Picture of the Day

[shroom]

the end of lake season for me

[mtcham]

In midCoast Maine visiting my wife.

Old Orchard Beach
Maine2-4521 by john morris, on Flickr

Audobon Society property, Bremen
Maine2-4271 by john morris, on Flickr

Cape Elizabeth
Maine2-4550 by john morris, on Flickr

Pemaquid Beach
Maine2-4734 by john morris, on Flickr

Cormorants at Pemaquid.
Maine2-4411 by john morris, on Flickr

[From_the_NEK]

^Very nice pictures from Maine. I was just across the Gulf this weekend.

Foliage season is really trying to get going here:
Sunny Afternoon Red Reflection by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

[Plainview]

Tuck's Pot in the morning:

[The AD]

Trying out the new 75-200 f4 lens I bought from ml242!

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet by Kirk & Barb Nelson, on Flickr

[snoqpass]

[The AD]

Beautiful fall day at Mount Rainier.

Rainier Reflected by Kirk & Barb Nelson, on Flickr

[::: :::]

We went up to Mt Hood to catch the super moon/lunar eclipse. Here's the boy waiting for the show. Attachment 169921

[mufasa5446]

Backpacking and climbing in the enchantments of WA

[From_the_NEK]

Super Moon in BLOOD!

Here in the northeastern US, the lunar eclipse occurred rather high in the sky, so it was difficult to find something interesting to put in the foreground. The tallest things around here are churches so I went to see what I could find.

Blood Moon St Elizabeth Steeple by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

SUPER BLOOD MOON _totallity by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Blood Moon and Baptist Church by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Not too often that you can get a shot of the Milky Way during a full moon:
Blood Moon and the Milky Way by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

[The AD]

Very nice shots, Tim, but that last one is really amazing!

[From_the_NEK]

Thanks! It took took some experimentation as I had moved to a very dark hilltop outside of town as the end of the eclipse was nearing. I looked up and wondered if I could get the Milky Way and the moon in the same wide angle shot. Usually a full moon washes out the Milky Way but the eclipse darkened the moon so much that it was possible to capture the scene. I still had to make two exposures, one long one to get the Milky Way and a shorter one to get the red moon. I extracted the moon and put it in the longer exposure shot to show what looking almost straight up actually looked like last night.

[The AD]

I got a few decent eclipse shots, but the view to the east was blocked at my house, so by the time the moon was high enough it was just past totality. You don't have much time after that to get good photos because the contrast is too high between the part of the moon in shadow and the part that isn't.

Here's another one from my Mt Rainier trip yesterday.

Satyr Comma Butterfly (Polygonia Satyrus) by Kirk & Barb Nelson, on Flickr

[ridinshockgun]

Probably millions of pictures taken right here, but I really like the way this turned out

IMG_4539 by Clinton Koontz, on Flickr

[From_the_NEK]

Getting closer to peak which is still probably 4-5 days away. Unfortunately that is when the hurricane is supposed to hit. So this weekend I'm going to have to get after it if I want to get some good fall shots.
Last night after work:
Nearing Peak Foliage by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

[mtcham]

Bozeman Bears.

1 Cubs
Bear1-5532 by john morris, on Flickr

2 Mama
Bear1-5662 by john morris, on Flickr

3
Bear1-5406 by john morris, on Flickr

4
Bear1-5350 by john morris, on Flickr

[LightRanger]

Crop of the Blue Angels practicing over Fort Baker (Sausalito) this afternoon. They're in town for Fleet Week. Wish I had a long lens, but alas.

[Plainview]

[The AD]

Seattle Japanese Garden.

Japanese Garden Leaf Peeping by Kirk & Barb Nelson, on Flickr

[uglymoney]

They are drawing down a local fishing lake to refurbish the shoreline and structure this winter. This pic is taken from the exposed lake bed.

[From_the_NEK]

^very nice sunset.

Witnessed this act of nature yesterday morning.
Heron Hunting by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Heron with Breakfast by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

[waltonhockey05]

Went to a local bird rehab sanctuary recently and left with a few decent pictures:

[uglymoney]

I finally bought a $5 filter holder for my Singh Ray reverse grad filter (nod to Adam Barker) because I have never had any luck holding it by hand and was playing with it Friday night at my daughter's soccer practice (purple shirt) with some cool results. Also bought an inexpensive Tiffen warming filter but haven't used it much yet.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o03_s01

[andrew]

Eating the last of the berries...

[smmokan]

Went up to RMNP this morning in the snow to take some pictures and explore. I managed to catch these two playing around just below the road:





And the "victorious" dad.... they were very playful and not aggressive whatsoever.