So it’s 2010 already. We watched the Dick Clark New Year’s Eve Special (with Ryan Seacrest) for the first time in many years. Dick Clark. Wow. I hope no one trips over the power cord that keeps him animated.

Anyway, I woke up this morning and saw that the full moon was just beginning to set. I set up my camera and pulled out my big (crappy) lens and teleconverter (750mm w/o teleconverter, 1500mm with). I used Live View (Nikon’s name for using the LCD screen to view the live image instead of the viewfinder, point and shoots have had that for years but it’s relatively new to DSLR cameras), and I could literally see the moon moving across the frame. It was amazing.

The pictures I took aren’t all that great, not as cool (or sharp) as the ones I took back in January, but they can’t all be winners.

This one turned out a little weird after I pulled out some of the noise made by the lens and high ISO setting. It looks kind of like a painting.

This one makes the moon look absolutely huge!

This is probably my favorite of the bunch. The lens does some weird stuff with the out of focus objects.

Photography Moon

It was foggy again last night, adding another layer to the already existing frost on all the stationary objects around the house. I hiked around this morning after sunrise (10am) and took some pictures.

Photography Winter

It’s been very foggy here the past few days. Combined with temperatures consistently below freezing, it creates hoarfrost, coating all surfaces with spiky ice crystals. I plan on going out tomorrow morning and getting some pictures if it’s still around.

On the way to the Homer Veterinary Clinic’s staff holiday party, I had to pull over and take some shots of Homer from the Skyline Drive overlook. The sun was setting, the trees were covered with hoarfrost, and Kachemak Bay was covered in clouds. Beautiful!

Photography Homer, Panoramic, Winter

Saturdays mean sleeping in, making coffee, and then taking pictures of the sunrise. Today’s sunrise happened at 9:46.

I need a panoramic mount for my camera. Getting this one to match-up was real pain, and it still isn’t perfect. That’s what I get for rotating my body and not the camera and lens.

Photography

I’ve added some new pictures to the photography site, including a few from our recent visit to Indiana. Enjoy!

Photography