David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Views of the land around the world
I am in the process of transitioning to a new set of photoblog websites. Each site with a different subject focus. Images of the this year’s Montgomery Township Independence Day fireworks celebration can be viewed here: 25-June-2026. For budget and scheduling reasons, the township always has its Independence Day celebration several days before the 4th of July.
I am in the process of transitioning to a new set of photoblog websites. Each with a different subject focus. The Montgomery Township Independence Day fireworks from this year can be viewed here: 26-June-2025.
Nine-Years Ago Today. Sunburst, crepuscular rays, and clouds over the Pacific Ocean from the starboard side of the MV World Odyssey. (21-Jan-2016, Semester at Sea).
After a night capturing images of the night sky for a time-lapse video, I pointed the camera southeast to capture the dawn. I hoped to get some brightly colored pink clouds but ended up with just some orange ones low to the horizon. If you view the image closely in a dark room, the Scorpius constellation is visible.
Nine-Years Ago Today. Sunrise Photography Club waiting for the sun to rise. Aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. (20-Jan-2016, Semester at Sea).
The forecast for the night was mostly clear, but very cold (4°F/-16°C). I only cleared the snow from the previous night for one of the telescope tripods. When it is this cold, I need to keep an external power supply plugged into the telescope. I also set up a camera with a fisheye lens pointed to the south to take images for a time-lapse video. The Orion constellation was visible for a long period of time before the moon showed up. There were lots of jet trails during the night, and when the clouds came in, they remained low in the sky.
Time-lapse video. Best observed in a dark room fully expanded.
Nine-Years Ago Today. But I skipped that day crossing the International Date Line. The statue on the forward upper deck of the MV World Odyssey is holding back the sunburst as we crossed the Date Line. (16-Jan-2016, Semester at Sea)
The forecast for the night was light snow. So, no telescopes out observing for the night. Instead, I had a camera watch out the back door window to observe the Trolls. The camera was set in a fixed apertures mode (f/11) and auto ISO (64-6400) with the shutter speed to vary from 1/100 sec to 32 sec. The time-lapse video was created using PhotoShop and Premier.
