1st Attempt at Astrophotography

 Evening Shoot

Spent an evening with Kathy Adams-Clark learning about astrophotography.  Not that we have the dark skies for good astrophotography, but, this was close by and did not require an overnight excursion or hours of driving.  We gathered at Warren Lake (about 30 minutes west of my apartment) on the Matt Cook Memorial Wildlife Viewing Platform .  This platform is part of the Coastal Prairie Conservancy (previously the Katy Prairie Conservancy).  Interesting evening as this was my first attempt at astrophotography.

This evening allowed for the timing to shoot a sunset with the moon rising 20 minutes later.

Not over pleased with the result, not museum or publication quality, but, we all have to start somewhere.  Anyway here are a couple shots that I am willing to share.

Sunset (HDR)

Big Dipper (look close in the sky)

Big Dipper II

Moon Rise Over Warren Lake

Moon Rise Over Warren Lake (HDR)