Tuesday 24 February 2009
Friday 20 February 2009
Perseus, Auriga and Pleiades - My first constellation map
In a rare break in cloud cover... I managed to get a few star shots, with dramatic ghostly red clouds approaching. This one was 63 seconds and lightened to actually see the stars!
Pleiades is thumbnailed below the Google copyright notice at the far bottom of the picture. Often mistaken for Ursa Minor or "Little Bear" (at least by us) because of its shape, it is actually an open star cluster and prominent in the winter sky.
Auriga is shaped like a charioteers helmet and following on the same theme, Perseus who also wears a pointy hat was the Greek mythical hero who killed Medusa (using his highly polished bronze shield gifted by Athena) and married Andromeda having saved her from Ceto, escaping with flying sandals.
Pleiades is thumbnailed below the Google copyright notice at the far bottom of the picture. Often mistaken for Ursa Minor or "Little Bear" (at least by us) because of its shape, it is actually an open star cluster and prominent in the winter sky.
Auriga is shaped like a charioteers helmet and following on the same theme, Perseus who also wears a pointy hat was the Greek mythical hero who killed Medusa (using his highly polished bronze shield gifted by Athena) and married Andromeda having saved her from Ceto, escaping with flying sandals.
I'm amazed that we actually managed to identify these stars, thank you Google Sky!
Off for a weekend to visit the patch of England where Dracula landed. Hopefully more dark clear night skies to come.
Thursday 19 February 2009
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Reverse Lens Macro and Maginifying Glass
Fun and games with reverse lens macro shots (surprisingly harder than it sounds, just stick two lenses facing each other and get real up close to the subject using manual focus right?)
But even more fun with a magnifying glass.
Monday 16 February 2009
Octopus and Fish
Michael Bosanko's Light Sculptures inspired this octopus and fish. Need to source a second torchlight.
Saturday 14 February 2009
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Tuesday 10 February 2009
The Sky at Night
Liking the 5 second apart red airplane spot in the top right corner of the black star sky photo.
Streetlight ruining the greenish glow star photo.
Tripod, 30 seconds.
Monday 9 February 2009
Friday 6 February 2009
Thursday 5 February 2009
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Monday 2 February 2009
Sunday 1 February 2009
Hot and Sour Soup
My first attempt at hot and sour soup, excuse the rubbish food shot. Aside from over running the cooking time by about 40 minutes, it was also not "hot" enough. However white pepper definitely brought the soup together. Looking forward to the next attempt.
Just found out about Tastebook. Definitely a more practical alternative to photo albums!
Just found out about Tastebook. Definitely a more practical alternative to photo albums!
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