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I don't think I have ever published a blog post on February 29.

Until Now.

Happy Leap Day every one.

Quarter Shadow

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I found another halfway decent photo of the eclipse on the 20th. I don't think it is as good as the others, but it seems to have attracted some attention on Flickr, having made it into Flickr Explore.

Exposure:  0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Metering Mode: Spot

Waiting

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Exposure:  0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV

Well, damn.

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Coming Out Of Totality

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I think I took about 80 photos of the eclipse up to just before totality. Then the cold ran me inside.

I wasn't happy with any of them, other than the one I posted earlier.

Just as totality was ending, I went back outside with the tripod, and took about 6 more photos. This was the best one I got.

I hope the next total eclipse, three years from now, occurs during warmer weather.

Exposure:  1.6 sec (8/5)
Aperture: f/5.3
Focal Length: 270 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Metering Mode:  Spot

Pre-Eclipse Moon

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I'm not sure I will get out there during the eclipse. It is wickedly cold here tonight. I just wanted to test some camera settings to see how they would work. I took this without using a tripod.

I think it came out pretty well, so I might run back out later and take some more.

Exposure Program:  Manual
Exposure:  0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Metering Mode:  Spot

Committed

I forgot all about self-portrait Tuesday.

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But then, I don't take self-portraits all that often.

Here, I was trying to look mysterious.

Mmmmkay. I need for you to get into bed so I can curl up on your chest and get some sleep.

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Café Society

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The first time I visited Alison in France in the spring of 2005, I took hundreds of photos. Over 400 in Paris alone. At the time, I only processed a small number of them for upload to Flickr.

I had every intention of completing the task over the next several months, but I ended up back in France for 5 weeks that fall, and I never returned to the photos from the first trip.

Since I haven't been  taking many photos lately, I decided to try and complete the task. As it turns out there were only a handful of photos that I felt good enough about to upload. They are now in my Flickr sets here and here.

This shot was taken as we sat outside of Café Psycho, across from the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, enjoying a beer and watching the world go by.