Photography of the Skies by Kozmic Dreams

My Digital Photography of the Skies

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Sunset on January 15, 2010

As I have come to find, these pinkish clouds do not last long---usually only a few minutes. These photos were taken while I was inside the house looking out the doorwall.

Sunset on November 13, 2009

This sunset was photographed during the last couple minutes of its existence. I took them while standing inside the house looking out my doorwall into the backyard.

Sunset on October 13, 2009

This sunset was photographed during the last couple minutes of its existence. I took them while standing inside the house looking out my doorwall into the backyard. I experimented with some different settings. The photos are shown in the order in which they were taken. Also, earlier on this day, I took some photos of a beautiful maple tree in Hines Park.

It reminded me of the background for my Toads of the Short Forest watercolor painting. Click on the picture below to see a larger view and close-ups of certain areas of this watercolor.

Sun and Clouds on September 25, 2009

I took these photos of the sky from inside of my house while standing in the back door-wall area with the screen door open. Some of them were taken at extremely high shutter speeds and very tiny apertures. I have never seen such a rainbow effect appear before in my photos. It looks like a case of thin-film interference, but I'm not sure what would be the thin film. In order to shoot the high-speed photos, I had to squint and line up the camera until the sunlight beamed through the eyepiece. Then I closed my eyes and took the photo. When I was done with the session, I noticed my vision seemed strange. I narrowed it down to the fact that I was seeing colors completely differently with the left eye (the one that was looking in the eyepiece). I think I might have almost experienced something similar to a person with red/green colorblindness. The green objects (as viewed through my left eye) were more of a yellowish-brown. Red objects were reddish-brown. However, objects that were already reddish-brown seemed more reddish and vibrant. Anyhow, it was pretty strange being able to cover one eye and look at things, then cover the other one and see everything a different color. Next time, I would use a tripod so that I wouldn't have to keep lining up the sun as this can't be good for one's eyes.

Pretty Clouds on June 21, 2009

I took these photos of the sky from my backyard.

Chemtrails on June 12, 2009

Some people claim that chemtrails (chemical trails) don't exist, but I think they are just ignorant. People all over the globe are getting sprayed with things by airplanes on a regular basis. Some things are to control insects, others are to control the weather, and others are still unknown to us. All I know is that from what I've researched about them, I do believe it is happening. A true contrail (condensation trail) dissipates very quickly. You should hardly be able to see the path of the plane once it has flown past. I have seen contrails and I have seen chemtrails. I am pretty convinced what I saw today were two chemtrails. One is white, on the left. The other plane was emitting some black substance for a very long way on the right side. Both planes were flying at the same time and releasing these things. I wonder if they are connected and if the chemicals somehow react in the air. In any case, it's pretty scary stuff---just google "chemtrails" if you don't know what I'm talking about. It is something the public needs to know about and try to put an end to (although this has proven to be very difficult in some cities where the city officials are "in on it"). By the way, I am not a conspiracy theorist. I consider myself a scientist and when what I am seeing does not abide by the rules of science, that sets me off to find out what is going on. I really believe there is something important here.

The Moon

On May 16, 2008, close to midnight, I took these photos of the moon. The last time I was doing a photo shoot of one of my spiders, "Tufts", I noticed that before I had focused in on her, the door about 20 feet away was perfectly in focus. Then I remembered reading somewhere that in a pinch, one could use their macro lens as a telephoto lens. I decided to give it a try tonight on the moon and was surprised by the results. Although they show a lot more detail in the moon than I've ever photographed before, I am looking forward to the day when I can afford to get a nice telephoto lens. The macro photos are the first ones. The others are taken with a 60mm lens.

Unusual Cloud

I photographed this strange cloud on January 18, 2008 from my backyard.

Rainbow #2

On August 8, 2007, around 8:00 p.m., Brian noticed this rainbow outside. It wasn't nearly as large as the first one, but appeared in almost the same spot as the last one. A few photos are enhanced in Photoshop to show the rainbow more clearly.

Rainbow

It's strange because I was just thinking a few weeks ago how I haven't seen a rainbow in about 4 years, not since the day I was heading home from a camping trip to go to my uncle's funeral. On May 31, 2006, Brian went to a funeral for his friend's father and he called me on the way home to tell me there was a rainbow outside. I quickly got my camera. It was about 7:30p.m. when I took the pictures. By 8:00, the rainbow was gone. A few pictures have some blemishes from water droplets on the lens (it was raining when I took them), but I still thought they looked interesting. I did make some adjustments in Photoshop to enhance the appearance of the rainbow.

The Moon

I hadn't thought to use my camera to photograph any scenes of the sky until 9-18-05, when I saw the moon the day after it was completely full. I wondered if I could digitally capture what I saw. It was necessary to use a tripod, but I was fairly satisfied with the results.