The Full Moon is called the Snow Moon in February, but there is slacking of snow in the eastern portion of the United States this winter. The weather has been above average on the east coast, especially in North Carolina and the South. They did have snow in the Atlanta area on Saturday, but on the coast in North Carolina the weather was perfect, on … Continue reading Moon Setting on the 8th of February
The more I read about Aperture Priority Mode, the more I am curious of the result. You might ask, like my wife, why I take so many pictures of sunset at the beach or at the waterfront. Simply, there isn’t any thing more interesting where I live. Again, I played around the Aperture Priority Mode and setting a higher aperture for a sun burst effect … Continue reading More Practicing with Aperture Priority Mode
I been practicing with my camera. I read several blog stating the usefulness of using the Aperture Priority Mode. I decided to practice using Aperture Priority on my Nikon D7100 with the Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 50mm |1.8 G lens. It was a nice day for a sunset, a little on the windy and cold side, but decided to go the waterfront to capture the … Continue reading Sunset New Bern Waterfront
The Moon was in Taurus on January 6, 7, and 8th. Because the Moon was beyond the First Quarter (which on January 2nd and 3rd), the sky was too bright to photograph. On January 6th, the Moon was Waxing Gibbous at 82% full, on the 7th the Moon was at 88% full. I am practicing my astrophotography, but it hard because my LCD screen doesn’t … Continue reading The Moon in Taurus
On January 4th and 5th, the Earth was the closest to the Sun. How close? The Earth was roughly 3 million miles closer (or 5 million km) to the Sun than it is in early July. I used the Nikon D7100 Camera with Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 50mm |1.8 G lens and the iPhone 7plus camera. January 4th: All the photographs were taken in Bridgeton … Continue reading January 4th and 5th the Earth closest to the Sun
It was a nice evening to walking around and I found myself near the North Carolina History Museum. When I got home the sky was still clear . The Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous at 66% full in the Northern Hemisphere. Continue reading Sunset in New Bern
It rain most the day in Sunday (1 December), but around evening the sun came out. I was hoping it would be some clouds in the morning on the 2nd of December. but it was too cloudy to get the effect I wanted. . Continue reading December 1st
