The sun on the wall caught my eye as I walked downstairs from a meeting.

stairway shadows

Rebel XT
55mm
ISO 100  60/f5

Got home from freezing my tail off taking pictures of the moon last night – warmed up – and climbed under blankets to read. Noticed the night shadows, long streaks on the snow…. Look closely and you’ll see the snow sparkling in the moon.

antilogy

My first attempt at photographing a lunar eclipse. I took about 30 pics… some blurry, some great, some not so much. Having Dennis’ 75-300 lens really made it possible as the 55mm just wasn’t enough to make a decent shot. This shot is from about midway into full eclipse.

darker

Rebel XT 75-300mm lens
300mm
ISO 100
f/5 for a 32 second exposure

Life and the cold weather are conspiring to limit comments right now – not many words in me.

Down by the river, just off of Meridian Road, I couldn’t pass up the moon. She’s filling.

lunar light

Rebel XT on manual
55mm
ISO 100/f4
28 second exposure

Ice along the stream bank.

cracked

Walked a bit off the path today down near the river and followed a feeder stream for a while.

 falling water

I’m not very proud of this shot, but am posting this one as a learning photo. Many thanks to Dennis for the loan of the 75-300mm lens. Even on a tripod, with image stabilization… I couldn’t beat the wind. Notice the moon is stable. The trees? No way. Not in this wind, not with a 20 second exposure. Maybe next time.

Here’s the best of the shots:

daggum wind

Rebel XT
ISO 400 at 20 sec.
100mm

Driving back from a walk along the river this evening the setting sun looked warmer than the weather. I can’t even tell you what this piece of equipment is for – and I know farms.

cold steel

Rebel XT
ISO 400 at 200/f4.5
50mm

Old marble, light through a door, and a cool old brass cover over the radiator. I’ve walked past this every morning without noticing. For you who would have noticed, long before I saw it.

brassy

ISO 100 at 250
f4.5
50mm

I live a bit out from town, just at the last stop on the bus route. At the end of my street it’s cornfields and horse farms; I like that. Down from me, between here and the next town to the east, there’s a guy who’s decided to rebuild a 1950s gas station. Set off the road a bit, back in the trees, the whole thing is easy to miss. He has the automobiles to match (in the garage for the winter), gas pumps, signs, and the entire gas station. He even has an Airstream trailer from 1958. I’ve stopped a few times to talk to him – he loves the collection, not the value. I like people who add a little unexplained wonder.

Here, in tonight’s snowstorm, is his station.

gassed

Canon Rebel XT
ISO 100
1 second exposure, f5
55mm