So, it’s been a bit, but a couple months ago I learned that my hunny really like birds, and has his whole life, so we’ve taken some steps for him to start learning about birds. As a result, we’ve started going out more to do nature/bird/wildlife photography and it’s been really nice! We get to get out, get some fresh air, do some exercising, and take photos and it’s really just been so lovely. Our first trip out we explored some river access area that was only about a mile from where we live – and we had no idea it was there! We got some cool photos, but excitingly, we saw a bald eagle! He’s just learning to shoot and using our 70-300 mm lens and I’ve been using my favorite little nifty fifty lens instead, so bird shots are a bit complicated for me but not impossible. I’m lucky that this lens is good at focusing and pretty dang sharp and I mostly know what I’m doing with it. But here are some of the photos I got!
November 19, 2021 Eclipse!
I have never tried eclipse shots over time at all before, even after shooting for 15 years now. I DEFINITELY know how to improve these for next time and that this isn’t perfect, but I’m VERY happy with how it turned out for a first attempt! The first 5 images were taken 20 minutes apart (I thought I had until 1:04am) but the eclipse was progressing REALLY fast, so the last 3 were taken 5 minutes apart. Good thing, too! At 12:50am the fog rolled in and the sky was inaccessible until well after sunrise! I thought it especially fascinating how I had to adjust my camera settings – I know the moon well enough I don’t have to fiddle around with the settings (ISO 100, f4.0, 1/400) ahead of time, but as the eclipse progressed, I had to keep dropping my shutter speed (down to 1/70) and then for the last three, ALSO boosting my ISO (up to 3200). MUCH learning!