After three attempts, our photography meet-up group finally got to go to Pine Mountain Observatory for Milky Way shots. The weather didn't cooperate the first two attempts and we weren't quite sure how it was going to turn out last night, but it turned out to be a perfect night for it. The only obstacle …
Smith Rock at Night
I went out with the photography meet up group last night with a plan to shoot star trails at Smith Rock. When we arrived there was quite a bit of cloud cover which obscured most of the stars. The half-moon was glowing through the clouds which made it fairly light. I took these shots at …
Milky Way at Dee Wright Observatory
Last night I went with the photography meet-up group to photograph the Milky Way at the Dee Wright Observatory. When we arrived there the sun had set but there was still some beautiful color in the sky. To the west there was some haze in the sky from the fires in the area but fortunately …
First Attempt at Time Lapse
I've been curious about doing some time-lapse photography but have always felt a little intimidated by the process. Yesterday I took the plunge. I decided to use a series of photos from a star trails photo shoot I did last year at Sparks Lake. I had 126 sequential photos so I knew it would be …
One More Milky Way Shot
The night we went out to Fort Rock to photograph the Milky Way at the old homestead, it was the start of the Perseid Meteor Showers. It was not the peak night but we saw a fair number of beautiful meteors flashing through the sky. I was hoping to get one in one of the …