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Had been toying with the idea of trying one of these sparky shots, had great fun with it will try it again
Update 2015; the Geminid meteor shower peaks Sunday night December 13/14, 2015!
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Bright green fireball over Topaz Lake during Geminid meteor shower last night (December 13, 2014, when this photo was first uploaded).
The Geminid meteor shower produces a lot of meteors, but not as many fireballs as the Perseid meteor shower. This is a particularly bright one.
Flaming dandelions - they just seem to appear out of nowhere at this time of year. So perfectly evolved for reproduction and survival, they're a pain in the garden but I have a grudging respect for them and have to concede they are quite photogenic.
Anyway, there's not enough red in my photostream so here's a solution to that problem :-)
It may not look it from the image, but this is one of two fireballs I was able to capture during the 2018 Perseid meteor shower peak weekend. This was a longer lived green fireball, but you wouldn't know it by the photo. That's just how hard these things were to capture in the challenging atmospheric conditions we had over the weekend in Northern Illinois -- high haze from Canadian forest fires and high humidity, as well as a high dew point from the surrounding farm fields. This image has been heavily-edited to remove as much of that haze and reflected light pollution as possible. And, contrary to how it looks in the image, the meteor was moving left to right.
Side note: The streak in the upper right is a satellite.
Here's the obligatory autumn color shot, along with proof that from to time I'll actually shoot class 1 power. The color in Northern Massachusetts for early October is still spotty, but where it's good, it's very vibrant. Seen here, Pan Am Southern train 264 (formerly 22K or simply 'the pig') is cruising through CPF 345 in Gardner MA, passing not only the newer signal structure, but the old B&M-era bracket as well. This was the only train coming east on a beautiful morning, so while I would've preferred something in Pan Am paint, you get what you can get and call it good. Lensed 10/9/22.
I can explain the title - the sun was beating down hard today, and the lead locomotive of 384 was reflecting the temperatures with style. However, it certainly wasn't going too fast...this catch makes only one CN heritage unit I haven't seen yet.
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On Sunday we went hiking along the coast of Santa Cruz, California. At the lighthouse we met a group of people playing drums and juggling with fire. Santa Cruz has an old hippie feel; it's so different from the Silicon Valley. I like it.
Do you recognize the title?
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, then played with the color balance and vignetting to give the scene a vintage look.
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I went out at 1:30am last night to set up my camera - trying to capture some Perseid meteors during the annual meteor shower. I set the camera for interval shooting (a 15s exposure every 20s), stayed out for about 45 minutes, and then left the camera shooting and went to bed.
When I retrieved the camera this morning, it had taken almost 600 images. I could detect a meteor in around 10 of them. LOL But, this one made it worth it to me.
I wish the fireball had positioned itself a little more courteously in the frame, but one doesn't reason with fireballs! :D
On the left side of the frame, you can see the Milky Way (the boring end, ha!). In the middle of the frame about 1/3 down is the Andromeda galaxy. And the Pleiades star cluster is to the left of the fireball.
Thanks to everyone for looking and for your kind comments and faves! Have a great weekend! :)
(Taken with the Rokinon 14mm/2.8 lens)
The brightest meteor of the year for me, think its a random. For all the action from this eventful night, please view my time lapse on Youtube.
A male Baltimore Oriole perched proudly in the late spring sunlight. Their vivid plumage and melodic calls make them a favorite for birders across North America. Captured with a Nikon D850, handheld, with natural lighting and a lot of patience.
Paeony.
This is a recoloured version of a normal image of a paeony that I posted earlier today, for Sliders Sunday.
For detail see the earlier version which I shall link to in the first comment. I shall also post a link to the in-camera original so you can see how far we came.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image! Happy Sliders Sunday :)
[The earlier image was slider slid in Affinity Photo using the Curves filter in LAB mode and a hue shift with the HSL filter.]
I decided to stop by Santa Cruz Boardwalk before they were closing. I found this ride that was worthy for a long exposure. I took a few shots of it before the security asked me to put the tripod away. I didn't know tripods were not allowed. Oh well, but I got the shot.
Explore #97 June 26th, 2016
Lever du jour sur la Petite Aiguille Verte, la Pointe de Gigord, la Pointe Farrar et l'Aiguille Carrée dans le Massif du Mont Blanc (Haute-Savoie).
We saw a few of these lilies when in pursuit of the big fiv Cheetah Boys but on this day things were calmer and we got out of the jeep to take a few shots
This looks more like an abstract than a sunset nature shot, but I actually really like this fireball flare which I've never seen before. After using my Helios 40-2 for quite a while now, I have to say that it's still full of surprises :) Hope you like it too!
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