I spent an entire hour, just before dusk, at East Coast Park playing 'catch-me-if-you-can' with a Common kingfisher (for you non-birders out there, this tiny kingfisher is not at all that common). By the time I had set up my scope and placed my camera to it, it had flown over to the other side of the lake. I would trot over, closer to where it is, and it does the same again, flying to the opposite bank. And vice versa. A few times. I played the part of a mosquito blood bank, and managed to take almost 100 shots in all. But... there's always a big BUT... only 1 frame was 'ok'. Just 'ok'. Poor lighting conditions, a strong breeze, me constantly stamping my feet, and soft soil did not help.
While going home at after dinner in the car, my sis caught sight of the moon, "Look! It's an upside-down moon!" I've digiscoped mars before, but not the moon. Here was my inspiration. The moon this evening was curiously-oriented, like the mouth in a smiley face. I could see the craters and everything on the moon through the scope... and I hope to digiscope a full moon sometime.
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