ceiling
This is the ceiling in my office. I am not ashamed to admit that sometimes I turn out all the lights, lie on the floor and stare. The right side was done by the previous owner, I think my office was the daughter’s room. The left side was done after I moved in and realized that I had an old pack of the same set in my craft box. I kind of like that you can see the residual light in the fan in the center of the image.
libration
I’ve photographed the moon several times now with my 300 mm lens and gotten some fairly fabulous results considering the fact that I do not have “top shelf” equipment. So when we had a blue moon last night, I figured I’d shoot it for grins and giggles. I was pretty excited when I noticed that craters Tyco and Copernicus were in very different locations from the image I took in September when most of California was on fire. With two of my own images I was able to visually confirm lunar libration. I’m sure this is no big thing to other people, but the realization of what I unwittingly did got me pretty excited. Unfortunately I wasn’t in as good of a position to photograph the moon lower on the horizon, so last night’s image isn’t as good as the one from September; plus the giddeous phase gave me some gorgeous shadows to work with then as well.
Sept 09
Dec 09
the rising moon
Oly
XTi
Since I got Oly, I haven’t been able to do as much astrophotography as I’d like due to the lack of funds for the proper equipment. Recently, however, I’ve acquired a telephoto.
I had made some attempts at photographing celestial bodies with my XTi and a compatible telephoto but the sensor on it left much to be desired. Though the one I took tonight has been through some post processing to accentuate detail, I’m absolutely aghast at the amount of information Oly collected in order for this to turn out as lovely as it did.
I absolutely must give a shout out to B again for this. Without her, I’d have neither the tools nor the inspiration to attempt it.
I did realize, unfortunately, that tomorrow night the moon will be full and our trip to RFL will probably not yield the amount of stars I was hoping for…c’est la vie. If I really want to photograph astral phenomenon, I should probably start paying more attention to it’s patterns.
the setting sun
This was the sunset this evening from my back yard. I figured since it was covered in our lovely atmosphere that it would be safe enough to point Oly at it… and I was not disappointed.
Enjoy!