[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-14 Thread Brian Lawson
You do know I was kidding, right? -- Brian On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:06 PM, John D wrote: Here's the biggest moon I've seen in a while . . . from yesterday evening. http://tinyurl.com/66dyd8 I'd just be too dizzy from sleep deprivation to paint the star trails. Or maybe I would BECAUSE I was

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-13 Thread John D
This morning there were a few hazy cloudy things but then that moon sitting there just over the mountain. No, this is not a Brian quality photo, just a snapshot but it was fun climbing on the roof of our house to do it. http://tinyurl.com/5mqlx5 And then I did a little zoom to get the face:

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-12 Thread Mark
John D wrote: Here's an interesting note: Tomorrow night the full moon will be the largest it ever gets. The moon's average distance from the Earth is 238,855 miles, but it's now only 221,560 away. Along with this, we have exceptionally high tides. I wonder if Brian has any plans for it?

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-12 Thread Mark
Francis Drouillard wrote: On Dec 12, 2008, at 5:25 AM, Mark wrote: I wonder if Brian has any plans for it? Sprouting a bunch of hair and running naked through the hills howling and killing small animals ? Been watching episiodes of Trueblood, haven't you? Don't

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-12 Thread John D
Here's the biggest moon I've seen in a while . . . from yesterday evening. http://tinyurl.com/66dyd8 I'd just be too dizzy from sleep deprivation to paint the star trails. Or maybe I would BECAUSE I was dizzy, I dunno. Usually with things that change, like shadows or the tumble of hair on a

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-11 Thread richardsan
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:51 AM, TENEBRAE teneb...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:19 AM, richardsan wrote: snowing, just now. it did it the winter b4 katrina...yikes Sister in law sent pics of snow in Houston, TX last night. -W ours was only airborne...saw pix of

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-11 Thread John D
richardsan wrote: Sister in law sent pics of snow in Houston, TX last night. Yup I got some too. My grand-girls made snow angels on the ground. It was what I'd call a dusting of snow, but exciting enough because it's so rare. http://web.me.com/chromecoat/index/Blank_files/IMG_0240.jpg

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-11 Thread Brian Lawson
Sit in my back yard drinking beer with a buddy as it rises. ;) I didn't know that it was at perigee or I would have made other plans to find some place to photograph it tonight. You want to photograph full moons one or two days before the actual full moon rise so there is still some

[Stratalist-ot] Re: rare, right conditions

2008-12-11 Thread Michael Luscombe
There's no way to capture the moon-lit foreground? HDRI blending? Michael On 12-Dec-08, at 1:32 AM, Brian Lawson wrote: Sit in my back yard drinking beer with a buddy as it rises. ;) I didn't know that it was at perigee or I would have made other plans to find some place to photograph it