Kozmic Dreams Photography of the Skies

My Digital Photography of the Skies

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The Moon

On May 16, 2008, close to midnight, I took these photos of the moon. The last time I was doing a photo shoot of one of my spiders, "Tufts", I noticed that before I had focused in on her, the door about 20 feet away was perfectly in focus. Then I remembered reading somewhere that in a pinch, one could use their macro lens as a telephoto lens. I decided to give it a try tonight on the moon and was surprised by the results. Although they show a lot more detail in the moon than I've ever photographed before, I am looking forward to the day when I can afford to get a nice telephoto lens. The macro photos are the first ones. The others are taken with a 60mm lens.

Unusual Cloud

I photographed this strange cloud on January 18, 2008 from my backyard.

Rainbow #2

On August 8, 2007, around 8:00 p.m., Brian noticed this rainbow outside. It wasn't nearly as large as the first one, but appeared in almost the same spot as the last one. A few photos are enhanced in Photoshop to show the rainbow more clearly.

Rainbow

It's strange because I was just thinking a few weeks ago how I haven't seen a rainbow in about 4 years, not since the day I was heading home from a camping trip to go to my uncle's funeral. On May 31, 2006, Brian went to a funeral for his friend's father and he called me on the way home to tell me there was a rainbow outside. I quickly got my camera. It was about 7:30p.m. when I took the pictures. By 8:00, the rainbow was gone. A few pictures have some blemishes from water droplets on the lens (it was raining when I took them), but I still thought they looked interesting. I did make some adjustments in Photoshop to enhance the appearance of the rainbow.

The Moon

I hadn't thought to use my camera to photograph any scenes of the sky until 9-18-05, when I saw the moon the day after it was completely full. I wondered if I could digitally capture what I saw. It was necessary to use a tripod, but I was fairly satisfied with the results.