Bud Branch

Catching up!

Posted in 5DMII, Aerial, Astrophotography, Available Light on May 6, 2019 by budbranch

I have been lazy about posting here – here is a little catchup… BTW: to anyone seeing this, you have an invitation to visit anytime!

New Mexico Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense: we successfully lobbied for expanded background checks in NM!

A La Cart (our favorite lunch spot…)

Hummer – we may have a nest nearby…

Hummer

Hummers

Jupiter and 3 of her moons

Friends from C-ville visited

El Salto Falls

Red Winged Blackbird

Nambe Falls (the first cascade)

Moonset in Taos Canyon

Virga sunset

The wind broke my old tripod – this is first shot off the new one!

Our upgraded mailbox

I have some metal prints hanging at The Coffee Spot in Taos

Artist Julie decorating our upgraded mailbox

I visited my grandkids…

The Carwash from Breaking Bad

My son and I are considering a new joint venture…

Roadside antler vendor

Lobbying in The NM Roundhouse

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Stacking Wood – No Problem!

Posted in Gopro Hero5, Time Lapse on February 23, 2019 by budbranch

My grandkids Facetimed me in the middle of it…

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Super Blood Lunar Eclipse

Posted in Astrophotography, Available Light, Canon 7D on January 21, 2019 by budbranch

300mm 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!