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Below you will find a basic menu for my photo galleries. I don't have much for photography equipment at the present time. Actually I have better antique cameras than
I do newer high-tech cameras. For my first digital camera I bought a Kodak Easy Share CX4200 2MP camera simply for posting equipment on this web site. This camera works great for that. But you know how it is for us boys and our toys...... I had to try to experiment with this camera, hand held very shakily at the eyepiece of my XT8 telescope, just to see what it could do. The astronomy pictures are very amateurish. None the less, I posted them
here to show you what you can do with even minimal equipment. Besides, I figure you could use a good laugh!
For my birthday in June 2004 I received a nice birthday gift from the wife and her family. I was surprised with a very nice Canon Powershot S1 IS digital camera. This camera is quite a step above your average point and shoot camera. Not only are there plenty of automatic settings, but there is full manual control too. It also has 10x optical zoom (which does not degrade the image at all when you use it) and 3.2x digital zoom (which will degrade the image) for a total of 32x zoom power. The zoom range is equivalent to 38mm to 380mm lenses on a conventional 35mm film camera. You can also buy lenses that twist on for wide angle and telephoto. The camera also has a movie mode. While this isn't as nice as a digital SLR camera it still has many of the same features, and I won't be wasting film like I do on my wife's expensive Pentax 35mm SLR.
I know that this is an astronomy web site, but I have added three other sections
in the photo gallery. The first section is "Clouds, Sunrises and Sunsets", as we have more cloudy nights in Michigan than clear ones.
The second one is a "Fireworks" section. I figure you're looking up at night at fireworks, just the same as you do at the stars. (Well hey.... it sounded good to me.) I have started playing around with a Hoya R72 infrared filter on my
camera. I've always enjoyed looking at infrared photos, but I am new to taking
them myself. The third section called "Infrared" shows a few of my better
attempts.
In all of the sections the newest photos are near the top of the page, with the
exception of the equipment section. I hope
you enjoy looking!
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Astronomy Photos |
This page includes my attempts at astro-photography. Lunar photos, Venus, Saturn & Jupiter. Even an old film photo of comet Hale-Bopp I recently found in one of our albums is here. |
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Equipment Photos |
This page has pictures of all of my astronomy equipment. Telescope, eyepieces, filters, binoculars, etc. You'll also find shots of my dob base in here. |
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Clouds/Sunrises/Sunsets |
I have more cloudy days than clear ones. I take advantage of them with my camera. Some of my favorites are here. All of these are with manual camera settings, except for a few as noted. |
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Fireworks |
This new section has a little different layout than the other pages. I figure that you don't need a description by each firework, so the page is just a bunch of thumbnails that you can click for a larger photo. All of these were taken with the Canon Powershot S1 IS on manual settings. |
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Infrared |
This section has a layout like the Firework section. The infrared photos were all taken with my Canon digital camera on manual settings, and a Hoya R72 Infrared filter. On most of the infrared photos I have removed all traces of color, but a few I liked just how they ended up and left the color in. |
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Feedback of any
type, including constructive criticism, would be much appreciated on any of my
photos. You can e-mail me at the address in the links below. Or add a comment in
my Guestbook. You can find that link near the bottom of my Home page. |
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