Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Not relevant to your picture, but I figure you can appreciate this. I had a couple of “Got It!” moments last month on my annual vacation in the Adirondacks. One came after 10 years of trying, when I finally had success in capturing a full moon rising over the mountain on the other side of the lake we stay at, partially obscured by the the distant trees. I’m not much of a photographer, and always managed to screw things up in the past. It’s amazing how quickly the moon traverses a line as it rises, and since it crests the mountain substantially after it rises on the horizon, and there were a number of years of clouds, and a year or two when I was just there at the wrong time. Over two nights I probably got 70-80 pictures and believed I hadn’t gotten anything really good, until I reviewed them carefully. For some odd reason the second picture of the first night was properly focused and exposed and had the trees at a good point. Every other photo that night was disappointing!
My dream would be to have a 600mm lens and a decent 35mm camera, but I only allow myself so much LensRental.com money each year.
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Very nice.
Not relevant to your picture, but I figure you can appreciate this. I had a couple of “Got It!” moments last month on my annual vacation in the Adirondacks. One came after 10 years of trying, when I finally had success in capturing a full moon rising over the mountain on the other side of the lake we stay at, partially obscured by the the distant trees. I’m not much of a photographer, and always managed to screw things up in the past. It’s amazing how quickly the moon traverses a line as it rises, and since it crests the mountain substantially after it rises on the horizon, and there were a number of years of clouds, and a year or two when I was just there at the wrong time. Over two nights I probably got 70-80 pictures and believed I hadn’t gotten anything really good, until I reviewed them carefully. For some odd reason the second picture of the first night was properly focused and exposed and had the trees at a good point. Every other photo that night was disappointing!
My dream would be to have a 600mm lens and a decent 35mm camera, but I only allow myself so much LensRental.com money each year.
@Rob1:
You went there, I went here 🙂
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BCA8SiK4q5s&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD
@restless: Nice!
Sunburst finish!
Absolutely stunning. Gorgeous!
@MarkedMan:
Excellent! And I fully understand what you mean.
And thanks to all for the kind words!