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DemoTex

(25,399 posts) Sun Jul 22, 2012, 03:47 AM Jul 2012

Night photo preps and shots - the whole thing

Tonight was a good night to shoot the setting, crescent moon (waxing at 6.7%). Tomorrow night might be better. But ya' never know!

I started getting ready an hour before sunset (7:30 pm). I got off duty at 7:00 pm, had a long swig from my 10-Barrell growler (Apocolypse IPA - still great after four days), ate a piece of corn, and went to the ground to set up the cameras.

This is the photo record:

Getting ready for the night shoot (notice the blue horn and the yellow whistle). I'm not really keen on getting a face-to-face with the cougar that we all know lives here.

The waxing crescent moon through some snags (more tomorrow, perhaps)

The lookout tower: home sweet home!

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Night photo preps and shots - the whole thing (Original Post) DemoTex Jul 2012 OP

As always, WOW! gateley Jul 2012 #1

That crescent moon shot is great. Son of Gob Jul 2012 #2

Way cool. Thanks dougolat Jul 2012 #3

A-mazing! micraphone Jul 2012 #4

Wonderful pictures, my dear DemoTex... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #5

Cougar SoDesuKa Jul 2012 #6

Great shots, as always. Thanks!!! Scuba Jul 2012 #7

great shots, ty ! nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #8

Beautiful malaise Jul 2012 #9

I think that's the first time I've ever seen you, Mac! Cooley Hurd Jul 2012 #10

Lovely. I enjoyed those. Thanks Rose Siding Jul 2012 #11

Those photos make me HAPPY! Mimosa Jul 2012 #12

gateley

(62,683 posts)

1. As always, WOW!

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 04:19 AM

Jul 2012

Son of Gob

(1,502 posts)

2. That crescent moon shot is great.

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 04:42 AM

Jul 2012

Thanks for posting!

dougolat

(716 posts)

3. Way cool. Thanks

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 04:48 AM

Jul 2012

micraphone

(334 posts)

4. A-mazing!

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 04:52 AM

Jul 2012

Your posts are wonderful Demo! Thanks for posting...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,635 posts)

5. Wonderful pictures, my dear DemoTex...

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 04:59 AM

Jul 2012

I think my favorite is the crescent moon, but they're all terrific...

I hope that cougar has the good sense to stay away!

SoDesuKa

(3,173 posts)

6. Cougar

Reply to DemoTex (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 05:13 AM

Jul 2012

Do the horn and whistle have anything to do with the cougar you say lives out there? It sounds like they are connected in some way.
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The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere,[3] extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major American habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the Western Hemisphere, after the jaguar. Although large, the cougar is most closely related to smaller felines and is closer genetically to the domestic cat than to true lions. Like the smaller felines, the cougar is nocturnal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar