It was a really cool experience to be able to view tonight's eclipse with my son. When I was about his age I saw one at school and have been fascinated by them since.
For the sun shot I used my Pentax K-x with a vintage Pentax-M 100mm Macro on a Vivitar 2x Tele Converter. The lens choice was dictated by my 10 stop ND Filter being 49mm and that lens is my longest that takes a 49mm filter. I also put a circular polarizer on to reduce the light just a bit more and set up on a tripod. I'm going to try and be better prepared for the Venus transit on June 5th. I have some solar filter material on order and will be building a mount to put it over my Pentax A* 300mm f/4 which I will probably also put on that Vivitar 2x TC for an effective 600mm lens.
The people shots were done with my Pentax K-5 and Pentax DA 15mm Limited hand held. That 15mm is just a wonderful lens to use. Many of my personal favorite photos have been shot with it.
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Tags: solar, eclipse, Annular, sun, moon, shadow, sky, astrophotography |
Categories: Nature | Photography
This is the first New ear's day I haven't skied in a long time. We skated Blue Mesa Reservoir instead and had a fun day. We have a very big slab of ice out there!
Happy New Year and all the best for 2012!
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Tags: ice, skating, da15, shadow, reflection, light, child |
Categories: Nature | Photography
Had a good but COLD early morning shooting the eclipse. Brrr!
I got this shot using a new (to me) manual focus prime, a Pentax-A * 300mm f/4. A lovely old piece of glass!
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Tags: moon, lunar eclipse, landscape, gunnison, colorado, shadow, pallisades, Pentax-A * 300mm f/4, astrophotography |
Categories: Nature | Photography
Sometimes there is beauty or at least interest in very ordinary things. I try and keep an eye out for these pockets of beauty that are right under our noses or in unlikely places.
I caught the lines of the grate reflecting on the water out of the corner of my eye as I rode by this culvert for probably the 500th time and had to stop and get dirty to get the shot. I love reflections and shadows, so this was something I was excited to discover!
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Tags: K-x, da15, b&w, shadow, reflection, culvert, water, tunnel, grate |
Categories: Cycling | Photography
Wow, it was so nice last night. I rode in shorts and short sleeves for the first time in a long while. I just love the long evening shadows. Bring on summer!
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Tags: K-x, da15, evening, ride, bike, mtb, b&w, trail, shadow, sage |
Categories: Cycling | Photography
They seem to be in a hurry to get the walls up so I thought I'd better get this while I could. Workers worked into darkness which brought out these great shadows.
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Tags: B&W, K-x, DA15, shadow, snow, winter |
Categories: Photography
Winter is the best time of year to shoot at noon. I still get some good shadows and the snow just makes them stand out so nicely.
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Tags: b&w, building, clouds, da15, fence, K-x, light, show, sky, shadow |
Categories: Photography
A good friend of mine who has been gone for months came back to town and we went for a ski. It was a nice day and we got a late start so we just skied our light gear and didn't go very high. Snow was great and it was a fun afternoon. I'm glad we got out!
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Tags: backcountry, clouds, da40, K-x, mountain, nature, photo, powder, shadow, ski, sky, snow, tracks, trees |
Categories: Photography | Skiing
I got out for nice solo ski today. Great snow for meadow skipping on some low angle aspects and a beautiful day!
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Tags: anthracites, ski, snow, trees, mountain, shadow, tracks, starburst, backcountry, powder |
Categories: Photography | Skiing
We stopped here on the way home from Taos recently. This is an interesting part of Colorado I'd like to know more about.
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Tags: b&w, da15, k-x, light, shadow, sky, tree, graveyard, gravestone, grave, cemetary |
Categories: Photography | Travel