21st January 2019

So, for me, the much-hyped Wolf, Blood, last-time-in-a-decade, Total eclipse of the Moon was a washout. Despite waking at 0315 in the morning and sitting out in the cold for two and a half hours, all I got was this:

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The skies partially cleared for no more than a minute as the eclipse began and I rushed to align the tripod and camera. Auto-focusing was ineffective so I had one stab at manually focusing (which I haven’t quite nailed) and taking a shot before the clouds rolled back across, hiding the rest of the celestial event from view. The only blood red moon I can offer is this;

It’s a photoshop’ed image from yesterday that I’ve just added colour into. I wonder how many other ‘spectacular Wolf Moon images’ from this morning were created in this false way?

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20th January 2019

Earlier today I headed out on my bike to find a location from which to get some effective photos of the lunar eclipse that will occur tomorrow morning. My drone came along for the ride. Then, later in the early evening I went out to practice getting a moon shot – with my tripod this time. The weather sort of played ball and I took some photos across the harbour when it didn’t.

Here’s hoping for clear skies at the time of the lunar eclipse in a few more hours!

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19th January 2019

In two weeks from today I shall be leaving home for two months. I’ll be in a harsh and varied environment and my clothing will have to cope with a range of conditions. With a weight restriction on aircraft and limited space to store stuff whilst away, this is the totality of my clothes packing. It’s not much when you consider I’ll only have access to a washing machine on no more than a couple of occasions in the two months!

18th January 2019

Not much in the way of interest today. The first photo is of the moon as a partial practice shot ahead of trying to capture a full lunar eclipse in a few days’ time. However, without a tripod this time, the image doesn’t have the sharpness I was hoping for;

The second shots are of birds in the garden – again more snap shots than anything studied;

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17th January 2019

The bike (minus still-out-of-action wheels) gets a wash down in the late afternoon sun;

 

16th January 2019

The owner of the vehicle workshop where I took my car for it’s annual MOT today, was absolutely incredulous that I wanted to take a photo of her garage. I get that reaction sometimes when I ask people’s permission to take photos. “Why do you want to take a photo of that?”. When I explain that I’m trying to take a photo of my everyday life, every day, for an entire year, they are even more incredulous!

15th January 2019

I didn’t have much chance to take photos during the daylight hours today, so I’ve had to resort to these – a shot of night-time traffic on the way to evening hockey training and a shot once there.