This was taken in a PARKED car. Safety firs...
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Monday, 28 April 2014
Selfies and the Calgary Expo and C-3PO, oh my!
I spent the weekend volunteering at the Calgary Expo. My shifts were either 10 or 11 hours long, so blogging wasn't a priority. :-)
Neither was taking pictures of the people in costume. So, I direct you to two excellent sources of amazing cosplayers, here and here.
April 24
Day 114 selfie - The next best thing to Wil Wheaton being there!
I forgot that I had a geek t-shirt that hadn't been in a photo op, so I wore my Paul McCartney t-shirt for...
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Monday, 21 April 2014
Selfie catch up!
Day 107 - apparently I misplaced my hairbrush, so heavy cropping it is.
Day 108 - so sick of the snow!!!
Day 109 - Easter. Yay.
Day 110 - I bought this cup for my sister's birthday because it is fun and festive. She likes it because it has a lid and she won't spill so much.
Day 111 - Homeward bound...
Northern Lights at Elk Island
My plans for the weekend were:
Friday - drive to Edmonton, stay with my sister and her family
Saturday - spend the day in Edmonton, have Easter/birthday supper at my sister's house (date and time chosen because of three different guests having dogs on certain feeding schedules).
Sunday - spend most of the day in Edmonton because it was my sister's birthday, drive back to Calgary.
Monday - chill out.
I wanted to drive because I'm feeling adventurous...
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Catch up post
Proof that I went outside and didn't just spend the entire on the couch eating chips while playing games on the iPad.
Day 105
I went hiking on Nose Hill Park with a couple of friends. It was cold.
Among many things, we talked about vision. I mentioned I'm farsighted. Later, I proved it by spotting a porcupine.
Day 106
I don't normally blow-dry my hair because of heat damage, but I did today, so that my hair would be dry by the time I got to...
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Penumbral eclipse
The moon is entering the Earth's penumbra, before the clouds rolled in.
Unfortunately a thick cloud cover rolled in. This was one of the last photos I took before the moon completely disappeared behind the clou...
Monday, 14 April 2014
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Photography mojo
I posted in the Aurora Chasers Facebook group about needing to learn more about night photography. I got some really great constructive feedback.
And tonight I took this in my backyard, with my camera and telephoto lens. It felt good to grab this image.
Tomorrow night - the eclip...
Days 102 and 103
I crawled into bed this morning at 3 am. Posting selfies was not a priority. :-P
Taken before I left in pursuit of the Northern Lights. My fingers were crossed, hoping I would be successful. And I was!
Freshly henna'd hair. Grey hair begon...
Northern Lights
I'm not really thrilled with my pictures of the Northern Lights last night. It was my first time using the Canon SL1 for aurora. The pictures looked good on the preview screen, but were grainy and under-exposed when I downloaded them. I did use a tripod and the timer to avoid jiggle. I should have used longer shutter exposures. I have to do a lot of processing to remove the grain and I'm not that skilled in Lightroom.
That said, the experience...
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
I photographed Mars
Tonight, I made sure the tripod was stable and played around with different settings, including a faster shutter speed. I also used my handy-dandy new remote control.
I cropped this, but did not use filters or make any other adjustments. I think a telescope would definitely give a better picture. But, I did it. I figured out how to get a non-blurry photo of Mars and I'm happy with ...
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Mars over Calgary
Since Mars is close to the Earth now, and there is an eclipse happening next week, I decided I ought to experiment with photographing the night sky.
Mars over Calgary. In the middle of the photograph.
I used a timer on the camera to reduce jiggle. I need to tweak the shutter speed because all of the close-ups showed jiggling. This is a heavily cropped image of one of the close-ups. And holy crap, my camera photographed another freaking planet....
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