
Archive for February, 2006


Full moon evening at the Cottage Thursday, February 9th, 2006

More creepy UofT
Friday, February 10th, 2006
Another creepy view of UofT, this is the front door of University College taken last night in the cold.
Exif:
Canon 20D | EF-S 17-85 IS@17mm | Av | F/9.0 | 2sec | ISO-200 | -1.7 Exp Comp.
Another creepy view of UofT, this is the front door of University College taken last night in the cold.
Exif:
Canon 20D | EF-S 17-85 IS@17mm | Av | F/9.0 | 2sec | ISO-200 | -1.7 Exp Comp.

First selective colour shot Saturday, February 11th, 2006

Star Trails at the Cottage Sunday, February 12th, 2006

Yellow Flowers Monday, February 13th, 2006

Candles Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Last flowers post Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

First Moose picture Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Mars and the Pleiades
Friday, February 17th, 2006
Mars is on the right side (the orange “star”), with the Pleiades on the left. The camera “piggy backing” on the back of a Meade 2080 8″ telescope on an equatorial mount so that the camera frame followed the stars, rather then staying stationary.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF 50 | M | F/2.5 | 4mins 18sec | ISO-400
Mars is on the right side (the orange “star”), with the Pleiades on the left. The camera “piggy backing” on the back of a Meade 2080 8″ telescope on an equatorial mount so that the camera frame followed the stars, rather then staying stationary.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF 50 | M | F/2.5 | 4mins 18sec | ISO-400

BCE Place Sunday, February 19th, 2006

More of the Pleiades
Monday, February 20th, 2006
Another shot with the Pleiades seen on the right side. The dark area on the far right of the image is the tube of the telescope that the camera was piggy backing on so that I could follow the stars rotation using its equatorial mount, and in order to get a wide shot that I wanted, the tube needed to be in the shot.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF-S 17-85 IS@17mm | M | F/4.5 | 10min 39sec | ISO-400
Another shot with the Pleiades seen on the right side. The dark area on the far right of the image is the tube of the telescope that the camera was piggy backing on so that I could follow the stars rotation using its equatorial mount, and in order to get a wide shot that I wanted, the tube needed to be in the shot.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF-S 17-85 IS@17mm | M | F/4.5 | 10min 39sec | ISO-400

Milky Way Overhead
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
The Milky Way overhead at the cottage in the early fall. Similar to the other recent astrophotography posts I’ve done, the camera was piggy backing on a telescope on an equatorial mount and using a sidereal drive so that the picture frame follows the stars and no star trails are formed.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF-S 17-85 IS@17mm | M | F/5.0 | 6min 11sec | ISO-800
The Milky Way overhead at the cottage in the early fall. Similar to the other recent astrophotography posts I’ve done, the camera was piggy backing on a telescope on an equatorial mount and using a sidereal drive so that the picture frame follows the stars and no star trails are formed.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF-S 17-85 IS@17mm | M | F/5.0 | 6min 11sec | ISO-800

Face Off
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
I took this at the 2nd game of the season this year. I love the moment captured in the picture, but I’m very disappointed with the image quality. I normally shoot in the RAW file format, so that I can do exposure and white balance touch ups later. However, at the very start of this game, my 1GB card that I used was having problems, so I had to shoot with my 512MB card, which meant in order to take more pictures, I couldn’t shoot in the RAW format, I regret that decision as the pictures came out with an ugly red tint. I did my best to fix the red tint, but I’m still not very pleased, since it made the other colours very dull.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF 75-300 USM@300mm | Av | F/5.6 | 1/1599sec | ISO-1600
I took this at the 2nd game of the season this year. I love the moment captured in the picture, but I’m very disappointed with the image quality. I normally shoot in the RAW file format, so that I can do exposure and white balance touch ups later. However, at the very start of this game, my 1GB card that I used was having problems, so I had to shoot with my 512MB card, which meant in order to take more pictures, I couldn’t shoot in the RAW format, I regret that decision as the pictures came out with an ugly red tint. I did my best to fix the red tint, but I’m still not very pleased, since it made the other colours very dull.
Exif:
Canon Rebel XT | EF 75-300 USM@300mm | Av | F/5.6 | 1/1599sec | ISO-1600

Old and New Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

University College Friday, February 24th, 2006
