Water in AZ

This week it rained for the first time this year, so as it was stopping I went out back and took some pictures.

Focus stacking

The above image was created from the 6 below, each is shot at F8 and focused on a slightly different area then stacked in photoshop. this allows the final image to have full depth of field, even greater depth of field than shooting at F22.

Classic Sky over a Frozen Harbour

Betelgeuse and other snowy night subjects

Clear skies, and low ambient light are rare occurrences in this part of the country, but tonight I got lucky. And I learned that the bright red star (8th brightest in the northern sky) in Orion's shoulder (my favorite constellation, always nice to see him up there, guardian of the night sky) is the infamous Betelgeuse. (not to be confused with the equally cool ghost with the most beetlejuice)

Although hotly debated, one possible translation

for the name Betelgeuse is "Orion's armpit."

No post processing or other digital tricks on any of these.

Just old fashioned long exposures...

...at times with a change of position halfway thru.

.... or a bit of shaky-shaky near the end.

plastic

....see if you can figure out what I did on this one.

This weeping willow was blowing nicely slightly in the night breeze.

And lots more shaky shaky

Urban Photo Shoot

So our friends came over so i could take pictures of their boy Urban who just turned one. I took the photos and Urban's mom Kaylene did the editing. You can check them out HERE.