POTD

Band Night
Bozeman, Montana
2016

This shot is from a reggae concert we went to last year. It pretty much convinced me I’m too old for concerts these days (of that kind anyway); it was WAY TOO LOUD, went past my bedtime, and there was no place to sit so we had to stand up the whole time!

Party Crasher
Wichita, Kansas
2016

At the Wichita Zoo last year, my sister and brother-in-law where not the only ones wanting a drink and a snack.

Morning Still Life
Beijing, China
2016

Hello, Hello, is There Anybody in There?
Livingston, Montana
2016

This is Your Brain…
Idaho Falls, Idaho
2017

Another shot of yesterday’s pepper, this time parodying that anti-drug ad from a three decades ago. (“This is your brain…this is your brain on drugs.”)

Pepper Variations
Idaho Falls, Idaho
2017

One of Edward Weston’s most famous photographs, Pepper No. 30 (shown below) is one of my favorites. My shot of the strange insides of a green pepper is a modern, mutated, tongue-in-cheek tribute to Weston’s iconic image. Perhaps that I took this shortly after the total eclipse may have something to do with its weird configuration!

Pepper No. 30
Edward Weston
1930

Eclipse Colors
Idaho Falls, Idaho
2017

This slightly over-exposed image of the diamond ring at the end of totality shows a large starburst pattern as well as some nice colorful effects due to lens flare. Normally I would consider these to be defects in the image but in this case I think they are darn purty!

Eclipse Solar Flares
Idaho Falls, Idaho
2017

Here is a shot from complete totality that very clearly shows some solar flares. In the lower right quadrant there is a long ragged red band. I believe this may be what is called Bailey’s Beads, with the raggedness being caused by the sun shining through the mountains and valleys of the moon.

Eclipse Diamond Ring
Idaho Falls, Idaho
2017

I have previously posted a photo of the diamond ring at the end of totality. This one is from the beginning of totality. This one shows a second smaller diamond just to the right of the main one and two solar flares (at 1 and 3 o’clock). Note that I did not carefully check how level my camera was when photographing the eclipse so the true position of the diamond may differ from what is shown here.

Day as Night #2
Bozeman, Montana
2017

This one combines a photo of a mountain lion at night from the trailcam at our house with an eclipse photo. The night-time photos from the trailcam are monochrome and of poor quality. Hence the heavy use of Photoshop filters to dress it up. I think this composite photo perhaps has some merit (as an illustration, not a photograph) but it could use a lot more work. But I thought I’d post this intermediate version while I let it simmer in my mind for a while before trying to work on it again.