Decided to try out my new telephoto setup last night on the planets. I was in a hurry, so I shot without tripod just to see what would happen. I saw in the camera preview that Venus was a semicircle, so I declared the test a success.
Once I loaded it into Lightroom, however, I realized that the Jovian moons were visible. I’ll give it another shot tonight with a tripod and better settings.
I get asked a lot about what gear I carry for my photos.
What I carry varies widely depending on what I’m going to be shooting, but here’s my complete list for when I pack the kitchen sink.
One of my most popular photographs is the one you see above. (High resolution at the end of the article)
Back in August of 2013, I got a text message from a friend:
“Go look at the sky.”
I laughed, and walked out my front door. Absolutely clear skies.
“Um, what am I supposed to be seeing?”
“Look north.”
I took two steps off the front sidewalk and looked to my left.
There, spread across the sky in the distance was a rolling thunderstorm. I could not hear it, but lightning was flashing through the clouds every few seconds.
