It was a Wolf Moon
The other day Jared informed me that Saturday night there would be a Wolf Moon and we are lucky to be in possession of my Dad's MONSTER telescope. I said, great lets make a date of it in our backyard. So I made some hocho (term coined by my friend EmCox for 'hot chocolate') while Jared set up the telescope.
This was also a great opportunity to play with my camera and remote and capture the moonlit night.
Moonlit sky...shutterspeed 20secs...f-stop 4.
The moon was so bright and BIG, it filled the entire view through the telescope...plus I kept saying to Jared, "Oh I must keep bumping the telescope because the moon keeps going out of frame." He told me it was the moon moving....how cool is that. We could see craters and the edge of the moon curving into darkness.
Two lovers by moonlight.
I photoshopped this one to remove the shadows...Jared held very still for 40 secs...I obviously didn't.
Our driveway and streetlight.
My shadow by moonlight.
posted by Alice at
6:47 PM
5 Comments:
Very cool pictures. A full moon looks cool in a telescope. The night Rick and I got engaged it was a full moon and we were up at the Cabot Space Center in Oakland looking at the moon through their huge telescope. The craters look awesome.
40 seconds holding still--wow. Jared DID hold still! FUn to have a telescope to play with and also fun to play with night settings on camera. I should try that.
Wow - super fun with night photos! Obviously I need to get out and experiment some more!
Cool stuff Alice! I need to get out and play with my old Nikon friend. I can't believe your baby is crawling! Welcome to the rest of your life. The end of containment!
I'm really behind, but found your new family blog. I was wondering why you hadn't updated in awhile. Glad to see you guys are having fun. let me know if and when you come to alaska and any questions you may have.
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