Welcome To The Saturday View

With the weather being a little friendlier tonight I thought I'd set up in the back yard and play around with some long exposure photography. And for today's photo I am sharing this shot with you. It is a familiar scene with anyone who reads my blog. But it is different than previous versions. This was made in almost total darkness.

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An exposure time of just over nine minutes makes this look like it was shot during the day when in fact it was after 8PM. It was so dark I had a difficult time focusing the lens.

Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View...

Friday January 26, 2018

 

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Welcome To The Monday View

It seems that I get a lot of my photographic inspiration while working in the yard. And today's photo is a good example. I had to mow both the front and back yards today and to do so it was necessary to move some yard furniture around. And seeing as it was very hot today I decided to put the furniture back after I cooled off a bit. Of course it was getting dark when I did (and a LOT cooler) and while moving a lawn chair I looked up and saw the Moon was shining nice and bright. Now it's been a while since I have shared a Moon shot and I wanted to do something a little different. here is what I came up with.

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Originally in color, I thought black and white was the way to go. What do you think?

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 51mm
- Manual Control
- Aperture F16
- Shutter Speed 1/25 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before"image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday July 2, 2017

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Welcome To The Daily View

Today's photo is a bit different. Last night, or rather very early this morning, I was putting some recycling in our outside bin and thought that since the weather was unusually warm for a February day that I would set up my camera and do some long exposure shots. And I think it worked out pretty good. Have a look.

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This was shot in almost total darkness somewhere between 12:30 and 1 am. I did no post processing aside from converting from a RAW image to a PNG. What you see is what the camera produced.

Technical Info

- Canon 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 18mm
- Manual Control and Manual Focus
- Aperture F14
- Shutter Speed 30 Seconds (Tripod Mounted)
- ISO (Film Speed) 2000
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Like I said there was no post processing so there is no "Before" image to share.

I do however have some video I would like you to see. I finally got a tripod for my GoPro and was able to set up in the Cafe. And it was busy!

As always this is best viewed at Full Screen at 1080p.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday February 24, 2017

And that will do it for now. But be sure to come back soon for some more photos and Part 2 of this morning's video.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

March 9, 2015 - Photo of The Day

Wow! How about this weather? Spring is really in the air.

As you probably know I like to photograph he Moon. So I was outside tonight scanning the sky and though the Moon has not risen I found this instead.

Now I'm not an astronomer by any means but I believe this to be Venus. If I am not mistaken Venus is usually the brightest "star like" object in the sky aside from the Sun and the Moon. Please do correct me of I am wrong. But no matter what it is I could not resist the composition. Not to mention that it is such a comfortable night to be outside photographing.

And on another subject here is today's "Amaryllis Watch" photo. Assuming it is an Amaryllis that is.

Not much different from yesterday but I think it will start to open soon. I guess we'll just have to wait and see though.

And I'm calling it a day for now. Thanks for stopping by and as always please be sure to come back soon. And enjoy the weather!

until next time...