It’s going to take a lot of rain to fill the ponds in my neighbourhood back up. They’re down well over a meter from where they normally should be.
Drying up ponds
Scenes from a morning walk
Seafood dinner
These birds managed to score a fish for their dinner
Sunset at Bowen’s Island
Sunset at Bowen’s Island from earlier today
Astrophotography on Astronomy Cast
One of my favourite podcasts to listen to is Astronomy Cast. I’ve even had the fortune to see the recording of some episodes at Dragon*Con and in a Google+ hangout.
After my recent experiments with photographing the night sky I noticed the two most recent Astronomy Cast episodes were about astrophotography.
Being an astro geek in a former life, astrophotography has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time now. I also know it can be an expensive hobby.
Astronomy Cast Episode 239 talks about the gear needed: camera, lenses and tripod. Good discussion on the kinds of equipment needed, plus some very useful links in the show notes. They even talk about using webcams attached to telescopes.
Episode 240 discusses astrophotography techniques. Exposure settings, image stacking, a little bit about detector characteristics, filters.
Good info in both episodes. Next episode is supposed to cover image processing.