Solarized Sun

This is a picture of the sun behind clouds being bisected by a jet contrail.

Camera: iPhone 4 

Lens: iPhone 4 3.85mm

Exposure: ISO 80, f/2.8 @ 1/4300s, hand held

Lighting: Natural window light

Location: Parking Lot at 9th and Sydney GPS

Processing: Lightroom 3, Nik Color Efex Pro

Moon #6

Using the "Sunny 16" rule (for a sunlit subject, shoot at f/16 and the reciprocal of the film speed in seconds) works pretty well for the moon because it is, after all, a sunlit subject.  However, the surface is a dark gray basalt tone, so it is best to overexpose by at least one stop, as I did here, to get the naked eye brightness.  I used my old Celestron telescope, which is a Maksutov-Cassegrains design that, while acceptable for naked eye viewing, sacrifices compact design for sharpness.  To bring out more detail, I used Nik Dfine and Nik Sharpener Pro cranked up to 11.   

Camera: Nikon D700 

Lens: Celestron 1000mm Telescope

Exposure: Manual ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/400s, handheld

Lighting: Sunlight

Location: My house

Processing: Lightroom 3, Nik Tools

Dusk with Barbed Wire

As we were leaving the Grand Center Artist Studios today, Susan and I were greeted with this blazing sky just after sunset.  This picture was taken from the alley behind the building.  I have shots of just the sky, but I like how the barbed wire adds a little something extra.

Technical: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-f4, ISO 200, auto white balance, 70mm @ f/4.5 @ 1/60s, handheld.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2.6 to apply the Nikon Landscape Camera Calibration, then run through Nik's Dfine, Vivenza and Output Sharpener.    

Pink Cloud

View of the sky from my back yard just after sunset.
Technical: Nikon D700, Nikkor 180mm f2.8 "Leni Lens", ISO 200, f/5.6 @ 1/400s, handheld.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 3 Beta.

Sky Over Forest Park

Taken in Forest Park with Canon's 300 mm f/4L lens. Canon Digital Rebel, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec., f/9.0.

Planetarium Dome, Forest Park