First day of retirement

It is Easter Monday and it happen to be my first day of retirement.  My boys came over on Saturday for Easter, which happen to be the nicest days of the weekend to capture the full moon.  Unfortunately, I was busy grilling burger and ribs for dinner.  I tried taking a picture from my backyard, but it didn’t come out as nice as I wanted.  Needless to say, I am not posting those pictures.  After mowing my lawn in the morning and taking my IBM laptop to the UPS store to ship it back, I decided to take the dogs on 3 mile nature hike at Fort Macon State Park.It is hard taking pictures with one hand holding the  camera and other holding two dogs. But I did the best I could, next time leave them at home. NOT! I enjoy their company.

Taken at 14:03:49 ISO 200 f/6.3 1/250 300mm

Taken at 14:04:18 ISO 200 f/5.6 1/320 300mm

Taken at 14:21:20 ISO 200 f/6.3 1/640 300mm

Taken at 14:23:01 ISO 200 f/5.6 1/320 300mm

I take better pictures when the of Moon is not full.

Taken March 9 at 06:07:36 Last Quarter at 50%

Taken March 22 at 19:38:30 Waxing Crescent 27%

Taken March 22 at 19:45:44 Waxing Crescent 27%

Taken March 26 at 19:35:53 Waxing Gibbous 71%

Taken March 31 at 20:22:59 Full Moon