2012-05-07

Last night I spent an hour trying to get some moon pictures.  Thanks to my generous father lending me his Nikon 70 - 300mm (67mm dia.) lens!  It was challenging enough as it is.  The raising moon was more challenging than when it is higher.  Less light and more movement.  Important to have a camera that produces good results at high ISO (my Nikon D60 is not the greatest in this department).  Fairly satisfied with the end results - but I still have lots to learn it seems!

2012-04-06

Today, I was able to borrow my father's 70 - 300mm lens (67mm diameter).  Quite a few notches above my standard 18 - 55mm lens. I had a lot of fun with it tonight!

The extra "zoom power" allowed me to get much closer to the moon and create some interesting shots.

As the moon was coming up behind clouds, there was an interesting "glow" that showed up.  I only have one or two shots of this before it disappeared.  Glad the exposure was just about right, I otherwise would of ruined these!

And here is the best full moon shot I've ever taken yet.  Would be nice to have a 700mm lens to try again, but the 300mm certainly made a huge difference compared to the 55mm lens I usually have.  In fact, I'd say it's not really useful to try unless you have at least 300mm in my opinion.

2012-01-14

Thanks to Mike for having us over.  First time I got to see a Lesser x Phantom cross (Blue-eyed Leucistic) that wasn't on a picture! A mighty fine ball python, I must say :)

EDIT: Oups, apparently, this is a Lesser x Mojave cross, and not a Lesser x Phantom.. I apologize for the error.

It was very active, so I took pictures as I could.

This is a Lesser Plantinum Ball Python.  They are finally quite affordable for everyone now.  Very nice animal!

This is a beautiful Super Pastel Ball Python produced by Greg Heckbert on PEI.

EDIT: Yet another error... this animal was apparently produced by Jessie Wilson, and NOT Greg Heckbert.  They are both great guys, but need to send credit where due!

And finally, my first attempt at sewing three pictures together.  This collage of images is the result of pictures I took from our hotel balcony while I was in Halifax.