Descriptions
"Fiery Dawn", "Blue Line", "Darkening Skies", "Fiery Streaks", "Night Falls": These photos were taken from my old apartment, where I had a great view of the sky. I was only on the third floor, but all the other buildings around me were one floor lower. It just goes to show you that sometimes just having a camera handy is all you need to take cool pictures.
"Purple Lightning": On the balcony of the same apartment as above, I noticed lightning flashes at regular intervals in the distance. I put my camera on a tripod and pointed it to where most of the flashes appeared. I counted the number of seconds between each occurance, and I opened the shutter manually a few seconds before when I thought the next one would appear. I got lucky a couple of times, but most of the film was wasted. Still worth it though, if you can get one or two good pictures.
"Stars1": Probably my favorite picture. I put the camera on a tripod and pointed it up. Then I opened the shutter and left it for about 45 minutes. You can actually see the movement of the stars across the sky, due to the rotation of the earth, with the North Star at the center of the rotation. I was amazed at the colors of the stars, as the naked eye sees only white. The red line is an airplane that crossed the sky during the exposure.
The picture was taken when I was living in the country. You couldn't take that picture in the city, as the light pollution would make it come out white. You need to be where the sky is completely black, so the stars could stand out from the background. It's worth the drive if you want to try.
"Fireworks1": Fireworks on Mount Royal, taken with the camera on a tripod and a telephoto lens. It's about a 5 second exposure.
"Gloomy Day": Mount Royal again. What seems at first to be a black and white picture is actually in color. A really gloomy day.
