As you might have been able to tell from my last blog entry, Jayne and I recently visited New Mexico, specifically Santa Fe, again. Our last visit was in 2007. For me, it was interesting to see just how much my eye has changed in its ability to detect scenes of visual interest. Not much art created here, but what I hope is I have created a diverse sampling of some typical New Mexican flair. I captured some 1100 photos. From these, I will later harvest into some composites. ...
Jayne and I were lucky to have scheduled our recent vacation in time to see the May 20th annular eclipse in Santa Fe. I didn’t know about it at the time we scheduled our trip. Then about three weeks before we left, I learned about the event. At that time, I also learned about how to protect a camera lens using Astrozap Baader Astrosolar Safety Film. I also found this article How to make an eclipse filter. In searching the internet for locations, I saw that Albuquerque ...