Archive for the sky Category

Orion, 11-1-11

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light, Long exposures, sky on November 1, 2011 by budbranch

A clear morning: 30 seconds, ISO 1600, f/4 17mm.  I used a flashlight to paint the trees.

Orionids

Posted in 5DMII, Long exposures, sky on October 22, 2011 by budbranch

My daughter Elise reminded me Friday morning that the Orionids were going to peak early Saturday morning.  After checking the weather and noting that skies were forecast to be mostly clear, I decided to capture some meteor images.  I set my camera up around 9PM and left it shooting 30 second exposures continuously – the battery died around 1AM – I got 440 images.  This first composite merged 50 or so images, and includes more aircraft trails than meteors…

GIN is my new favorite brand…. :-)

Posted in 5DMII, paragliding, sky on October 11, 2011 by budbranch

The first of many paragliding photos.  I took a weekend of instruction from local paragliding guru Noah Merritt.  Awesome experience.

Aerial photography

Posted in 5DMII, sky on July 29, 2011 by budbranch

I was taken on an early morning flight by my friend Chris Dahl-Bredine in his ultralight.  Chris shoots with the Canon 5DMII also, and we both were experimenting with video (look for samples in a later post).

Perigee Moon

Posted in sky on March 19, 2011 by budbranch

The “perigee” moon came up right on schedule – beautiful!

Skyline Drive Sunset

Posted in HDR, sky on July 20, 2010 by budbranch

View from my son Randy’s office window

Posted in sky on April 5, 2010 by budbranch

Randy took this with his iPhone!

Groovy sunset tonight!

Posted in sky on January 27, 2010 by budbranch

Star Trails

Posted in sky on January 11, 2010 by budbranch

A composite of 40 or so exposures