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Lunar eclipse on election day
Posted in Astrophotography, Sony A7III on November 8, 2022 by budbranchHello Again!
Posted in Available Light, Camera-On-A-Stick, Composite, Gopro Hero5, HDR, sky, Sony A7III, Wide Angle on October 11, 2022 by budbranchI have been negligent about posting to my blog – here’s an attempt to catch-up!
The Arcane Ramblers
New mural at Sol Food
M & K
Longmire’s casa
Walking rain, Valle Grande
Outhouse selfie
Glam Trash
Glam Trash
Glam Trash
Glam Trash
Glam Trash
Glam Trash floor shot
SOS MTO!
Paseo
Paseo
Excellent trio
Grandson
Shot from the floor, by voice command!
Monsoon performance
John Dunn dog life
Plaza show
Cat lover
Dirty Dog
New shelter
Construction crew
The Arcane Ramblers
Whale tail
Calving glacier in AK
Roe your VOTE!
Applejack Jam!
Tom and me
Tim O’brien
Omar and Happiness
Weekly jam
Working vehicle
Artist friend
Grandkids!
Granddaughter getting her performance on
Taos Canyon Casa
Experimental composite
Comet Leonard is HERE!
Posted in Astrophotography, Long exposures, sky, Sony A7III on December 3, 2021 by budbranch
30-sec tracked exposure 200mm. Passing globular cluster M3
El Come Back Fest – Taos NM
Posted in Long exposures, Sony A7III, Wide Angle on August 18, 2021 by budbranch
Long exposures – no flash…New Year’s Photos
Posted in Aerial, Astrophotography, DJI Mavic 2 Pro, interval exposure, Long exposures, Sony A7III on January 5, 2021 by budbranchAs always, wall art can be yours: https://budbranch.smugmug.com/
Taos NYE fireworks
Taos NYE fireworks
Taos NYE fireworks
Taos NYE fireworks
Star trails during Bootids meteor shower
8-second exposure using very stable drone
8-second exposure using very stable drone
The Grand Conjunction
Posted in 600mm, Astrophotography, Sony A7III on December 22, 2020 by budbranchWell, that was fun!
We’ve been watching Jupiter and Saturn ease closer for months. Knowing that this was a once in a lifetime thing, I studied up and practiced a little. In the final analysis I think it boils down to 1) stabilizing the camera, 2) focusing carefully and, 3) taking LOTS of frames of varying exposures.
This was an early test – no detail in Saturn or Jupiter
Another test from the deck, as it set over the Canyon
My best effort from 12/21, includes Saturn’s moon Titan…
Once the shooting was over, we made a group Conjunction photo before it set…
Geminid Meteors
Posted in Astrophotography, Composite, Long exposures, Sony A7III on December 16, 2020 by budbranchThe Geminid meteor shower peaked early Monday morning. This is a composite of 26 images that highlights the phenomenon of the “radiant”.
Very top center are Castor and Pollux, the heads of the Twins: Gemini. Notice all 26 meteors (except one) “point” to constellation Gemini. The renegade is blue-green, non-Geminid random meteor, and beautiful.
Mars at the bottom, Orion top left, Pleiades near center.
It was COLD. I wrapped a hat around the camera, and left it with a hand warmer! I used the camera’s self-timer to delay the start of automated exposures until 1AM, then it made 800 30-second exposures before it ran out of battery. Then it was a matter of reviewing each frame and selecting the ones with juicy meteors, then some Photoshop. Thanks for digging it.
Taos Plaza
Posted in Sony A7III, Wide Angle on December 9, 2020 by budbranchSelf-timer, pre-focused, camera on sidewalk.
Meteors and Moon
Posted in Astrophotography, Composite, Long exposures, Sony A7III on November 21, 2020 by budbranch
Enjoy.
Astrophotography
Posted in 600mm, Astrophotography, Sony A7III on September 14, 2020 by budbranchWe lucked out with a moonless, no-haze, no smoke night sky yesterday. I set up the little Ioptron Sky-Tracker and mounted my camera and 600mm lens, and commenced to focus/shoot/adjust/repeat. Two hours later I had a couple of respectable images. The first, M22, is a star cluster containing 70,000 or so stars. The second is M8, or the Lagoon Nebula. These are both 20 second guided 600mm single exposures.
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