We had a disturbance at 4 am which hurled me out of bed. Of course the camera went along. Just in case. There was a full moon just setting over Lions Head. Not a brilliant image, but fun anyway.
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Full Moon
Category: Astronomy
Recently I found that most creative people have a portfolio so I decided it was time I created a brag page so here we go.
I am a generalist or less politely a jack of all trades. Whichever title you want to use it means I am curious about practically anything so to save you from browsing through the entire website, I will provide a short summary. So here goes
Painting – oil, acrylics and pastels. Acrylic first
Oil
Pastels
Charcoal
Photography – photograph anything that takes my fancy, flowers, sunsets, stars, landscapes and birds.
A glacial pavement just outside Nieuwoudtville when we were part of Pangea.
And then there are the other things
Baking
Bee keeping. Bees Bearding a hive to keep it cool
Hiking
Renovating a house in Riviersonderend
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Atmospheric Images
I found this folder with all sorts of great storm and astrophotography pictures so I decided to add them. Just for fun.
And some more
High up above McGregor in the Breede River Winelands is a dark sky site par excellence – Whipstop Farm. The skies are dark and the horizons are low enough not to become intrusive.
The only down side of the site is the light pollution from Worcester but it is far enough away to be minimally intrusive. The rest of the horizons are pretty much clear of light pollution. Even Cape Town doesn’t really feature.
The light in the trees is from a nearby chalet. There are areas away from the chalets, but the management were happy to kill the lights for me.
I liked the effect of the lights on the trees so I left the lights of my chalet on for effect.
I was fortunate enough to be there during the great alignment with Jupiter and Venus almost touching. Such a beautiful sight.
Separated by a long telephoto lens accompanied by much swearing. The two planets were incredibly bright in the morning sky.
If you fancy some good dark skies, this is the place Whipstock Farm
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Jupiter and Venus
On 1st February 2008 Jupiter and Venus were very closely aligned to one another. These pictures, taken with a digital camera show that event. And some other stars as a bonus.
I have never photographed a solar eclipse for so when the December 2020 eclipse happened I was thoroughly unprepared. Despite this, I managed to get some sensible picture. Not crisp and clear cut, but the eclipse is visible. Note that these pictures were taken as and when the sun popped out from behind clouds. The sun had set before total which was a disappointment though not unexpected.
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Moon Jupiter Conjunction
Recently there was a moon Jupiter conjunction. A wonderful sight.
It gave me a chance to brush up on my astro-photography
The Moon and Venus were extremely close on 19 June, 2020 and I was lucky to capture some images.
Early in 2019 Cape Town was blessed with a Lunar Eclipse. The only problem was that it happened around sunrise so we never saw totality. But I did get some nice shots. Even a couple of artistic shots.
Some artistic shots.
Sunrise starts to intrude
Day light and the working day starts
