These two shots were taken within 15 minutes of each other tonight.
A note about the moon shot. The sky was blue and the moon the translucent white disk you see in daylight when I took the shot. I darkened the image and converted it to monochrome in PhotoImpact to create the final image. It's a trick I saw someone else mention recently (and if it's someone on here, it works a treat. Thanks!).
There are also some new images in March Birds, including my first sighting of a Goldfinch, and my best effort to date of a Pied Wagtail.
I closed last night with a brief mention of the dog fox. Here he is (from last night).
Flying Red Fox Blog
30 Mar 2007Thats a lovelly Sunset and Moon shot, the Moon looks better when its not completely full as you can seethe Craters:D
The Dog Fox is looking in much better shape, you have done very well in bringing him back to health, lets hope we see cubs soon:)
ALLY_G
30 Mar 2007The Hot and the Cold… that reminds me of a very old song:
Lady Sunshine and Mister Moon. 😉
roccy
30 Mar 2007The moon pic is so cool! Amazing shot! :up:
SittingFox
30 Mar 2007Great photos – very impressive Moon :eyes:
volkuro
31 Mar 2007Great shots and interesting note on the moon picture. :up:
I'll experiment it.
Words
31 Mar 2007Thanks! The photo doesn't really do the sunset justice. There were low clouds, and the 2 or 3 minutes as it dropped below the horizon were stunning. A swirling red mist. I should probably have used a smaller aperture to sharpen some of the detail, but I was aiming blind. I didn't fancy risking my eyesight by focusing through the eyepiece, so it was a case of holding the camera out in front of me and hoping.