10 Word Tuesday

I have decided to add a few more posts, once a week with images I have captured over the years. Not counting this original post, I am limiting myself to 10 words or less to describe the picture not including the location and date the shot was taken. We’ll see how this goes!

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“Up at Sunrise”

Photographed: Plano Balloon Festival 2004-09-18

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The Other Totality

January 2018. This year it is a rare occurrence, that we have a Super Moon, Blue Moon and Blood Moon all in the same month. This hasn’t happened in about 152 years, so I had to at least try and capture it. Last August we made the trip to Nebraska to make pictures of the Solar Eclipse. It seemed right to shoot the “Other Totality” as well.

The first Full, Super Moon was January 1st. Technically it was January 2nd at 8:24 CST in the morning. I captured this from our back yard the evening of January 1st.SuperMoon_20180101_031

The second Full Moon, Blue Moon, happened on January 31st, 7:27 CST. It was low on the horizon so I went to a park that is on a little hill and captured this.

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Then the fun started. It was a windy and chilly 42 degrees. My hands and feet got really cold. Good thing I sat in my truck most of the time, except to get out and make a few shots.

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The beginning of the Total Eclipse of the moon, Blood Moon.
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About an hour into the eclipse a plane came in  view. I almost missed it!

 

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Its harder to focus the camera on something so dark, and through the DFW atmosphere on top of that.

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First light was starting and made it even harder to focus the camera

The Sun started coming up and the horizon was getting dimmer. I could barely see the moon, so I know my camera was having a real hard time too.

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It was a fun learning experience. Darkness, and a Bright light for a while, then the haze and atmosphere was filtering what little light the moon was reflecting.

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Yellow Rose of Yesterday

Trying to not be a slacker husband that I am sometimes, for Juanita’s birthday, I brought home some flowers. One of which had a pretty Yellow Rose.Juanita's Birthday Flowers_20180108_007Juanita's Birthday Flowers_20180108_001

One afternoon while on the kitchen table I saw light hitting the flower through the blinds and could not pass up this shot.

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Of course after a few days, even with the little packet, they wither and die. The reason I typically don’t get cut flowers.

On the other hand, It gives me a little creative outlet.

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and a little macro to boot!

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