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Totality … A Mixed Bag
(Today’s post is a bit unusual. Because of the overwhelming activities and emotions surrounding experience my first total solar eclipse, the content is rather long. So if you’d rather not read the “rest of the story”, please feel free to just scroll down to the photos) :o) Monday was a very mixed bag for me. […]
Sunspot, Baby
Ah, yeh … a familiar old tune from Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band. That’s what I was reminded of as I cleaned and checked out my camera equipment on Saturday afternoon, preparing for the big total eclipse today. A while back, I purchased some solar filter sheets and fabricated my own filter holders […]
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Tags: astrophotography, Blog, Cass County, Missouri, nature, nature photography, summer, sun, Sunrises/Sunsets, sunspots
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Waxing Crescent Moon
Hope your Memorial weekend went well. My weekend was spent working around the house, trying to get caught up on some of the backlog of “things to do”. As I was finishing up the work yesterday afternoon, I noticed the waxing crescent moon overhead. As soon as it got dark enough, I grabbed my camera […]
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Tags: astrophotography, Blog, Cass County, Missouri, moon, nature, nature photography, spring
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Faves of 4Q 2016
Fourth quarter began as usual, with foliage showing the signs of fall, such as this Slender Bush Clover found on Snowball Hill Prairie: Not far from the clover, I found 3 Rough Blazing Stars: And I have to include one of my favorite finds at a local hardware store, some fun-loving Mums (which 2 […]
Posted in Astrophotography, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Landscape Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: Arches NP, astrophotography, Blog, Cass County, fall, insect, kayaking, landscape, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, National Park, National Park, nature, nature photography, prairie, travel, wildflower, winter
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Where’s That Kwazy Wabbit?
That’s one of my first thoughts whenever I gaze into the winter heavens and see the famed hunter/warrior Orion. I went out to Snowball Hill Prairie earlier this week to shoot some skyline images of Harrisonville (county seat of the Cass County) with the Christmas lights. Although some clouds and the extreme lights from some […]
Geminids Come to Town
Last Tuesday evening, I made an attempt to capture the Geminids meteor shower at a rural farm very close to my rural Missouri home. The decision to try photographing the Geminids was a last-minute decision, as the forecast had been for partly cloudy skies. But late in the afternoon, the skies were still clear and […]