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Mostly Nerd (but not always): August 2015
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. Persied Meteor Shower 8/13/15. Tried to photograph the Persied Meteor shower last night. Only caught three before the high clouds wiped out the contrast of the night sky. Below is a timelapse video put together from the 1500 photos that I took. Monday, August 3, 2015. Save the Drammatus for your Mammatus. Taken from my driveway. Sensing a rare photo opportunity I grabbed my camera and headed toward the lake shore in the waning dusk. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Things I like: My...
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Mostly Nerd (but not always): July 2015
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Sunday, July 19, 2015. Last evening the Moon 2 days past New skirted a couple of degrees south of Venus. I left for work a little early and stopped by Ludington Harbor to photograph the pairing. Guide Number = (distance/f-stop) X (ISO/100) = 1790/5.6 X 400/100 = 2506. Here is a close-up view of the pairing taken with my 500 mm lens. With the similar geometry of both the Moon and Venus being between the Earth and Sun they share a similar backlit crescent shape. The Moon was 9% lit while Venus displaye...
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Mostly Birds (but not always): August 2015
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Monday, August 3, 2015. Save the Drammatus for your Mammatus. Last evening a line of intense thunderstorms accompanied by high winds (and even a tornado in Huron County) rolled across Michigan toppling trees and knocking out power to tens of thousands. I was awoken from my pre-work nap by my alarm clock as I had slept through the whole storm. Taken from my driveway. Sensing a rare photo opportunity I grabbed my camera and headed toward the lake shore in the waning dusk. Things in the sky. Things I like: ...
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Mostly Birds (but not always): Old Yard Review
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. My one-third acre of paradise in Southgate has been sold. In my ten years at that suburban Detroit location I observed 140 species of birds. The best was the first and so far only Wayne County record Rufous Hummingbird that arrived November 7, 2011 and stayed until the 14th. All photos in this post were taken from the yard. The Rufous on fire. Best Loon shot from my yard. Cardinal photobombed by White-throated Sparrow. Northern Flicker and American Robin. Every September during the...
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Mostly Nerd (but not always): Persied Meteor Shower 8/13/15
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. Persied Meteor Shower 8/13/15. Tried to photograph the Persied Meteor shower last night. Only caught three before the high clouds wiped out the contrast of the night sky. Below is a timelapse video put together from the 1500 photos that I took. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Persied Meteor Shower 8/13/15. Save the Drammatus for your Mammatus. Another Beautiful, Long Lasting Autumn Makes it Two for Two! Colder Blast Set for Next Week!
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Mostly Nerd (but not always): Stormy Weather
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Saturday, July 18, 2015. This morning I headed to the lake shore to try to photograph lightning from an approaching storm. Not a lot of flashes with the storm but I did get some time-lapse of the clouds and boaters. Below is a link to a video I uploaded to youtube. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Black Hole Spins And Eats A Cosmic Christmas Wreath. Another Beautiful, Long Lasting Autumn Makes it Two for Two! Colder Blast Set for Next Week! Mostly Unheard (but not always).
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Mostly Nerd (but not always): Mercury's Turn
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Sunday, May 3, 2015. As the Pleiades star cluster rides off into the spring sunset it took the time to pose with the inner most planet Mercury. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Black Hole Spins And Eats A Cosmic Christmas Wreath. Another Beautiful, Long Lasting Autumn Makes it Two for Two! Colder Blast Set for Next Week! Mostly Unheard (but not always). Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Short Attention Span Gamer: Keep It Stipple Stupid
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Short Attention Span Gamer. Where my miniature games and hobby projects go to die. Saturday, January 5, 2013. Keep It Stipple Stupid. But how to go about it? It was such an effective technique that when my brother wanted some blood splatter on the arms of his Mr. Graves. he asked me to show him how it’s done. Great, I can make a tutorial out of it. For Mr. Graves, he has just given someone the beating of their life leaving his fist bloodied, forearms spattered, and a some will have gotten on his cris...
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Mostly Birds (but not always): April 2015
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Saturday, April 25, 2015. Loons Over Old Yard. In the cropped version of the above photo the barcodes on the neck were clearly visible. Below are cropped shots of loons flying much higher. Hopefully I'll get some on the yardlist of my new yard in the upcoming week. Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Ludington Merlin and Bonaparte's Gulls. Merlin on State Route 116 leading to Ludington State Park. Pair of Red-breasted Mergansers on Pere Marquette Lake. Saw one Common Loon out over Lake Michigan,. This Osprey was on...
