Thursday night moon

I was loading the boys into the evil gas-hogging SUV tonight when I noticed an incredibly bright moon up in the blue evening sky. I couldn’t resist dashing home and grabbing the camera. While trying to find a clear shot between all those pesky trees on our property, I found a rather interesting branch next to a clearing. That’s when the idea for a neat composition popped into my head. This is the combination of two shots: one with the branch in focus, one with the moon in focus. I combined them in my beloved Photoshop and sent a copy to my friend K-Lo, who put it on KFYR-TV’s weather as part of his Sky Spies feature.

Snow sticks to artificial turf

I was really excited at the potential of a photograph of the snowy lawn at the state capitol last Saturday. Sadly it was not to be so; the snow wasn’t sticking to the grass as it was some other surfaces, so the white coat wasn’t quite what I had hoped for. While looking for a nice spot overlooking the river, however, I spotted a surface that was quite conducive to a blanket of white: the field at the Bismarck Community Bowl. I’m sure it has to do with the height of natural grass as opposed to the artificial playing surface. Oh well, there will be May snow some other time..despite what the global warming hoaxers want you to believe.