Staying this week in a hotel mid-way between Skaftafell and Jökulsárlón it’s very easy to visit the beach where small chunks of ice from the lagoon wash up on the black sand. Every day the scene is different, depending on … Continue reading
Looking at some photography books over Christmas prompted some experimentation with a different black and white process of images from Iceland. Although I rarely try to process color images “as I saw them” (often, for example, applying a gradient of … Continue reading
We all know that sunrise is one of the best times of the day for photography, but as far as I’m concerned it’s an even better time for sleeping! Fortunately though my office has a mighty fine view of the … Continue reading
An attempt to catch the first light of the almost-full rising moon on the face of Longs Peak, in Rocky Mountain National Park. A long stack of the stars was disappointing, instead this is 2.5 minutes processed with StarStaX’s “comet” … Continue reading
My first attempt at a really long duration time lapse coincided with Boulder experiencing its snowiest February on record (usually, February isn’t a very snowy month in these parts). As is the usual pattern here, the storms were followed by … Continue reading
I’ve set up the camera (connected to an external power supply and an interval timer) for a long duration time lapse from my office. Even with a Lenskirt it proved to be tricky to eliminate flare from the glass at … Continue reading
After shooting the comet last night, I did a quick test of the iOptron startracker by pointing at Orion and taking both tracked and untracked frames at 70mm focal length. The exposure was 30s at f/4, ISO 3200. As was … Continue reading
Every saga has a beginning… One of the photographic projects on my to-do list is to shoot some time lapse where the stars remain fixed, and the foreground rotates with the spin of the Earth. This could be done in … Continue reading
Over the Christmas holidays the thought occurred to me that it might be fun to try shooting some wide star trail panoramas – wide enough perhaps that the stars could be seen rising on one horizon and setting over the … Continue reading