Look Up

Do you ever look up into the night sky and find yourself amazed at the beauty you see there? I do, all the time. I live out in the middle of nowhere so I have a pretty nice view. Not a lot of lights from town (some, I’m not totally isolated) and no other houses nearby. Heck, when we built our new house I made sure we didn’t have one of those obnoxious yard lights that keeps it bright as day just so I could look up and enjoy the night sky.

I love how peaceful it is and how amazingly magical everything feels on a cloudless night. Preferably a cool night, but that’s probably because I live in Florida and who wants to sit in the heat with the bugs? Sidetracked…sorry. My point is, that astrophotography allows you to take that moment of ‘looking up’ and keep it all day every day, even high noon. Pretty cool. I’m just getting into the active participation of night sky viewing but I think it is going to be a lifelong love affair.

I’ve already got my computer ready for the amazing pictures I’m sure I will be gathering. Routine defragmentation, extra disk space, and some smokin’ photo editing software.

What else do I need to capture that ‘looking up’ feeling?

Photo Credit Computer Hotline

June 19th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Astrophotography | (0)