Thanks Howard. I have not given up on the Stockton site. I'm just going to have to wait until the Sun has moved horizontally a bit so as to clear the peak in the west. I just need to get the Sun a bit lower so the peaks of the shadows are touching the buildings. patrick On 01 Feb 2013, at 22:33, Howard Jackman wrote:
I really like that little Sahara shot Patrick, I'll second the notion to submit it to EPOD, some cool shadows from those bunkers at the Stockton facility, too bad they were cut in half by the larger shadow.
Happy shooting (astro and otherwise) Howard
--- On Fri, 2/1/13, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Antelope Island sunset (redo) To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, February 1, 2013, 9:50 PM I tried again this evening but I pretty much figured that without the clouds the scene would not look as dramatic. Especially without those many openings you mentioned.
And it didn't help that right about sunset every student flyer in the area was headed back to SLC and I didn't want to risk getting in their way so didn't go as far north as I'd of liked. I may try again Sunday as there are supposed to be some clouds by then (about the only time clouds at sunset are any good <g> ).
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/AI02FEB.JPG
Earlier in the afternoon I got this shot of Little Sahara down by Delta. I liked the way the low-in-the-sky Sun cast blue shadows over the snow covered dunes. I may submit it to EPOD.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/LITTLESAHARA.JPG
After leaving there I headed north for the Antelope Island shot and noticed some fun shadows on the installation south of Stockton where they are destroying chemical munitions. I was trying to get it where all of the buildings were casting long, pointy shadows but a hill in the west started blocking the Sun so I had to settle for this. Plus loitering over that particular facility tends to be frowned upon...
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/EOD.JPG
Ok, time to go shoot Comet ISON.
patrick