I hesitate to write about our [from here] 80% solar eclipse. Others have posted pix that put my efforts to shame. Nevertheless, here’s what I captured with a tea strainer for a pin-hole camera:
This image was projected onto our pebble-surfaced kitchen floor. This technique was going to work, and I had over 20 minutes to max coverage. I rose to find a sheet of white paper. The sky grew dark. A bank of huge dark clouds had rolled in. The show was cancelled.
Of Bats and Birds
I was coming home from a meeting last week. The sun had set and the sky overhead was nearly dark. I came to a spot in the road with lots of trees on both sides. As I approached, I could see flying bats stuffing themselves with insects.
After arriving home, I stepped out the back door. As I watched, a pair of bats were sweeping the between our house and barn for insects. I enjoy watching them fly in their zigzag pattern.
I’ve searched on other evenings since, but have not had the good fortune of seeing them again.
The next day, I sat here in the office at my computer. My eye caught some movement in Sylvia’s flower garden. It was a pair of hummingbirds battling for dominance over a yucca plant. They sure are feisty fellows.
It sounds like pictures of eclipse of Sun were taken by an engineer.
And it actually was.
Brilliant.
Thank you, my friend.
Sure is an interesting eclipse picture !! We were traveling at the time thru a hilly , forested area but could see sunshine along the way, but suddenly it turned rather dark for a minute or so, and then suddenly the sun was bright again. We said “Oh, that must have been it”…. As we came into a little town, people were standing around, some still looking skyward and had their special glasses in hand.
That must have been an interesting experience, Grace.
¡Qué viva la yuca!
De acuerdo.
Your eclipse picture is an amazing demonstration of photography as art. I saw the total eclipse but did not get pictures. I’m not a photographer.
I’ve never seen bats feeding but I enjoy watching hummingbirds fuss over one blossom on a plant or over one port on a feeder. No sharing!
I’ve never seen a bat myself or a hummingbird. The bats must have been quite a sight.
Shortly after sunset is prime time for bat viewing. Look around the edges of trees–at least that’s where I tend to see them.
Humming birds visit you. They say there is not a square foot of land in the USA that they don’t visit. We used to put out a feeder with sugar water for them.