Photo: Flowering Shrub

Photo: Flowering Shrub

White flowers and green leaves on a small tree at nighttime.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/320, F7.1, 50mm, ISO800, 2012-03-11T01:41:00-04, 20120311-054100rxt

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Photo: Barren Branches

Photo: Barren Branches

Dead branches on a tree at night, lit with a flashlight.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/50, F2.5, 50mm, ISO1600, 2012-03-11T01:39:30-04, 20120311-053930rxt

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Photo: Green Leaves at Night

Photo: Green Leaves at Night

Green leaves on a tree against a black sky at night. I used a high-powered flashlight for lighting.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/125, F2.8, 50mm, ISO3200, 2012-03-11T01:38:18-04, 20120311-053818rxt

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Photo: Laser Triangle

Photo: Laser Triangle

A triangle drawn with an ultraviolet laser pointer with an 8″ exposure on a tripod. It was hard to get the sides right, but I think laser pointers are a lot of fun for photos.

This was on the night of the lunar eclipse, 2010-12-21. I was getting bored waiting for the eclipse to reach totality so I did this.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 8/1, F2.5, 50mm, ISO1600, 2010-12-21T02:07:35-05, 20101221-070735rxt

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Photo: Golden Sunset

Photo: Golden Sunset

A typical sunset in Ormond Beach! I made the colors bolder and added contrast.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/556, F6.7, 12.1mm, ISO64, 2006-01-27T17:44:59-05, 2006-01-27_17h44m59

Location: 1832 Nelson Ave., Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7228

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Photo: Shades of Blue

Photo: Shades of Blue

A dark blue sunset with some highlights. This was fun to edit.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/204, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2006-01-24T17:49:33-05, 2006-01-24_17h49m33

Location: 1832 Nelson Ave., Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7228

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Photo: The Light

Photo: The Light

A light on the side of our house at dusk.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/109, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2006-01-24T17:17:13-05, 2006-01-24_17h17m13

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Lunar Eclipse 2010

This morning at 03:15 Eastern Standard Time we had a complete lunar eclipse, the first one on the winter solstice since 1638. The next one on a winter solstice will be on 2094-12-21, exactly 84 years from now. However, I did not find this eclipse much different from the ones I saw as a young child. The moon looked darker and less red than I remember, but it might be that I used to have better eyesight. We were lucky to have no cloud cover in Ormond Beach, Florida, and despite having only a 28-135mm lens on my Canon Rebel XTi I snapped a few pictures which aren’t very good, but are significant for me. I really need to invest in a tripod since it was hard to hand-hold for these. 3900×2600 became 238×238 pixels after cropping.

Lunar Eclipse 2010 Lunar Eclipse 2010 Lunar Eclipse 2010

The photo below is at f/1.4, ISO 1600, 3.2″ exposure with my Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens when the moon was fully eclipsed. Normally, the moon would be so bright it would overpower the stars, but in the photo below you can see all the stars clearly (high-res version).

Lunar Eclipse 2010

I don’t look up at the stars much, but I enjoyed this. Someday when we are mining the moon for Helium-3 to power our intergalactic spaceships, we will look back on the 2010 lunar eclipse as a memory of simpler and more oily times.

Photo: Across the Ice

Photo: Across the Ice

Ice on the roof of my step-mom’s car, Jan. 19, 2006. The temperature on the surface is colder than the air temperature, which is why your car can have ice on the windshield in the morning even if it’s 35 degrees Fahrenheit.

For lighting, I used a flashlight. :grin:

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/2, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO119, 2006-01-19T04:39:57-05, 2006-01-19_04h39m57

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Photo: Sharpened Pencils 4

Photo: Sharpened Pencils 4

A macro of four sharpened pencils against a purple sunset. You’ve got all the essential colors here… red, purple, green, and blue.

Sharpened Pencils 1-3 are really embarrassing, so I won’t be posting them. :confused:

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/2, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO250, 2006-01-18T18:22:17-05, 2006-01-18_18h22m17

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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