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It was cloudy here, but fortunately, there were enough breaks in the clouds to photograph the eclipse. I’ve got my sequence of photos online for your perusal. I do wish I’d seen this article on photographing the eclipse beforehand, but I actually did most of the things they recommended anyway. The tripod was invaluable, as was the remote shutter for my Nikon for long exposures.

My favorite of the lot: the glorious display of the eclipse at totality with Saturn, Regulus, and some other heavenly bodies visible around it. It doesn’t look like much in the thumbnail view, of course.

I haven’t forgotten about the photo a day project although I am behind in posting them. I promise I have a photo for every day.

It’s been a long-standing joke between Chopper and me that I can’t get a photo of a hooded merganser to save my life.  I see them fairly frequently, but they are fast swimmers and are very good at eluding me.  Today, when I spotted five of them in Alberta Long Lake, I had to stop and try to get some shots.
Nikon D70, ISO 400, f27, 1/180, 200 mm.

Nikon D70, ISO 400, f19, 1/250, 200 mm.

Since I was slack about posting, I’ll do double duty today. First, sunset from the parking lot at work. Sony Cybershot DSC-P10, ISO 400, f2.8, 1/250, 7.9 mm.

It was a gorgeous, clear night after the sun went down, and I couldn’t resist taking another shot at the moon.  Nikon D70, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/1000, 200 mm.  I’m going to have to get out the tripod and try some star photography — or at least Mars, which is pretty bright right now.