The show each night is unique.
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the dailypic 3956 yr11 304 Sky Show
the dailypic 3947 yr11 294 C/2020 F3
C/2020 F3 or NEOWISE was first seen on March 27, 2020, less than 3 months ago. So really, I picture somebody had an “oh sh*t” moment… “boss, look, comet!” (mumbled through a mask since it was March 2020.) Space is fascinating, scary, yet inviting. How do you not feel small and insignificant on a night like last night? I stood next to a lake, dodging mosquitoes, looking at a chunk of ice hurling away from us at 40 miles per second, 64 million miles away, in hope to take its photo and it be in focus. And this was my third night attempting to get this shot. I am a speck of a speck on a speck, with a camera. Humbled as we all might need to be now and then, but knowing I am less of a speck than the mosquitoes. Thank you to Wendy for the use of the perfect location and the company.
All photographed from the SE corner of Lake Wintrhop in Holliston, MA. Between 10-11pm, facing NW. Camera,
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the dailypic 3944 yr11 292 Among
Figured I would toss my camera into the comet ring. Comet NEOWISE is visible in the North West Sky, looking at info and knowing some friends who have gotten great shots I head out to a local lake and line up. This is the first shot I took. A test, 30 seconds to see if I can get a location to shoot more. I never saw it in the camera. Took more, bit by the time the second shot was done the clouds had come in, and they kept coming. Figuring I was never getting it – because I was looking too high, I packed it in after giving the misquotes enough of my blood. Get home, play with some photos and there is the comet, in the first (and only the first shot). If you have not found it is heading right into the p in my watermark. Barely in the frame of the shot. Maybe I will head out again… maybe I won’t. Annoyed I did not line it up correctly.
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the dailypic 3865 yr11 212 Above Us
Looking up and looking down.
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the dailypic 3851 yr11 199 400 Feet Closer
If you fly the drone in a straight line fast then stop short, for a quick second it points up. Quick finger on the camera trigger and you can get a shot as if you are looking up, but with a 400-foot advantage. Nothing I would do on a regular basis though.
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the dailypic 3808 yr11 156 Kirkjufell’s Dance
The photo speaks. I sleep.
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the dailypic 3712 yr11 061 The Cold Works
I love fireworks in the cold. The annual display after the Santa Parde in Medway is my favorite each year.
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the dailypic 3695 yr11 043 Redeemed
Moving things around in the barn to prep for Holiday Photos, walk by the back window that faces west. The curtain is drawn, but I can see red hues sneaking in the sides. A pullback to the curtain and the sky is on fire. Not 5 minutes before I was outside shooting snow on a bench, for today’s dailypic. It was drizzling and raw, nothing special, but made sense for the day. Then the sky put on a show. I grab the drone, no memory card, internal memory is full, maybe room for one shot. Three batteries, all under 10%, been slacking. Knowing this sky will not last long, I send it up anyway, the controller is screaming at me… battery low forced landing will begin, over and over, before I am 3 feet off the ground. I get 100 feet, I snap this one shot, and I land. In minutes, the show is gone, back to gray and blah. For a moment, the gray, snow, rain, cold, raw day was pretty. Orginal pick for the day below. Would have been called “Ready or Not.”
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the dailypic 3647 yr10 360 Vermont View
I spent a few days in Vermont, took a solo mini-vacation, me, my truck, cameras, drone, and my broken foot (yes I have a broken foot). Weather was OK, humid, some rain. Was during the week so it was quiet, not may tourists and leaf peepers. I had two goals, one I wanted to drive Rte 100, just one of my favorite roads and the subject of a similar road trip I took with a different car, much different film camera, no drone, and my feet were excellent, 25 years back. Two, I wanted 25 photos that could be postcards – the same goal I had last time. This was not about getting a ton of photos it was about getting the right photos. Three days I ended with a set of 50 that if I got chooser I am sure I widdle this down to 25 solid choices. The foot made me rethinking some actions, I am known for just heading to get the photo – over, under, around, whatever I need to to get to the spot I want – I will figure out how to get back later. The best example of that was from the first VT road trip, I parked the car on the side of the road, middle of nowhere. Saw a waterfall and slide down a very steep embankment to get to it. Took a couple of shots (Never really liked them after they were developed) and could not go back the way I came, it was too steep. Had to walk half a mile up stream to get to a spot I could access the road, then half a mile back down the road to get to the car, which was still running where I left it. This time, the drone did some of the hiking for me. Iceland will always be my favorite landscape to photograph, but until I get back there, I will always have Vermont to visit now and then.
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the dailypic 3634 yr10 347 Butterfly and the Sunflower
Sunflowers in the sun with guests.
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the dailypic 3627 yr10 340 Sky Show
Me to the family: “OK, I will be in the barn, I need to get all these Senior Photos edited I can not be disturbed.” Ten minutes later, I am yelling for them to come to the driveway where I am, flying my drone getting sunset shots.
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the dailypic 3612 yr10 325 Stand Out
Dark and dreary day and there he sat, watching over it all. Out of the barn I came, I turned back, grabbed the long lens, snapped a shot and off he flew. Like he was waiting for to come out get the shot, he had stuff to do. I only needed one, not that I had a choice.
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