Sky | Bonuel Photography

Sep

20

Sunrise over CN tower

Toronto

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Dec

26

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

Photography

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!

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, from the balcony!

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

The star effect here was created naturally, using a very small aperture (f/22).

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 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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Nov

09

Photo Monday

For the second edition of Photo Monday, and because that cold winter weather is slowly creeping in, I thought I would try to lift our spirits a little bit and share some of our best sunset shots from around the world.

Sunset over the developing Liberty Village of Toronto