David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Turkey Vulture and the Moon. Several hundred turkey vultures spent the night in some local trees. This morning I went out at dawn to get some images as they started to fly away. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the whole wing span as this one flew by the moon.Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 1600, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec).
Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey: Turkey Vulture
Turkey vulture soaring near the moon. I haven’t figured how to get both the moon and bird to be in focus at the same time…
First Quarter Moon (48%). Image taken with a Nikon D3x and Questar 7″ Telescope (ISO 100, ~1600 mm, f/16, 1/50 sec).
Waxing crescent moon (29%). Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 400 mm f/2.8 lens plus with a TC-E II 2x teleconverter (ISO 200, 800 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). I really love how sharp this lens can be.
Moon and Sun images taken on the same day. If the weather cooperates this year on November 14th I will try to get some images of the large full moon (closer and even bigger than last month).
