Saturday's Bible Verse

Today is the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon. After landing, Buzz Aldrin took communion and read today's verse from a 3X5 notecard. Have a great day. Today's verse is John 15:5. The image was made in Abbottstown, PA.

Thursday's Bible Verse

Didn't get to see the moon due to the clouds, the same clouds that will make it wet for the next two or three days. At least the grass is mowed. Today's verse is Song of Solomon 5:16. Have a great day.The image was caught in New Oxford, PA.

Tuesday's Biblr Verse

 Hope everyone had a good Tuesday. The image was shot in Eldersburg

Moon and Plane

I took the dogs out yesterday evening and saw a star near the moon. When I took them back inside, I grabbed my camera and headed back out. I got to the porch and heard a plane. So I took one step off the porch and looked up and caught this image.

Sunset at the Beach

This is the last post about our trip to Ocean City and like everyday ends with a sunset (rather we see it or not) that is the subject of this post. Not sure why I don't capture many sunsets at Ocean City. I always get up for the sunrise and I am always awake for the sunset. I guess, I just don't think about it or I am relaxing. But after this last trip, I have to make more attempts to capture the end of the day. The red-winged blackbird was a very willing model. There is one image of the moon over the ocean with a couple on the beach.

Shooting the Moon

One of the things I like to aim my camera at is the moon. Man has looked at the moon for years. There are songs, books and other works about the moon. This week we celebrated 40 years since man set foot on the moon.
The moon landing is one of those events you remember where you were. That July evening in 1969 I was huddled with the family in the family room in Union Mills to watch the event.
We were afraid we would miss it as a thunderstorm hit. We always turned the television off during storms, something Shirley and I still do today.
Any way the storm passed and we got to see history.
The moon isn't hard to shoot when it is rising. It's just a low-light front lit scene.
Start by metering the sky, adjust your shutter speed, compose the scene and use the camera's self-timer or cable release.
Check the calendar for the next full moon and then shoot the day before. Why, because the eastern sky and the landscape are close to the same exposure.
The exposure will work out close to F/8 for 1/8 second with a long lens.
Take the time to watch where the moon rises. Also scout out the landscape ahead of time.
It's best to shoot the moon rising or setting. It's not as bright and has a nice glow.
The shot with the tree is the moon setting. I had seen that tree before and kept an eye out when ever I passed it on Old Washington Road.
The corn framed by the moon is setting early on a fall morning.
The windmill along with the geese and boats are also a rising moon. The windmill was shot in Eldersburg. The geese and the moon were shot on the Eastern Shore. The boats are in Wachapreague, Va.