Cocoa Beach Pier, Cocoa Beach, FL
Passing By
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1s, 25mm, f/11, ISO 100
Passing By
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Catch the Rainbow
Delta Lake State Park
The past few days have not been photo friendly, or rather, not motivational enough for me to get off my butt after work. I was determined to change that this evening. With an hour left before sunset I headed up to Delta Lake.
I walked to a good location and noticed there was a faint rainbow in the sky.
Score!
At first I only noticed the left half of the rainbow and was composing a few images to include the rainbow and the sun. But then I noticed both ends of the rainbow were visible.
Time to break a few “photography rules”…
Catch the Rainbow
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/60s, 34mm, f/11, ISO 100
Waiting to Open
Africa, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World
Waiting to Open
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/200s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200
Harambe in the Morning
Africa, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World
Harambe in the Morning
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/160s, 16mm, f/11, ISO 200
Colors of the Harbor
Bellamy Harbor Park, Rome, NY
Thursday evening was good time to explore Bellamy Harbor Park. Well, I suppose explore isn’t the correct term considering how many times I go to the park with the camera. I know all the good spots for images. It depends on the lighting conditions and what I’m in the mood to capture. Maybe I should say explore the light at the park.
Anyway, enough of that short ramble…
There were clouds approaching from the East and I was anticipating a little drama in the sky for the sunset. When you include the orange glow from the sun conditions were ripe for a few good images. The wonderful result of the clouds is varying colors depending on looking West or East…
Bridge Alight
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/100s, 31mm, f/8, ISO 100
Orange Glow
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/80s, 34mm, f/11, ISO 100
Tower Light
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/8s, 53mm, f/11, ISO 100
Landscape Chained
Bellamy Harbor Park
Landscape Chained
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/10s, 40mm, f/11, ISO 100
Pier Into The Storm
Riverside Park Pier, Indialantic, FL
Pier Into The Storm
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/160s, 14mm, f/11, ISO 200
Chasing the Buck Moon
Delta Lake State Park
After the weather this past weekend I wasn’t thinking I would get a chance to see the Buck Moon this month. I generally have better luck for the right conditions if I capture the full moon as it sets in the morning. I like to have the moon set between thirty and sixty minutes after the sunrise. This allows enough light into the sky to allow the moon to not be a bright white blob in the sky.
The moon was playing hide-n-seek with the remaining clouds but I went to Delta Lake on the chance it would peek out before crossing the horizon. I only live five minutes from the park but when I got in the car the moon was still behind the clouds. As I pulled through the entrance, the moon was visible but heading toward another patch of clouds. I immediately stopped and grabbed this image of the moon over the pond at the front of the park.
Bench and the Moon
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 2s, 48mm, f/11, ISO 100
The sun was still far below the horizon and with the moon racing to hide from me I was only able to get this one image. As you can see due to the longer exposure the moon is an over exposed white ball. I still had time… time to get to the beach area.
I was needed to be patient. The clouds were moving as much as the moon was marching toward the horizon. I spent the time looking for an interesting foreground. Sadly, not a lot of options so I settled on the life guard chair.
Guarding the Moon
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/8s, 70mm, f/11, ISO 100
One more. Can I find another image?
Sunrise! Look at the colors flooding the clouds.
I got it! I do love me a good reflection.
I walk out to the point on the right side of the beach area. I like the orange on the buoy. Bingo!
Warning Moon
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/15s, 70mm, f/11, ISO 100
I’ll end this one with the same info from June..
July’s full moon is the Buck moon. A couple years ago I had a great time trying to capture as many of the full moons as possible and learned quite a bit about them in the process. In case you missed the first Strawberry moon post, you can view it here: Buck Moon. You can also see more posts related to the moon using this link: Full Moon posts.
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