Mar

23

Super Moon in Toronto

Photography / Toronto
Super moon in Toronto

Apparently, the moon on March 19th, 2011 was a super moon, which just means that the moon appears bigger and brighter than usual (about 20 percent brighter and 15 percent bigger in this particular instance). The actual reason is that the moon was the closest to us it will ever be (happens every 30 years or so). As it turns out, the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle and, on average, it is at a distance of about 385,000 kilometers, but this past Saturday, it was only 356,700 kilometers away.

I’m not perfectly happy with the result of my photos, but i wanted to share them anyways. Through this experiment, i have learned that to take an interesting picture of the moon, you need a very long lense (600mm and up, or 300mm with a converter) in order to make it look extremely large against a cool foreground (a cool example of this from someone else on flickr).

Make sure you check out some of the National Geographic’s shots and some of the shots on flickr too. Very cool!

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Dec

26

Lunar Eclipse of 2010, a.k.a. Blood Moon

Photography

Lunar Eclipse (Half of)

As soon as my friend Andrew told me about the total lunar eclipse that was going to happen exactly on the winter’s solstice (Dec. 21st, 2010), I knew I had to stay up for it. This particular eclipse was special for a couple of reasons. Firstly, a lunar eclipse hasn’t fallen on the Winter’s solstice since 1638, and it will not happen again until 2094. Also, the moon happened to be perfectly aligned with the stars of the Milky Way, which gave it (for some) a nice and bright backdrop. The only problem: clouds.

Of course, the city was covered with clouds all day, but I was still hoping to get a clear view of the moon that night. But I was in luck and the sky was perfectly clear that night. In fact, we could actually see the stars over downtown Toronto… a very rare treat!

Blood Moon

Dès que mon ami Andrew m’a averti qu’une éclipse lunaire allait arriver directement sur la première journéee de l’hiver (Le 21 décembre 2010), je savais que j’allais rester debout pour la voir! Cette éclipse était spéciale pour deux raisons. Une éclipse lunaire n’a pas tombé sur le solstice de l’hivers depuis 1638, et ne reproduira pas avant 2094. Aussi, la lune était parfaitement alignée avec les étoiles de la voie lactée, lui donnant un super beau fond lumineux (pour certains!). Le seul problème: les nuages!

Évidement, la ville était completement couverte de nuage toute la journée, mais j’esperais quand même avoir une vue claire de la lune. En fait, le ciel était tellement clair cette nuit là que nous pouvions voir les étoiles, même au centre ville de Toronto! C’est tellement rare de voir les étoiles à Toronto!

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Feb

22

Photo Monday: Night time in Saint Thomas

Photo Monday

I know. Another Saint Thomas related Photo Monday. It’s coming to an end very soon. We’re working hard at culling the (1800) photos, so we’ll be ready to share the rest of them soon. Stay tuned. In the meantime, see what I was up to with Andrew’s tripod in Saint Thomas!

As always, let me know what you think!!

Oui, oui. Je sais. Encore un autre Photo Monday sur Saint Thomas. C’est presque fini. On travaille fort pour chosir les photos (il y en a 1800!) et nous devrions pouvoir les montrer sur flickr bientôt. En attendant, voici quelques photos de nuits que j’ai pris à Saint Thomas.

Comme d’habitudes, laissez-moi un petit message pour me dire celle que vous préférez!

Cheers,

Plane leaving Saint Thomas at night
Plane leaving Saint Thomas at night, from the balcony!

Moon in Saint Thomas
Moon in Saint Thomas. As close as my 200mm permits.

Star effect moon from the balcony
The star effect here was created naturally, using a very small aperture (f/22).

Night sky over sea
Night sky over the sea (looking South). Lots of noise was produce for this long exposure over the ocean (exposed 13 minutes).

Startrails looking North
Startrails looking North from the house. Because I only had one battery, this shot is only a mix of 8 shots of 30 seconds each. All shots were set at f3.5 with ISO-400.

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