blinded by the flash

Flying into the Sun

admin — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:24 +0000

While shooting pictures of the sun through a Lunt solar ‘scope, this commercial airliner just happened to pass right in front of it. I actually snapped this by accident, and didn’t realize the plane was there until afterward. Part of me wishes I had clicked the shutter about one second later, so the plane was in the middle of the sun, but another part of me thinks it’s kinda cool right where it is.

Bike Lock

admin — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:01:40 +0000

A bike lock remains attached to rings at Canada’s Sugar Beach. There was no bike in sight.

No Smoking at Sugar Beach

admin — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:01:43 +0000

A laker unloads sugar at the Redpath refinery in Toronto, adjacent to Canada’s Sugar Beach.

Tower on a Hilltop

admin — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:52:27 +0000

The CN Tower and some condos on Yonge Street are partially hidden by a grassy hill at Canada’s Sugar Beach in Toronto.

One Foggy Evening

admin — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:49:02 +0000

A small park in Richmond Hill on a very foggy evening in May.

Sol

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 00:35:29 +0000

Our sun, Sol, as seen through a Lunt 60mm/1200 solar scope with hydrogen alpha filter.

Impact Crater

admin — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:01:17 +0000

While this was definitely taken here on Earth, the texture and composition remind me of an impact crater on the moon…or a distant planet.

Six Three Two Five

admin — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:01:54 +0000

Maybe not the best subject material, but I love the way my macro lens shows off the fibres of paper.

Fly Paper

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:01:03 +0000

This fly has been buzzing around our place for days and I think he’s finally getting tired. He’ll land and stay pretty still for several minutes at a time. I took the opportunity to snap a few shots.

Moon in Motion

admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:01:55 +0000

I took several shots of the moon a couple of weeks ago and parsed them together into this single exposure, showing just a small portion of the path of the moon as it travels around the Earth.

Annular Eclipse

admin — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:07:49 +0000

The 2012 annular eclipse, as seen from Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Earthshine

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:01:31 +0000

Light from the sun hits the moon on one side, resulting in the sliver of light we normally see from a waxing moon, and it also reflects off the Earth toward the moon, faintly illuminating the entire lunar surface. The bright light to the left is the planet Venus, which is currently slightly farther away from Earth than the sun. The blue star just above the moon is Dabih, which is more than 344 lightyears from Earth (meaning the light we see from that star now has taken 344 years to reach us.)