Adventures of a Quantum Cowboy

The moon tinged orange from the eclipse.

For those of you who didn’t look to the sky on Wednesday, you missed a great show. A total lunar eclipse, which won’t happen again for three years, bathed the full moon in a red hue… spectacular hanging up there on a clear desert night.

This shot was taken in a great hurry believe it or not. I was late for rehearsal (starts at 7pm on Wednesdays) but I couldn’t resist grabbing the tripod out of the trunk to set up a few shots. I only got six or seven before I had to run, and I think this is one of the best.

Had I time, I would have tried to set up a shot of it with the mountains as a foreground, or perhaps a Joshua tree… oh well. Do what you can right? Good thing I had my camera with me on the off chance the shuttle might land at Edwards that day… no luck on that, but got this shot out of it!

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

Tv(Shutter Speed)
1.3Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F5.6
Exposure Compensation
-2
ISO Speed
400
Focal Length
300.0 mm

More photos from this and other collections are available at QuantumCowboy’s Flickr Gallery.

Near Auckland, New Zealand.

These trees were up against the sun near One Tree Hill. A slight underexposure resulted in this nice, high -contrast shot. I warmed the color temperature a bit in PSPXI. Make sure to use a filter before shooting into the sun like this… you could damage your eyes or your equipment!

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

Auckland, New Zealand

More photos from this and other collections are available at QuantumCowboy’s Flickr Gallery.

One Tree Hill

This is the famous One Tree Hill in Auckland, New Zealand. The hill area is lush and green, much like most of the rest of the country, and one climbs a narrow road winding through grazing sheep to reach the spectacular panoramic view of the city from the top. Apparently, there used to actually be a single tree at the top of One Tree Hill, but for some reason or another somebody cut it down. Oops. I’ll bet everyone hates that guy. In any case, the monument they put up in its place is fairly impressive.

More photos from Auckland can be found on my Flickr gallery, in the New Zealand collection.