Super Moon...

This coming Sunday there will be a super moon, here's a super moon rising from last year in Freeport.

Another Milky Way Attempt...

My last trip to Reid State Park to photograph the Milky Way did not produce any Milky Way shots. I went back at the beginning of the month to attempt it again. At this time of year the Milky Way doesn't appear over the Atlantic like back in June and July, it's more west, although if I was at the same spot as the last Reid post it would've been over the beach. However it was clearer the night I was there and I think the lights of Portland would've been an issue. The trees in the background of this image helped block the lights because I was down low looking up. This image is a combination of two. The milky way was exposed at ISO 3200, f2.8 for 30 seconds focused at infinity. For the foreground I focused on the rocks in the front and exposed that at ISO 1600, f2.8 for 6 minutes.

Basking Away...

Just some painted turtles enjoying the sunshine.

Standing Guard...

I'm still trying to improve my night photography techniques. I took this photo a couple of weeks ago at Popham Beach. As the season progresses the milkyway slowly moves west across the night sky. The lights of Portland show up on the right of this image, if I had been in this same spot earlier in the summer the milky way would've been more south and to the left, so directly over the ocean and I would not have picked up any lights, the lights reflecting off of the haze in the distance didn't help. All I would've had to do is move my camera position to the right so the milkyway would've still lined up with the life guard tower. That's the challenge with this type of photography, finding an area there is truely dark, in this day and age it's difficult but not impossible. Maybe next month I'll go further north and away from city lights.