An afternoon stroll, and some star shots at City of Rocks, New Mexico


The star shots were long-exposure.   I was trying out a new lens I bought to shoot the aurora borealis (Northern Lights for those of you in Dixie).   Guess what?   You don't use the same techniques to shoot the aurora as you do for stars.   But, having said that, I think we can have some fun on down the road with the new toy.
The camera is a Nikon D40X, the lens is the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4G with no filters.   All the pictures had exposure compensation of +0.3 step (no clue when THAT got set).   There was some ambient light from a couple of floodlights on the other side of the park office building about 200 yards away, but they weren't in direct line to us, just the glow around the building.   Grab a beverage, and let's enjoy a night out of town.
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