A sweet, clear, dark night…
Archive for the Astrophotography Category
Dark Sky / Milky Way
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Long exposures, Wide Angle on September 22, 2019 by budbranch
A sweet, clear, dark night…
Catching up!
Posted in 5DMII, Aerial, Astrophotography, Available Light on May 6, 2019 by budbranchI 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
Hummer
Hummer
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
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
The Lyrid Meteor Shower
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Long exposures, Wide Angle on April 22, 2018 by budbranch
This meteor flashed through around 2AM this morning. While it appears to be “in” the Milky Way, it is well to remember that the meteor is very close to Earth, actually burning up IN our atmosphere, while the Milky Way is (almost) unimaginably distant.
For extra credit: why do we see more meteors AFTER midnight, than before?
Startrails at the VLA
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Available Light, Composite, Long exposures, Wide Angle on April 12, 2018 by budbranch
This is a composite of about fifty 30-second exposures. A departing car painted the antenna red (I used considerable Photoshop layer masking to get this final effect). Also, that’s a meteor at top right…
The VLA at Magdalena, NM
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Available Light, Long exposures, Wide Angle on April 12, 2018 by budbranch
I Hung Some New Prints at The Spot!
Posted in 5DMII, Aerial, Astrophotography, Camera-On-A-Stick, Canon 7D, Composite, Gopro Hero5, Handheld, HDR, Wide Angle on February 17, 2018 by budbranchStop by The Coffee Spot and check them out! (the are cat photos too!)
Lunar Eclipse 1/31/18
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Available Light on January 31, 2018 by budbranchTripod, 200mm, manual focus, mirror lockup, self timer. REAL COLD!
Another Taurid Meteor
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, Long exposures on November 21, 2017 by budbranchNote that the stars are visible right down to the horizon…
Bud Branch 