Certainly not the best eclipse pictures, but I was satisfied considering the fact that I captured it with my phone! I used my 20-60x80 spotting scope (at 60x), a phone-spotting scope adapter, and a filter made from solar film, cardboard, tape, and paper plates.
It's been months since I've posted here, so I got some catchup to do.
Phone picture of a lowly thistle.
FYI- how I got it
I shadowed the bloom with my body when I took the picture, giving me a washed-out background. In Lightroom mobile, I heavily decreased saturation in the greens and yellows...
Another picture from the spectacular sunset on Wednesday. The picture I posted yesterday was wide angle, this one is 'normal', maybe that gives you an idea how much brightly lit cloud there was! Both are phone pictures from across the road from our house. I adjusted light and color tones in an...
I caught this nice bolt with my phone a few days ago. There's too much light to do significantly long exposures during daylight hours, so I set my phone to 8k/24 fps video. I manually set the speed, ISO, and focal distance for the conditions.
If there's a good stike, I stop the video. If not, I...
First time I ever saw Northern Lights! Here in southern Idaho, we should have been able to see them a couple times this year, but it was always cloudy before. This is 22 20-second exposures taken with my Samsung 22 Ultra and then stacked together with a free app called 'Startrails' and edited...