Friday, February 15, 2008

mitten galaxy


mitten galaxy, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

The snow was the right kind.

I could tell by the way it fell, even through the window.

Tripod, coat, 100mm macro lense - damn, my cable remote shutter release doesn't work on this camera!

Okay, okay...I'll use the timer function -
except that it is so warm out that the tiny stars are starting to melt away before the ten seconds finish.

Argh.

Finally though, with the help of my mitten - I managed to catch a few of the falling stars.

This one was cropped down and I cranked up the contrast a bit.
shutter 1/5, Canon 30d, f9.0, 100mm,

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13 comments:

  1. AmpersandFebruary 15, 2008 at 11:50 a.m.

    fabulous!!!

    *applause*

    Did I say I love this shot?

    :-)

    (Having the snowflakes on a mitten evokes so much more from the image, good call there.)

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  2. bsouthFebruary 15, 2008 at 12:19 p.m.

    Oh my goodness, what an absolutely amazing picture! I bow down before your utter genius!

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  3. KarinFebruary 15, 2008 at 5:53 p.m.

    That is so awesome! I probably wouldn't be able to do it, but I wish we had some snow so I could at least try...lol!

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  4. SharonFebruary 15, 2008 at 9:00 p.m.

    Oh, that is just AWESOME!!! I love it, it never ceases to amaze me. We went skiing a few weeks ago, it snowed some, but it was the wrong kind. I was trying to show my sister flakes like that on a car windshield. I will have to show her this! :)

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  5. SandyFebruary 15, 2008 at 11:05 p.m.

    Absolutely perfect shot. Oh my, snowflakes are breathtaking.

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  6. ScrivenerFebruary 16, 2008 at 7:31 a.m.

    Wow. This is amazing. You mean snowflakes actually look like that?

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  7. MarciaFebruary 16, 2008 at 9:26 p.m.

    Wow! This is a great shot!

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  8. angelfeetFebruary 17, 2008 at 1:43 p.m.

    That's amazing (and resourceful).

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  9. SusanFebruary 17, 2008 at 5:03 p.m.

    That is just... incredible! It's gorgeous and so textury and really miraculous. Great snowflakes.

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  10. marianneFebruary 17, 2008 at 8:51 p.m.

    oh my goodness - what an absolutely stunning photo! just stunning!

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  11. concretegodmotherFebruary 17, 2008 at 11:06 p.m.

    omg, gawdess, this shot is just incredible. w-o-w! i couldn't believe what i was seeing at first. amazing!

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  12. LomagirlFebruary 19, 2008 at 10:48 a.m.

    Amazing! Wow, wow, wow.

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  13. Andromeda JazmonFebruary 21, 2008 at 1:08 p.m.

    This is amazing! I had to look, read and look again. It's awesome.

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