Author: circadianreflections
My name is Deborah Zajac. I'm a photographer living in Nevada at the base of the Eastern Sierras. I am a passionate nature, landscape, night/astro photographer. I shoot predominately in color and use Nikon Digital Cameras, and lenses.
I hope you enjoy seeing some of the photos I've taken while on my travels.
Please feel free to leave a comment I'd love to hear from you.
The Moon and Martian Triangle
The Moon and Martian Triangle, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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Copyright © 2012 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved.
I had to be up rather early for work so I didn’t stray farther than the end of my driveway to take a photograph of the Martian Triangle with the Moon before it set.
If I’m not mistaken above the Moon is Spica, to the right of the Moon is Mars. Above Mars is Saturn. Please tell me if I got that mixed up. Thank you Jackie for telling me about my error. It’s corrected now!
Nikon D700| Nikkor 18mm @f8| 23 seconds| ISO 2000| Manual Priority| Tripod
Related articles
- See the “Martian Triangle” in the Sky Tonight! (universetoday.com)
- Have You Noticed The Martian Triange In The Sky? (fox41blogs.typepad.com)
- Young crescent moon, Spica, Mars and Saturn in August 20 sky (earthsky.org)
- Waxing crescent moon, Spica, Saturn and Mars in evening sky (earthsky.org)
Keeping Score
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We were down 6-0 here. San Jose Giants played the Visalia Rawhides tonight. We lost 7-3 but, it was hecka fun!
iPhoneography, iPhone 3Gs, Pro HDR, Baseball, San Jose Giants, Visalia Rawhide, California, Sports
The Bay Bridge in Fog
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I haven’t photographed this bridge from this angle since June 2011. Since then these long strands of scaffolding with lights have been added giving it a whole new look to photograph.
I think the strands of lights are actually cat-walks/scaffolding for the construction workers to get up there to what is going to be the new tower. This section will be a Self-anchored Suspension Bridge when finally complete sometime in 2013.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35@ 32mm| f16| 68 seconds| ISO 200| Manual Priority| Tripod|
Misty Valley
Copyright © 2012 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved
This poem Mist Valley
by James Longenbach came to my mind when I came across this old photo of mine a few days ago.
At the end of August, when all
The letters of the alphabet are waiting,
You drop a teabag in a cup.
The same few letters making many different words,
The same words meaning different things.
Often you’ve rearranged them on the surface of the fridge.
Without the surface
They’re repulsed by one another.
Here are the letters.
The tea is in your cup.
At the end of August, the mind
Is neither the pokeweed piercing the grass
Nor the grass itself.
As Tony Cook says in The Biology of Terrestrial Mollusks
The right thing to do is nothing, the place
A place of concealment,
And the time as often as possible.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35@26mm| f11| 1/60sec| ISO 200| Manual Priority| Tripod
Swanton Berry Farm
Swanton Berry Farm, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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Full disclosure I bought the cake and not at Swanton’s. I was just fooling around with a triptych idea last month and forgot about it until a Triptych challenge came up in a group I’m in this month. This isn’t eligible as it was taken in late June and July.
Swanton’s Farm is on Hwy 1 in Davenport, CA. It’s been there for as long as I can remember. You can pick your own berries. Inside the store you can buy jams, and fresh berries, and pies and you pay for it on the honor system.
I’m going to miss strawberries when they go out of season. I eat them by the basket full during the summer months.
I only eat fresh fruit and veggies in their true season. The exception is Bananas. Do you?
Nikon D700| Tripod
Photo 1) Nikkor 17-35@17mm f6.3| 0.5 sec| ISO 200
Photo 2) Nikkor 50mm @ f5 | 1/13 sec| ISO 200
Photo 3) Nikon 50mm @ f5| 1/13 sec| ISO 200
Texture by MStewart
The Meteor and the Milky Way
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While out shooting the night sky last Friday I turned my camera’s lens to the south to photograph the Milky Way over this oak tree and got lucky and caught a Perseid Meteor as it streaked by too.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 18mm| f3.5| 23 sec| ISO 3200| Manual Priority| Tripod
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