The Full Moon was on 3 August at 10:13, unfortunately it was a cloudy day to observe the Full Moon. Hurricane Isaias made landfall in North Carolina around 23:10 on the 3rd, 130 miles south of my location. August 4th was the U.S. Coast Guard Birthday, Semper Paratus! I need to get out of the house and take some pictures. I did capture the moon … Continue reading Full Moon in August
It didn’t rain on Saturday night, so New Bern went ahead with their fireworks display to celebrate our Nation 244 Independence. I went to Lawson Creek Park in New Bern. There is a Blue Angels jet on display at the park. As a matter of fact, the Marine Corps and Navy have several jets and helicopters on display between New Bern and Havelock. Havelock is … Continue reading 4th of July Fireworks New Bern Style
In June, the Full Moon happens on the 5th and 6th (Friday and Saturday). Unfortunately, it was raining and the skies were partially cloudy on those dates (5th and 6th). The normal afternoon thunderstorms in the south. I took a photograph of the Moon on the 4th when it was at 98% full, but even then it was cloudy. They were calling for clearing … Continue reading June Moonrise
The last super Moon in 2020 was in May. May’s Full Moon is refer or known as the “Flower Moon”. There were three Super Full Moons in 2020. March 9, 2000: 222,081 miles (357,404 km) April 8, 2020: 221,851 miles (357,035 km) May 7, 2020: 224,429 miles (361,184 km) A “Supermoon” is a Full Moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee (the … Continue reading May’s Super Moon
So you heard of the saying “April showers bring May Flowers”. In New Bern on May 1st, May showers brought gorgeous and awesome rainbows. I used my Nikon D7500 with the Nikon DX AF-S NIkkor 55-300mm | 4.5-5.6 G ED VR lens. They were calling for evening showers, but I thought I would take a chances. My original thought was to photograph the sunset from … Continue reading May Showers
April’s Super Moon was on the 7 and 8. It started on the 7 at 22:35 and lasted until 02:35 on the April 8. April’s Full Moon is called the “Pink Moon”. The name “Pink Moon” comes from the bloom of ground phlox, a pink flower common in North America. I was unable to take a picture of the Full Moon, because of April showers. … Continue reading April Super Moon Phases
The “Stay at Home” order is effect in North Carolina. I am getting a little bored. I decided to go down to the water front and front and capture the sunset. I used my Tamron 17-35mm F/2.8-4 Di OSD lens for the sunset from Bridgeton, and the Nikon DX AF-S NIkkor 55-300mm | 4.5-5.6 G ED VR for the moon picture. My wife caught me … Continue reading Stay at Home Blues
After 4 days of damp, raw, cool weather, it’s nice to get outside and see the sunset. The picture was taken on the Alfred A. Cunningham Bridge in New Bern, North Carolina at 19:19 before sunset. The picture was taking with the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 50mm 1:1.8 G lens with Aperture Priority Mode on the camera. I still think I like using Manual … Continue reading Sunset March 26
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
