End of day for end of week.
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the dailypic 4118 yr12 100 Sundown
the dailypic 4107 yr12 089 Leaf Before the Moon
One leaf on the tree, in front of the moon.
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the dailypic 4004 yr11 352 Western Haze
Everything is different in 2020, now the sunsets are colored by the devastating fires on the west coast.
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the dailypic 3980 yr11 327 ELO
Light show.
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the dailypic 3978 yr11 325 Sunset 08.21.20
Another sunset, another show.
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the dailypic 3973 yr11 320 Milky Way over Broomstick Hill
Escaped for one night to Littleton, NH. Not going to lie, it was nice to get away, but it is 2020 everywhere. Businesses I have known for years, closed, places I used to enjoy going to off the path, now as if they are on the highway. Volumes of people, like me, looking to get away. The highlight of the trip (which do not get me wrong was a pleasant time away with my wife) was shooting the Milky Way. This is easier than ever due to technology and apps, but I have never done it. A couple of youtube videos, a random drive to find the darkest spot – turns out that is north of Littleon on a dirt road named Broomstick Hill Rd – what seems to be millions of stars and no one for miles and here we have my first venture into Milky Way photography. The core was a little low on the horizon, but the random, pitch-black field we found allowed us to see it with our naked eye, though it takes a 13-30 second exposure to pull it out as you see in these photos. I look forward to playing with this again, looking for a complimentary subject to place it with.
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the dailypic 3956 yr11 304 Sky Show
The show each night is unique.
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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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