Bluejacket Photo

A photo taken from a point a little south of me that shows the shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Telescope passing in front of the sun.

STS-125 Atlantis and Hubble Solar Transit

The picture was taken by Thierry Legault.  More of his photos are here.  His work is simply amazing.

The interesting thing to me, though, is that this picture was taken using off the shelf equipment (5 inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera).

Photography has come a long way…

I’m fascinated  by photographers that get an idea and and do a shoot around a theme, or with an elaborate set.  I’m rarely that creative, and don’t have the contacts or resources to do the few ideas I do have.

A photographer I like doesn’t seem to have that problem, and can do a lot with little resources…

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Alice in (a Dark) Wonderland, as imagined by Oberonia of Oberonia Photography!

This is my favorite picture of a Mad Hatter ever…

And probably for the rest of the upcoming year, too, for that matter.

Don’t forget to zoom in…

(I suppose I could make this a game by adding "Can you find the following things?"

1. A man standing next to his "identical twin"?
2. An annoyed supreme court justice?
3. Someone in the back row taking a picture with their cell phone?
4. A person picking their nose?
5. A member of the Secret Service?
6. The sailor wearing his uniform improperly?
7. A port-a-potty?
8. A person taking a picture of something other than the main event?
9. The only person asleep?
10. A horse’s ass