Category: Photography

Sun Dogs on Snow Day

The day after the Kansas City metro area got nearly a foot of snow dumped on it, I ventured out to return to work.  Most of the local schools and some businesses remained closed that day, but not my employer or the employer of one of my other vanpool riders. On the commute home, I enjoyed watching some sun dogs playing around the sinking sun.  My smartphone camera just doesn’t do them justice:

sun dogs
Click on photo to see rest of Snow Day Sun Dogs album

Jaw-dropping Photographs Capture the Sublime Power of Superstorms

http://io9.com/jaw-dropping-photographs-capture-the-sublime-power-of-s-1506647425?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Living all my life in Tornado Alley, I’m fascinated by the weather and photographing it.

Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

Apollo and the MLK 2014 Sunset

It’s been ages since I posted a sunset photo.  The wind really picked up yesterday just as the sun set on a gorgeous day:

sunset with Apollo
MLK 2014 Sunet

Of course, when I stepped outside into the backyard to take the photos, Apollo just had to join me.  He had a hard time standing still for his portrait, but this one turned out well:

sunset with Apollo
Apollo peaking around the fence at me.

It was a very busy three day weekend.  We made great progress on our remodeling project.  The weather was so nice I was able to walk both dogs without wearing a jacket and we grilled out Sunday afternoon.

Hope all of you had a great weekend as well.

Article: Two Comets on a Moonlit Morning

Two Comets on a Moonlit Morning

http://tomjmartinez.blogspot.com/2013/11/two-comets-on-moonlit-morning.html

Sharing fellow ASKC member and exceptional astrophotographer Tom Martinez latest Comet Ison photo from earlier this week at Powell Observatory.

Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

Sunday Sunrise

I almost missed the sunrise this morning because I overdid it yesterday trying to contain my oak tree’s leaf largesse.  I ran out of leaf bags (two left over from last year plus ten more purchased this week from Home Depot) and the rain (or is that reign?) of leaves continues.

I fell out of bed at about a quarter to six and this is what I saw out my bedroom window:

Sunday sunriseNot bad with just my smartphone camera on “Dawn” setting.

I’m taking the rest of the morning ‘off’ to recover from yesterday.  Home remodeling projects will be calling my name this afternoon.

Good morning!