Sometimes I get a bug for a certain photograph and spend my camera opportunities trying to acquire it. While I have plenty of photos of the International Space Station flying over various Bismarck-Mandan landmarks, I wanted another one with the capitol building in the foreground. That has proven quite difficult.

First, we have the night portrayed above. I had bad information; while I had the camera set properly, and managed to get perhaps the sharpest twilight photo of the capitol since I started dabbling in photography, the ISS flew directly over my head (maybe even slightly behind me). Darn.

Last night would have been a perfect night for an ISS capture: it was passing just above the capitol, very brightly, and for several minutes. Then the clouds spoiled it. Grrr.

I already have a photo of the ISS over the capitol; however, I want ANOTHER one. Don’t worry…I’m persistent. It won’t escape. For now, maybe I’ll use a more flexible foreground object like a windmill or something.