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A Bridge to the Stars

July 22, 2014July 22, 2014Posted in Astrophotograhpy, California, Photography, US National ForestsTagged Astro Photography, Astro-imaging, Milky Way, San Jose California Nature Photographer, Stanislaus National Forest, U.S. National Forests, Wide Field Astro-Photography10 Comments

This image of the Milky Way is one I made several weeks back while on a camping trip with friends in Stanislaus National Forest in Northeastern CA. USA.
While imaging the sky I saw several shooting stars, and hoped I’d capture some on film. I got lucky and got one in this frame. You see it streaking down in the upper left of the frame.
The Bootes Meteor Shower was happening on this night, but don’t think this is one of those. This is coming from the wrong direction.

It was a gorgeous night, and the sky was gorgeous filled with so many stars.

P52 17/52 Spring Morning Sun

April 23, 2014Posted in Astrophotograhpy, PhotographyTagged Afternoon Sun, Astro Photography, Astro-imaging, San Jose California Nature Photographer, Solar Imaging1 Comment

It’s been sometime since I last made an image of the Sun so, I thought I’d dig out my Solar Filter and capture the Sun while it was still fairly low in the morning sky for this week’s Project 52 image.

There are two nice Sun Spots showing up in this image; one in each hemisphere. I’ll have to look at NOAA’s image and see how many they see with their bigger lens and better filter.

I had a nice surprise when I opened the Solar Filter’s box. I discovered the B+W ND Filter I’ve been looking for. I couldn’t remember where I put it, but knew I put it somewhere safe when I was boxing up the house to have new carpeting and flooring put in last October. I have been looking for this ND filter for months. I’m happy to have found it. I will use it next month when I return to Yosemite for my birthday hike.
Nikon D300s| AF-S Nikkor 300mm f4@ f20| 1/30s| ISO 200| Manual Priority| Matrix Metering| Tripod| Orion Solar Filter

Ides of March

March 16, 2014Posted in Astrophotograhpy, PhotographyTagged Astro-imaging, Moon, Night Photography, San Jose Nature PhotographerLeave a comment

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” Neil Armstrong

August 11, 2012August 11, 2012Posted in Astrophotograhpy, California, PhotographyTagged Astro-imaging, Astrophotography, D700, Neil Armstrong, Nikon, Perseid Meteor, Prime lensesLeave a comment

My friend Dali and I went out last night to watch and photograph the sky hoping we’d see and capture a meteor or two streaking through the night sky. We saw one huge fire-ball streaking over our heads and I’m going to blend those exposures in the future and share them, but there were a few like this that I was fortunate to capture on film. Do you see the faint one below this big one and sort of center? My camera caught several like that, but I wondered all night if my eyes were playing tricks on me.
The weather was perfect too. It was a lovely night for star-gazing.
The Perseids peak tonight. If you get a chance to go out and watch the sky I recommend it.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 18mm| f3.5| 23 sec| ISO 400| Manual Priority| Tripod

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