Author Archives: rusticphoto

Summer Camping

Posted on October 4, 2014 by rusticphoto

I already posted some of the waterfall shots from this summers camping trip but I finally worked on the rest.  The weather was nice and I got a couple good sunsets along with some night shots. View Slideshow

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‘Shroom Power

Posted on August 29, 2014 by rusticphoto

Sometimes a good developing storm cell is the next best thing to a mushroom cloud.

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Going Small

Posted on August 11, 2014 by rusticphoto

One good thing from the last camping trip is I have proof I’m capable of learning something.  I finally remembered that I don’t have to get the whole fall and can zoom into a feature or two.  Here’s a few … Continue reading →

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Supernatural?

Posted on August 7, 2014 by rusticphoto

I finally got to go camping.  The first night I experimented with capturing the moonset over the main island in Ninemile Lake.  I tried light painting the island as well, which was hard to get good results from, especially with … Continue reading →

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More Milkiness

Posted on July 29, 2014 by rusticphoto

Other than the thunderhead I just posted about, the rest of the sky was crystal clear.  I was able to get the Milky Way again with the added bonus of lightning over the horizon light painting some of the trees.

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Light Show

Posted on July 29, 2014 by rusticphoto

There was a thunderstorm near the horizon the other night.  The clouds were really lighting up.  It was a little low in the sky but I did managed to get a few cool captures.

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Moon

Posted on July 16, 2014 by rusticphoto

Moon

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Milky Way First Attempt

Posted on July 6, 2014 by rusticphoto

A couple nights ago when I had to let the dogs out to pee I saw the sky was really clear, and amazingly I actually had the ambition to try and take a shot.  After 10 min. of stumbling around … Continue reading →

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More clouds

Posted on July 2, 2014 by rusticphoto

The clouds are being good to me.  Happened to look up and see this pattern.  It almost looks like a long exposure but I assure it’s not.  1/500 sec. actually.  Pretty funky.

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Cloudy With a Chance of Partly Cloudy

Posted on July 1, 2014 by rusticphoto

I happened to catch some pretty interesting localized lighting on the clouds at sunset.  For once I didn’t waste time getting shots posted.  Here’s a couple I really like.

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