Nightscapes

[jyerxa]

Bean Counter I'm going to have to dig through my CD's and see if I can find the original shots of that evening. I was actually heading to a different location to catch the moon and the bridge and take a profile pic of the bridge. And as I turned the corner to head down to some designated look out point I saw this shot. I really wasn't ready to take a picture at that moment. I had just gotten that D50. And with the moon poised like that I stopped and found a convenient place to park. Set up my camera and tripod on the hood of my truck and attempted to take a good landscape. I wanted the whole thing. Every thing I could see. The clouds lit by the moon. And of course the traffic. The bridge lit by the construction lights. What I couldn't get accomplished was the foreground. It was so black and dark. And with the moon on the move I snapped on my flash to only light up the foreground. I really liked and wanted the moon right between the arches. I just missed dead center with out the flash. Yeah. A flash is pretty useless at lighting up the bridge.  I'll check my CD's. Thanks again. 

[jyerxa]

My previous camera as a Nikon EM. What I would have done with that would have used my tripod and the BULB setting. Take a bunch of shots at various time intervals. Because with the film camera you had to... Well I had to send them off to get developed. The only thing I really learned that night was the instant gratification of the the digital display so you knew exactly where your mistakes were. And I haven't done to many evening shots since. That was one of those on the to do list things. And I'm just now getting back to it.   

[david0]

A couple from a deer hunt.

[rasbo]

coming out,,,,of the woods

[fillthefreezer]

i fail in comparison to some of you fellas but 

[woodman]

i fail in comparison to some of you fellas but 

That is a cool picture!

[kenbell27]

Here is one from Hawaii .

[huntnphool]

Nice additions guys.

Brewster Pool

[Bean Counter]

The Blood Moon

[xdog]

Moon over Cook Inlet just North of Anchorage, Alaska.

[wapiti hunter2]

Ferris Wheel.

[wapiti hunter2]

Grave Yard.

[Bean Counter]

Trying my hand at lightning. As shot--no editing. Just cropped.

Word to the wise: make sure your life insurance premium is paid before attempting this.

[jyerxa]

I love lightning photo's. I was a beginner at this time with my 35mm Nikon. And this was almost my last week in Texas before I move back to Washington. I was eager to go home but I was torn when I flubbed up this photo. Forgot to focus it. Just like the one that got away. Rats.

[Woodchuck]

From camp