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Photo of the day – July 7, 2012

Saturday, July 7, 2012 Posted in New Mexico Wildflowers

Unknown wildflower – yet to be identified.

Shot in an overcast, I may try again tomorrow.  These are very very small, the pink cluster to the right is less than the size of a dime.

Story over at the writing blog.

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Skyrocket – Photo of the day July 4, 2012

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Posted in Albuquerque and Environs, Hiking in New Mexico, New Mexico Wildflowers, The Sandia Mountains, Wildflowers

I suppose it’s fitting to post a flower called a skyrocket on the 4th of July.

I had no idea of it’s name till after I was back editing images.

The flower is a biennial, with clusters of bright red, trumpet-shaped flowers on slender, often solitary stems up to 2-2 1/2 feet tall.  Typical of many plants pollinated by hummingbirds, which may explain why there are so many of them on the mountain.

Blooms June to September.

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Photo of the day 6.21.12

Thursday, June 21, 2012 Posted in Albuquerque and Environs

Fruit of the sun

For the last two years late frosts have kept us from having a crop.  I think I had one peach 2 summers ago, and there was not a one on the tree last year.

This year it’s all about peaches and I’ve already gotten 4 freezer bags done.  I suspect I’ll do another two or three tomorrow and then four or five more before the season ends.

After I had my stint at the kitchen sink I hoped to get my first lightning shots of the season but alas, it was not to be for the storm only produced air to air lightning and it was too light to really capture anything worth posting.

 

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Photos of the day, Tuesday June 5, 2012 – Venus Traverse

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Posted in New Mexico Sky

And I hate to say here we go again – but for a guy who is known for photos of wildflowers and lightning, this series of solar and lunar events may seem a bit out of character.  But, hey, you take what you get when you can get it.

First photo of the evening – I’ve got about another hour before the sun sets, and just before sunset is the best chance of viewing the  Venus traverse.

 

Looks like I’m having a bit more success, able to sharpen the image with the filter of positive film over the lens.

Larger image here.

As the sun sets, it should get easier, and I’ll remove the polarizing filter and stop using the film to cover the lens.

Sun went behind a cloud for a couple of minutes giving me this shot next.

 

Venus and the sun set over Albuquerque.

Larger image here.

 

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Photos of the day, Sunday and Monday June 3 and 4

Monday, June 4, 2012 Posted in Albuquerque and Environs, New Mexico Sky

Last night marks the second week since the big eclipse event in Albuquerque.  That means that the moon moved to the opposite side of the playground and set the stage for another eclipse.  Last time the moon moved between the earth and sun, this time the earth was to move between the sun and the moon.

I saw a news article about the upcoming partial eclipse and moved about the house getting everything ready for this morning’s event.  There was no way I wanted to be looking for tripod pieces at 4:30 in the morning.  As projects tend to go, I ended up spending about an hour downloading photos from the memory card and then backing up the downloads.

Right in the middle of that process my wife called out, Hey, look at that sunset.

I swiveled around in my chair and peeked through the blinds and immediately grabbed the memory card and headed upstairs for my camera that was already mounted on the tripod.

Unlike northern latitudes such as Seattle or Portland Maine, one does not have the luxury of a slowly setting sun here in southwest.  You have to be ready, and even then you don’t have lots of time.  In this case I took six images in just under one minute.

The chopper entered on image 4, but in the next two it traversed the sun and it’s image was basically obliterated.

Larger image here.

I surprised myself at 4:30, jumping out of bed and shutting off the alarm on the first ring.  I grabbed the tripod and headed out onto my balcony to see if the images were worth getting up for.

I had been hoping to capture the moon set over Albuquerque while the eclipse was going on but a thick layer of cloud covered the western horizon.  As it was, a thin layer of cloud covered the moon which softened the image somewhat, but you can still see the shadow that completes the sky show that started two weeks ago.

 

Larger image here

As I am posting this entry I just noticed a lightning flash as a storm is crossing the Sandias.  Hopfeflly we will get enough rain soon to keep the mountain from being closed to hiking.  Right now I can see a significant amount of rain falling on the Pino trail area heading north along the ridge.

Soon the season will start for lightning shots.

 

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