Lake Monticello Star Trails

I mentioned the other day going to Lake Monticello hoping to make it to the end of the levee to take some pictures but I got a ways then saw some scenes I liked and stopped for pictures. I ran out of time to try the walk to the end of the levee (it's a … Continue reading Lake Monticello Star Trails

The Lighted Path

For the month of October I'm taking a bit of a break on writing more up to date posts. I'm writing these posts in September and scheduling them to post in October. For this post I went out at the end of September to my favorite local walking spot, Lake Monticello. I told myself I … Continue reading The Lighted Path

The Spider Lily

This week I'm going to focus my posts on some recent flower photography. My first post of this series will be on Spider Lily flowers. On my Google of this flower I've found multiple names for it so hopefully I'm calling it right. I've noticed them growing on our church property and kept telling myself … Continue reading The Spider Lily

How I Take Star Trail Photographs

The question come up the other day of how to take a star trail photo. Since this is a topic you may not be interested in I've put the steps I follow into a PDF. The PDF can be accessed free by using the form below. Once you click the View PDF button you will … Continue reading How I Take Star Trail Photographs

Star Trail Photography

This is probably my favorite photo of the week. It is the combined photograph I mention in my Milky Way post Monday. On this type of setup I ran my camera with my cable release for about an hour then stitched the photographs together using Photoshop. It is a bunch of photographs but I enjoy … Continue reading Star Trail Photography

Watching The Sunrise (surprise!)

On Friday morning I like to go out to Lake Monticello to walk and take photographs. This past Friday was overcast so I did not even get my camera out but just walked close the truck in case it rained. As I walked I saw some light on the Eastern horizon and thought it might … Continue reading Watching The Sunrise (surprise!)

Long Exposure Photography With Moon Light

A few mornings ago I went for some more long exposure photography with a decent amount of moonlight over me. This was at Lake Monticello. I tried (not crazy about the results) some light painting from the dock too.

Photographing The Milky Way

The posts this week will follow the common theme of long exposure photography again. I setup for a special type of combined photo (which I'll post Thursday). Before I left to go home I turned my camera to grab a photograph of the Milky Way. This is the setup I mentioned in last week's encouragement. … Continue reading Photographing The Milky Way

More Birds and Butterflies

Ok, no bees or hummingbirds on this setup. After the setup which I've already posted from these past two days I put some bird feed out in a different spot close to my garden with the hopes of catching a few birds eating the seed. As I waited I kept seeing butterflies and moths behind … Continue reading More Birds and Butterflies

The Target: Hummingbirds

I mentioned yesterday having a particular photograph I was looking to get. While I've setup near my garden taking pictures of birds and whatnot I'd see hummingbirds around my Zinnias but could never get a photo. This time I setup closer and tried to keep my camera ready and pointed towards the Zinnias (but as … Continue reading The Target: Hummingbirds