264) More Lightning

There was a fantastic lightning storm over the Marquesas this evening. I was working at the pie shop when I noticed the entire sky was lighting up from the not too distant storm. So when I finished work, I rushed over to the park with my tripod and camera, hoping to capture something. The strange orange glow in the first picture is due to the many orange lights on the navy mole pier and long exposure.



Unfortunately none of these shots will be able to be blown up very large at all. The age of my camera really shows when it comes to the ISO and taking long exposure shots. I had to apply a noise reduction and smoothing filter just to manage the grain for these small sizes (and it still doesn't look good).

263) Moonrise

Last night after work I was caught by surprise when I saw the moon rising over the eastern horizon. It almost looked like the sunrise, being so large and orange. I decided that I would try to capture it on camera the next evening. So I brought my camera to work today, and waited around for the moonrise.



My first orchid of the season is blooming. This is the same one pictured on here from around a year ago- a gift from my neighbor when I first moved down here (I started working at the fort a year ago on the 14th of July).