My grandkids Facetimed me in the middle of it…
Super Blood Lunar Eclipse
Posted in Astrophotography, Available Light, Canon 7D on January 21, 2019 by budbranch300mm full manual off a tripod. Basic Moon photos are always tough, since the Moon is MOVING, and it is so bright compared to the background. Eclipse photos add the twist that the exposure changes drastically during the event, so you are constantly shooting brackets and evaluating. I used from ISO 100 to 3200, shutter from 1/125th to 2.25 second, and f/4.0 to f/5.6. I was interested in capturing some sharp stars and I found that with THIS lens on a non-tracking mount, *1* second was as long as I could go before the stars became little “-” marks… Also, by 10:15 MST, the darn moon was approximately 60 degrees above the horizon, so it was harder and harder to see the viewfinder and manage the camera. I ran out of head adjustment, and started shortening a tripod leg!
Here is a catch-up post since November!
Posted in Astrophotography, cats, Macro, Wide Angle on January 7, 2019 by budbranch
At the inaugural ball with Michelle Lujan Grisham
Chief cat Lilly
Snowed in
Comet 46P/Wirtanen and the Pleiades
Sweet music jam
Taos Mountain
Goodnight Moon
Taos Canyon frost
Pre-election rally with Michelle Lujan Grisham
Taos Balloon Rally
Posted in 5DMII, Aerial, Available Light, DJI Phantom 3, Handheld on October 28, 2018 by budbranch
Cloud Time Lapse
Posted in Gopro Hero5, Time Lapse on September 9, 2018 by budbranch
At the end, Mars rises in the center…
July Update!
Posted in 5DMII, Available Light, Gopro Hero5, Long exposures, Wide Angle on July 15, 2018 by budbranchHere is what I have been up to for the last few weeks:
MOMentum is building…
Tattoo!
Hagerty Mandolins
Hagerty Mandolins
Hagerty Mandolins
Ground squirrel taunts us
This got published in Taos News
Eskes crowd watching the fireworks
Gun buy-back in Taos
Eskes Bluegrass Jam
