Venus in Purple Sky

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 Timothy Price50 Comments

Venus in focus through blurry tree (Bazooka). Mia’s Tree with Venus (iPhone 13 Pro). Tree in focus with Venus in the background (Bazooka).

Jupiter with three moons shot with the Bazooka. Moon shot with iPhone 13 Pro. Moon blasted by the Bazooka.

I traded in my iPhone 12 Mini for an iPhone 13 Pro. I decided I wanted the camera with the LiDAR scanner†. As you can see from the two moonshots, the iPhone has a long way to go before it can compete with the Bazooka, but I’m really impressed that I was able to control the exposure well enough to get as much detail as I did shooting a bright moon at 15x zoom†† on the iPhone. I had to lock the focus on the moon while I adjusted the exposure because the moon was jumping all over the screen with the slightest movement at 15x zoom.

Here’s the kicker, since I got a decent discount on the iPhone 12 Mini when I bought it, between Apple’s trade in allowance and T-moble’s trade in allowance, I got $75 more in trade-in value than I paid for the iPhone 12 Mini. The iPhone 13 Pro is larger than the iPhone 12 Mini, but I think it will be worth the larger size for the camera upgrade.

†The Wiki article on LiDAR states LiDAR scanners are available on the iPhone 12. That is not true. It’s only available on the iPhone 13 Pro, currently.

††15x Zoom on the iPhone Pro 13 Pro is equivalent to 390 mm. The Bazooka on the Canon 7D Mark II body is equivalent to 640 mm.

Red

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Timothy Price75 Comments

Sun bleeds into sky.

Scorched earth cracked and dry.

Toad stands guard.

No Balloons

October 9, 2021 Timothy Price56 Comments

No balloons today
So I give you textured clouds
Yellow orange grays

Contrails & Special Shapes

October 7, 2021 Timothy Price54 Comments

Today was the special shapes rodeo. I did not see as many special shapes as in years past. Many of them barely rose above the trees and then went back down.

There was a traffic jamb of gondolas trying to get onto the neighbor’s field to launch. A critter balloon. Rising through behind the trees.

All the contrails for the morning jets.

Clouds are best at making special shapes.

Suns Clouds Geese Grid

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 Timothy Price70 Comments

Cloud Shapes Before Harvest Moon

September 22, 2021 Timothy Price89 Comments

The Harvest Moon might have had something, maybe everything, to do with it, but the clouds were wild while I was waiting for the moon to rise on Monday night.

7-Strings Sunrise & Sunset

September 19, 2021January 8, 2022 Timothy Price46 Comments

A Day In The Sunflower Daisies

September 17, 2021 Timothy Price62 Comments

Native bees being bees

The black-tailed Bee Fly was back

Sasha, Spunk, Roses, Gwendolyn, Sunset

September 15, 2021 Timothy Price74 Comments

I brought my guitar stool out into the dance room for Laurie to try it out to see what height stool we needed to order for her to use at school. Sasha was really digging on it so I left it out for her to hangout on. But then Spunk couldn’t resist, and started eating the stool. So now there are several torn places on the seat. Spunk has to be one of the most destructive cats I have ever known.

“Whaddya talking about? Who? Moi? Me! ¿Me? Fi? Mise? Μου? Mij? Mir? मैं? Мне? Resa’s sweet little ‘Spunky Poo💋’? Do I look the the type who would eat a guitar stool?” YES!!!!!

“Oh wow, man! Like there’s some really heavy hallucinogens in that catnip! It’s like I can see strawberry catnip fields forever!”

I thought there would be a really good, colorful sunset out of these clouds last night. It didn’t happen. Everything turned gray. I think Gwendolyn’s catnip hallucinations confiscated all of the strawberry color out of the sky to color her forever strawberry catnip fields.