We hiked a lot on the bridle/snowmobile trails in the Kettle Moraine Forest these past three days. It's mostly in the forest, but for a while we were in this field. Everything was very dry and the soft swishing the grass made as the wind blew through it was very relaxing.

November 8. Archangels' Day.

Detail of a painting at Church of Archangels, Mantamados village, Mytilene.

Yellow flowers.

Strandvik.

Western Norway.

We found this tree on the Coosa Backcountry Trail this past Sunday. It was perched on top of a large boulder with its roots growing entirely in the cracks. It seems to be thriving despite having almost no soil.

For my video; youtu.be/uhObyo5Rf64?si=Wo-JnYWOfwluUXEF

Burnaby Lake Overpass,

Pedestrian cyclist, overpass, to cross, Highway 1, installation to

start at 10 p.m On November 8 when the highway will be closed.

Two orange coloured electric transporters at each end of the bridge will move it into place.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Goldhofer self propelled trailer

... art deco-style home in the midst of a refurbishment

This is the totally eclipsed Moon of November 8, 2022 set in the stars of Aries, with the planet Uranus nearby, visible as the greenish star about three Moon diameters away from the Moon at the 10 o'clock position. Uranus was at oppostion the next night, November 9, at magnitude 5.6.

I shot the set of images for this scene at about 3:28 a.m. MST, about 20 minutes after the start of this long totality, so the right (lunar eastern) limb of the Moon was still fairly bright. The field of view is about 7.6° by 5°.

This is a blend of four exposures to compress the dynamic range and record the stars while maintaining the Moon more as the eye saw it. I blended a 5-second exposure at ISO 1600 for the stars, with 1-, 2-, and 5-second exposures at ISO 200 for the lunar disk, all with the Canon Ra on the SharpStar 61mm EDPH refractor with the Reducer/Flattener for f/4.6. The scope and camera were on the Star Adventurer tracker, turning at the sidereal rate for the long exposure for the stars but at the slower lunar rate for the shorter, lower ISO exposures for the Moon. Blending was with old-fashioned manual masking, not HDR routines or even luminosity masks.

It was -25° C this night, and with several inches of snow having just fallen that day, so I kept the gear complexity to a minimum. However, using a 280mm focal length scope on the tracker was pushing it. Most long exposures for the starfield were trailed. I shot several sets of "HDR" exposures to be sure I got one that worked.

The painting.

(riposava qui, privata e chiusa, bella serena, nella sua assoluta banalità: non sarebbe mai apparsa)

e invece.

Deserted Ship !

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Maple.

Western Norway.

Calmness!

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Western Norway.

A wide-angle view of the total eclipse of the Moon of November 8, 2022, with the red Moon at right beside the stars of the northern winter sky and Milky Way, plus with bright red Mars at top. Above and left of the Moon is the blue Pleiades star cluster, while below it and to the left is the larger Hyades cluster with reddish Aldebaran in Taurus. The stars of Orion are left of centre, including reddish Betelgeuse, while at far left are the two Dog Stars: Procyon, at top, in Canis Minor, and Sirius, at bottom, in Canis Major.

So this is a gathering of many red stars, planets and the rare red Moon.

I shot the frames for this scene beginning at 3:50 am MST, 10 minutes before mid-totality during this 1h25m-long total eclipse. Some ice haze this night added the natural star glows. Either bands of airglow, or perhaps just reflected lights off the icy haze add the reddish bands to the sky. The sky scene appears over the old abandoned pioneer house on my property.

This is a stack of 4 x 1-minute tracked exposures at ISO 1600 for the sky, blended with a single 1-minute tracked exposure at ISO 1600 for the ground to minimize blurring (I left the tracker running at the sidereal rate for all frames), plus a 5-second exposure for the Moon itself at ISO 400 to preserve the colouration of the disk and not overexpose it. All with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 16mm and f/2.8 on the Canon R5, and on the Star Adventurer tracker.

Shot from home in southern Alberta on a night that we were lucky to have clear at all, as it had been snowing heavily all day. It cleared at night as predicted, but the temperature dropped to -25° C, so just operating gear was a chore, limiting my ambitions this night! And my travels. Snowy roads kept me home, but for once I didn't need to chase clear skies for a lunar eclipse.

Fusa, Hordaland.

Taken on November 8, 2009.

... victoria fairfield

... oak bay bc

We crossed this on a hike and decided to stop for a snack. It was really peaceful!

We had 8 days in a row of really beautiful weather (low 70's/upper 60's), which we took advantage of as much as possible. While the landscape is pretty much different shades of brown with a little green thrown in here & there, we still feel invigorated after spending several hours in nature. We'll never tire of it.

Low sun.

Wrecked boat!

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The remains of ships!

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November8, 2022 @ 1AM. Temperature -1 ˚C

Vancouver

Low sun.

... begbie street, victoria bc

366 2024 - The Future is Now - Day 313 - November 8

Weekly Theme 45 - From Where I Stand - Walked out in our yard this morning and wow, only problem is it looks like we have a lot of rain coming next week!

All photos copyright Mike Kurman (bonobaltimore photography). Contact bonobaltimore@hotmail.com if you wish to use.

... hampshire road, oak bay bc

All photos copyright Mike Kurman (bonobaltimore photography). Contact bonobaltimore@hotmail.com if you wish to use.

... shelbourne place, newton street, saanich bc

... at moss street, victoria bc

The neighbourhood.

Thursday, November 8 2012

This is the first semi-nature photo in a long time :') They're fake, but still!

.. pluto's restaurant, cook street, victoria bc

There were no winds driving these waves, just swells from low pressure over us and some weather at sea.

Kind of a weird trick to shoot, but Thomas rolled away from this one. Pop shuv off the bench into a wallride at Bank One in Chicago. This was the last of many photos I shot thanks to yesterday's awesome weather.

{13/52}. (late!)

So hey, this is the picture i promised to upload. It's from the strike in Argentina on November 8th. The whole country shouted in order to make their president listen. This was on the way to the Obelisc.

Forgive any ISO issues please! I shot with the Xti, which hasn't so many ISO options. I mean, i wasn't going to risk loosing the 60D. Hell to the no!

More in comments.

I want to be a photojournalist. It would be such a wonderful experience... Except i'd be in trouble with deadlines. lol.

And I also want to shoot right now, but this house has no room for developing any inspiration. Sigh.

oooh and you don't want to know how much i have to study for Tuesday. :(

You don't know how much pain History causes me. i hate it i hate it i hate it, to be more clear.

Sometimes i think i'm this huge looser.

Please, let school finish quickly.

10.

Good luck guys, see you on the next picture!

Do not use my images without my permission.

... richardson street at gonzales, victoria bc

... oak bay avenue, oak bay bc