About the Image(s)

How I did it—Betty Sue and I are fortunate to have friends that own a condo on the Gulf, a 10 minute drive from our home. Since the Pandemic all parking alcoves, leading to Gulf beach access have been blocked to car traffic and street parking is very limited. Our goal on July 22nd was to see and photograph the Comet, using the beach as foreground. Too much low cloud cover close to the horizon, prevented us from seeing Neowise. Since there was no Moon we decided to stay and attempt to shoot the Milky Way. While shooting we were treated to a 40 minute lightening show. My image “Milky Way Beach-Indian Shores Beachâ€� displays lightening on the horizon and a sliver of the beach was lit up by overhead lightening making for an unusual image. Timing and luck were everything in making that image. My tools for the evening were a Canon 5D Mark 111 coupled with a Canon f2.8 L 16 to 35mm lens. All were mounted on a sturdy tripod with the use of a manual release to prevent me touching the camera. My settings were f2.8, 800 ISO, 25 sec. exposure @ 16 mm. It appears Coved will be apart of our lives for an extended period of time. Don’t let this prevent you from shooting. There are many subjects waiting to be photographed. Be careful, practice social distancing and mask up where needed then keep on shooting. Be well and stay safe.