- Super-Takumar 35mm f/2, Christmas Tree
Wide open - Super-Takumar 150mm f/4, First Cat
Spider - Bakin' cookies. Bacon cookies.
Bourbon Bacon Chocolate Cookies. Not bad in terms of flavor, but the leathery texture of bacon doesn't work well for me in the middle of a cookie. Also, the bourbon flavor pretty much got lost. - Wreath
- Orion's Sword 20131227
Playing around with astrophotography. This is a stack of about 580 dark-subtracted exposures from a stationary mount, 0.3 seconds each, ISO 1600, Pentax DA* 300mm f/4 wide open. Trailing of stars is still apparent. I'm impressed by how much detail even a single exposure contains. It would be nice to get the O-GPS1 accessory to extend the individual exposure time to several seconds without star trails. - The cock crows at midnight
- Toppings are free!
- Rocks and ice
- Point of Rocks tunnel
- Edith Pies
- Tracks in the snow
- Under the bridge
- Bully Christmas!
Model: Atlas Barrett-Ross - Missed opportunity
I went outside at the edge of darkness, with an ND8 filter on the lens. I was set up for a 4 minute exposure to blur the clouds and the fog. I interrupted this exposure after 9 seconds, because I realized I forgot to cover the eyepiece. In reviewing the images, I realized I should have tried a short exposure. I like the striking pattern in the clouds, centered over the isthmus of land. To salvage this exposure, I had to brighten it by 5 stops in Lightroom (the maximum allowed), and then a bit more in Photoshop. The Pentax K-5 II holds up well, as usual. - Evening fog
- 20131130-K5ii-01232
Stone Harbor Snowy Owl. This is either the same individual as #2 (having flown), or a third individual. - 20131130-K5ii-01225
Stone Harbor Snowy Owl #2 or 3, harrassed by a Peregrine Falcon. - 20131130-K5ii-01163
Stone Harbor Snowy Owl #2 - 20131130-K5ii-01155
Stone Harbor Snowy Owl #1 (southern tip) - 20131130-K5ii-01154
Stone Harbor Snowy Owl #1 (southern tip)