Sunspot Photography
/My husband got a new lighter weight lens for his camera and has been experimenting with it handheld. He has a solar filter for it so the sun has become one of the subjects that he can photograph from our backyard or driveway.
Sometimes the sun is not very interesting but toward the end of the year there were sunspots! Here is his selection of the best that he got on 12/29.
We’ve created projects for ourselves….things similar to what we normally do but usually don’t have enough time to enjoy in a methodical way. It’s one of the positive aspects of the precautions we are taking to avoid getting COVID-19. Over the past few months, he has sold some of his older and heavier lenses…replaced several with the new one that is lighter and thus easier on his back for when we are hiking/birding (mostly a future plan at this point). The reduced weight and the improved motion stabilization technology make it easier to use handheld. He may become more of a monopod (rather than tripod) user too.
I got a new camera for Christmas and will do some experimentation of my own in the next few weeks.
