We have three new young visitors to our astronomy club, and it has added a special feeling to the group. They are all so enthusiastic about astronomy, and are constantly asking questions of us all. Last night two of the young people got a chance to look through all our telescopes, and Patrick and his mom had never looked through a telescope before! So I showed them the Orion Nebula, the Pleiades, Mars, Saturn, and a pair of galaxies in the big dipper, among other things. They were thrilled, and I got an email from his mom that today he was still talking about what he saw last night! I took this photo, by the way, using two small battery-operated flash units, one to either side, and none on the camera, and set them off with radio control units.
It's great when you introduce kids to something you really love. And I really like the way the boy is framed by the light. Nice portrait.
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This is a very cool photo! With the two flash units fired from either side, your young astronomer almost appears to be star gazing atop a tiny moon.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, how is your new telescope coming along?
Wonderful photo. I love that you share your enthusiasm with all, but expecially the young.
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Thank you all for the nice comments! As for the new telescope... Uhhhhhh... I'm still painting... :-)
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