We had a very cloudy day today for the solar eclipse, so I wasn’t even sure if there would be any views of the solar eclipse. It definitely got darker and cooler when the eclipse was happening. These next two pictures were taken by using the reflection in a puddle. And God made the two […]
Tonight was perfect for taking photos of the night sky. I am still learning how to get the correct exposure, but it was fun trying.
I was able to take some photos as the moon went through the lunar eclipse, so thought I would put them on here for my record. I was not able to take a photo of the final total eclipse. I did see it though, and thought it was amazing to see. God’s handiwork!
These photos are from a few months ago. I know we just had a full “blue” moon, but I didn’t get out to take any pictures of it. When the moon is full and the sky is clear, it can seem pretty bright out. Beautiful.
I’ve never actually watched the moon rise. Usually I first notice it when the moon is actually showing or is above the horizon. We saw the super-moon on the 13th after the moon was already up, so we decided to try and catch the moon coming up the next night. We didn’t realize that it […]
I decided to try photographing the moon again, and the night of the super moon in August seemed a great time to try doing this again. I downloaded an app that would tell me what time to expect the moon to rise. So … I went down to the lake, set up my tripod, and […]
I’ve tried taking photos of the moon before, so when we were told that it would be a super moon, I wanted to try taking a picture of it. It’s not easy. As you can see from the following pictures, I experimented but still didn’t quite get a sharp picture. The first picture is of […]