Texas Spring/Summer Thread

Western · Sep 21, 2013

bindian said:
Two new blouses yesterday..............$81.
hugs, Brandi

:shocked: !! $81 !!! Thats a years supply of clothes for me!!!!!! Glad I aint no girl!!

pacerron said:
Lou,
I went back out about 23:30 for one more look. The moon was still behind a haze but not too much to drag out the camera, still on the tripod from earlier, and grab a couple shots before it went behind thick clouds again.
This one was taken at 23:43, f-6.5, ISO-100, 1/60th, exposure bias -1, manual focus on infinity. With the clouds auto focus wouldn't stay locked in. At that distance manual-infinity keeps the camera happy :confused2: I cropped away most of the black surround.
By processing the RAW shot I was able to eliminate the haze and added an "Overlay" layer to make it more vivid.
The camera was level, and you can see that up here the Tychos Crater is pretty much due south. If you save and open the image full size you will see how the moon is not somewhere to live.
Ron

Ron, that is an incredible "shot", that one could go into the NASA handbook!!

Bird · Sep 21, 2013

Two new blouses yesterday..............$81.

Ouch . . . sure glad my wife gets most of her clothes from garage sales.:laughing:

pacerron · Sep 21, 2013

If you go out and look at the moon tonight you will see it has some color and is not quite full.
The air is quite chilly up here tonight. 59 deg and windy.
Ron

bindian · Sep 21, 2013

Western said:
:shocked: !! $81 !!! Thats a years supply of clothes for me!!!!!! Glad I aint no girl!!

Ron, that is an incredible "shot", that one could go into the NASA handbook!!

So that is where that bucket of rags went.

Yes, Ron.......................awesome moon shots.
hugs, Brandi

bindian · Sep 21, 2013

Bird,
I love resale shops, but it's hard on my schedule to hit them when they are open. $81 is cheap compared to some of my leather outfits. But they are a "bit" tight right now.

hugs, Brandi

txdon · Sep 22, 2013

I was walking to the mailbox this evening and heard gunshots to the East and a boom box to the West. I was thinking - This sounds like Houston. :shocked:

Then from the West I saw a 50 horse trail ride coming up the road with music, and on the east, the neighbors were just reducing the feral hog population. Whew, what a relief. :us-texas:

What a wonderful last day of Summer in Texas. Almost everyone had rain yesterday and a cool front made its way through sending temperatures down 5 to 15 degrees.
The sky was clear the air crisp. Goodbye Summer 2013. Tomorrow's low will be close to the temperatures we have not seen since early June. Time to open the windows and hear the coyotes sing and fire up the Texas Fall/Winter thread.

Bird · Sep 22, 2013

What a wonderful last day of Summer in Texas.

You're sure right about that. I told my wife yesterday that the weather was PERFECT all day. 58 degrees to start with, but no breeze at all, so it didn't seem a bit too cool when I took the dog for a walk in the woods. It eventually got up to 82 degrees, but with a nice little northerly breeze by that time so it didn't seem a bit too hot.