Do I see his turn signal flashing?

OK, so this is far from my comfort zone. I haven't gotten the hang of sky photography, but I was out on my balcony trying to get the moon (which did not turn out) and there was a plane circling and I gave it my best to get a shot. I like how you can see the blinking red light on the backside during the long exposure. Almost looks like a Doppler shift. Would be better if the starboard side lights were blue. For those unfamiliar with the Doppler shift, that is the scientific principle that tells us that the universe is expanding. The light on the tree outside was very bright so I tried my best to pull it back, but the moon was very bright with a 30 sec exposure. Let me know what you think.


BTW: this is Saturday's post a little early. I'm hitting up Sunken City tomorrow for pics, then I'm off to Brandon's for Easter weekend. Pool party for Easter sounds very southern California. I will post the sunken city pics on Sunday evening.

Canon 600D, ISO-100, f/5.6, 35mm, 30 sec.

The point of exposure

So, yes it was cloudy when I went down to thousand steps beach, but I made the best of it. Some clouds are great for pictures, but not these clouds. I had to take some long exposures in order to get even a little definition from them. Luckily waves always look great with long exposures. I'm going to go down to Thousand Steps again when the sky is a little more clear to get you some more exciting pictures. I do like this one and I hope that you do also.

Canon 600D, ISO-100, f/5, 41mm, 15 sec

Mists of Laguna

OK, so I kind of lied. It's a raw image not a bracketed shot. I had to up the exposure and color in Photoshop, so it's a bit altered but not a full HDR image. This was down at Thousand Steps. I was working on trying to get a picture with the terrible light that I was given and this was a pretty good picture IMHO. I decided that if it was going to be a long exposure that I would stop it down a few stops and make it a longer exposure.

Canon 600D, ISO-100, f/29, 29mm, 5 sec.

220 Steps, Not Thousand Steps.

So today I learned the value of looking at the forecast before planning a Photo shoot. So I had planned all week to go out today and take some pictures of the waves and sunset at Thousand Steps beach. I checked the tides, I checked what time sunset was, but I didn't check the weather forecast and it was cloudy and no pretty colors at sunset. But I did have fun with the waves and I did take a few pictures of the point and what not.


Canon 600D, ISO-100, f/14, 18mm, 30 sec