Well, the commute is a bit much for my taste, but it sure affords one heck of a view. I’d never gotten around to posting these — two of my favorite images from December’s STS-116 mission to the ISS.
Larger resolution versions and many more are available in NASA’s gallery of human spaceflight.

(12 Dec. 2006) — […]

The invasion continues.
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

1/200″, F/4, ISO 200

1/250″, F/4, ISO 200
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

1/500″, F/1.8, ISO 200
These critters did not want to sit still for me, and achieving desired focus was quite difficult. The shot at bottom is particularly off (and wow is that 50mm prime soft that wide open), but I like the […]

Not satisfied with my results in a previous entry, I set out today to shoot better-quality images despite not being properly equipped, lens-wise. Chasing after these little critters with a 50mm prime is not easy. Some of the subjects didn’t seem to mind my presence whatsoever; others, like the prize I sought today - the […]

Observing conditions last night weren’t very good, but that didn’t dissuade me from snapping a few images.
The above shot centers upon the Sea of Serenity (left) and the Sea of Tranquility (right).
These images were taken afocally with my 10″ Dobsonian, 13mm Nagler T6, Canon 20D & 50mm prime.
Below: the Sea of Nectar is visible just […]

As spring draws nearer, I’m being visited by hosts of critters. Bees and butterflies have been most active the last week or so. Not much has started blooming just yet, and we’ll definitely need some rainfall in order to have a picturesque spring, but these are still most welcome sights.
These shots were taken yesterday in […]

On certain nights
When the angles are right
And the Moon is a slender crescent
It’s circle shows
In a ghostly glow
Of Earthly luminescence
– Rush
The 3.5-day-old Moon lingers above the trees in my backyard.
Canon 20D w/50mm prime, F/4, 4″ exposure.

Canon 20D & 17-40L, 1/125″, F/11