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New Moon, Stars, Milky Way, The Pacific from Kauai

As the calendar on Kauai moved from April 20th to April 21st, The New phase of the Moon came into play.

New Moon Stars Milky Way Pacific Ocean from Kauai © Jeffrey H. Lubeck MESH Art LLC. – all rights reserved.

— Jeff’ Thoughts and Other Worthless Trivia —

There is a satellite in the upper left center traveling towards towards the horizon.  It is passing just below the tail of Scorpius.  The big white dot towards to the bottom left of the image is a fishing boat.  The ocean and our beach can be made out as well,

Equipment, Location and Other Details

Camera: Nikon Z9

Lens:  Nikon Z 20MM 1.8

Exposure: 13 Seconds

Aperture: F2.0

ISO: 4000

Beachfront at house in Waimea Kauai Hawaii

Facing Southwest

4/21/2023 5:00 AM

April 21st, 2023 | Category: Astro photography, Kauai, Nikon Z9, Photography, WaimeaBeachHouse | Comments are closed

The Consultant: A Tyrant Work The Does Not

Amazon Prime’s series The Consultant is a masterpiece on paper. In practice, it is a dud. A complete dud.

Two time Academy Award Christopher Waltz plays the lead.  He would be the first choice for this role out of all actors world-wide. Unfortunately, even Waltz cannot save a script and storyline that tries too hard, way way too hard, to be arcane and disaffected.

The Consultant feels as forced as a Time-Share property presentation.

April 20th, 2023 | Category: Movies | Comments are closed

Three Pines: Wonderful and Rewarding Mystery Series

In the era of overpromotion and pre-release hype, Three Pines, is a rewarding surprise for fans of the mystery thriller series.  This eight episode series on Amazon Prime Video arrived with little fanfare.  Do not let Amazon’s promotional blunder be your viewing mistake.  If you enjoy procedural oriented works that include mystery and thrills, Three Pines is your kind of series.

Three Pines is based on the popular and prolific Inspector Gamache series of novels authored by Louise Penny.

Alfred Molina headlines as Gamache. Molina is simply superb in the role.  Molina is almost always great in his performances, but he is exceptional Three Pines.

However, Three Pines contains a cast that reminds me of the best Reparatory groups.  To watch this group of performers reminded me of the team and performances in the series Shitt’s Creek, or the works from the team associated with the films of Christopher Guest (think Best In Show).

April 20th, 2023 | Category: Movies | Comments are closed
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