Tag: photography

This featured photo is of Hesperus Mountain located east of us in the La Plata Mountains of the San Juan Mountains, in southwest Colorado. The summit is at 13,237 ft which is pretty damn high. I have not hiked Hesperus but I have been on the trails to the north and south.

Workout Detail

It was super cold this morning so I didn’t get nuthin done before work. Then we had dinner with friends, outdoors, and suddenly it was nighttime. Kate walked a few laps with me and then I walked a bunch more to get my rings closed.

I haven’t been riding my bike as much lately. This is due to the high winds and also I have been enjoying working on the trails. Kate and I walk them every evening and talk about the day and plans for the land. I try to get a lap or two in on the smaller loops at least once before work starts. The walking meditation aspect is very comforting.

Tomorrow night is a full moon and I want to get some photos of it rising. To do this I first figure out where and when the moon is going to rise. I like using an app called The Photographer’s Ephemeris or TPE:

The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) helps you plan outdoor photography shoots in natural light, particularly landscape and urban scenes. It’s a map-centric sun and moon calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth.

TPE marketing talk

For tomorrow night this is what it tells me about the moon rise:

Now they have an AR feature that lets you visualize where the moon will rise on the horizon:

Now I know where and when I need to be. The trick is to have all batteries charged and an empty memory card. Gonna want a tripod and a telephoto lens as well.

Workout details

Today was a bit of a mess. I had to run errands in the morning and then we had guests after dinner. I got some walks in but could have used more. Tomorrow I will get a ride in.