find a calm night I will get some really good Moon shots! (1/2000, f5.6 400mm, ISO […]

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Day 248

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Last night Robyn, Walter and I shot the Moon from their driveway.  The first is heavily processed, because it wasn’t too clear in part from shooting through a thousand miles or more of atmosphere.  As it came up we saw it through less and less atmosphere, and the photos got much clearer.  And less red. […]

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Day 242

Saturday, September 10, 2011

We went to my sister’s, then the next day we all drove over to Osoyoos, BC, Canada, where the Trains are!  We stayed at the Observatory B&B, a very nice place and aptly named.  The host, Jack Newton,  has a 16″ telescope on his roof in a dome, and gives presentations. (Canon Powershot SX100IS) While […]

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Day 229

Saturday, August 20, 2011

There was vibrant sunset tonight.  Not much in the way of clouds to light up, but it was nice. (1/1500, F5.6, 300mm, ISO 160, -1/2 stop) (1/750, F5.6, 300mm, ISO 160) This is interesting not for the beams of sunlight, but for the beams of dark…they are the shadows of the mountains the Sun set […]

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Day 223: That Big ‘Ol Orange Moon, again…

Monday, August 15, 2011

All of the previous posts moon photos were taken with my Canon 400mm f5.6 L lens.  This one was also, with the addition of my Kenko 1.4 teleconverter, making it into a 560mm (sans autofocus). (1/180, f8, 560mm, ISO 800) It looks pretty good full sized so click on it.  Really an Ompha Lumpha moon… […]

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Day 222

Monday, August 15, 2011

I was walking into Fife* this evening when I saw this nice sunset. Then I turned around… *** *** *** *** *** *”One does not just walk into Mordor!” ~Cutis in /\/\onTana! {!-{P

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Day 215

Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Moon as seen in the top panorama in the previous post… (1/250, f5.6, 400, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 198: Moonrise over Fife pt. 6

Sunday, July 17, 2011

“I wish I had a pencil thin mustache, The “Boston Blackie” kind.” * (1/60, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) “A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket, And an autographed picture of Andy De…” (1/60, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) “This isn’t funny.” (1/60, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{> * Pencil Thin Mustache By: Jimmy Buffett […]

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Day 197: Moonrise over Fife pt. 5

Sunday, July 17, 2011

(1/3, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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