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Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
All my originals are still on my camera. They were copied over to my computer, then they were photobucket ehhanced beore being put photofucket. Tell us what you "REALLY" think about them Chris. :-) |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
That's really nice Gru. You sure have a eye for that stuff. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
That's really nice Gru. You sure have a eye for that stuff. I agree. ~Sue~ |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66343 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
That's really nice Gnu. You sure have a eye for that stuff. +1 Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I decided to try to get some starry sky pictures, tonight. I managed to get a couple of satisfactory pictures of the Belt of Orion. The Belt of Orion is the three stars in close proximity to each other, as seen in the two photos, below. I did these as timed exposures on a tripod, in the backyard. (You can see the roof of the house.) The first photo has a manual exposure I chose of F 3.5(lens aperture), 3200 ISO(Digital SLR equivalent to film speed), and a 1 second shutter speed. The second photo has a manual exposure I chose of F 3.5(lens aperture), 3200 ISO(Digital SLR equivalent to film speed), and a 5 second shutter speed. Both done with an 18 mm focal length on the Canon lens, set manually for infinity focusing. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
You did pretty good Gordon, we haven't a clear night for a few weeks now. I missed the star shower last week but we had rain (the other kind of shower) |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Thank you. Any ideas on what the circled things might be? I'm assuming Mars on one. Venus on the other one? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
Mars shows due East at 8 PM. I was thinking it was still behind the sun yet. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66343 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Here's Mars according to this link Here. That could be Mars and Theta Virginis or Spica in your pic Gordon Lowe. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22534 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
A tip for taking star photos - it can be better to take several short shots and use one of the stacking tools that are available than one long shot. Some of these tools will allow you to have a nicely exposed foreground, and a really "stars on black" sky without the trails that you get with long exposures. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
A tip for taking star photos - it can be better to take several short shots and use one of the stacking tools that are available than one long shot. Some of these tools will allow you to have a nicely exposed foreground, and a really "stars on black" sky without the trails that you get with long exposures. Those two pictures of mine are raw 1 second and 5 second exposures from around 11 pm. What are the "stacking tools"? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22534 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Applications that stack photos in various ways - some will create clean star trails, others will stack lots of pictures on top of each other, while keeping the background black. Search for "star stacking software" or "star stacking applications", one I use is "starstacker", but there are several others. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
Gnu what is the time between shots on the time laps? Never mind it's every 10 seconds. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66343 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
The Nikon Coolpix that I use has a built in time lapse function that allows you to shoot videos of the night sky or star trails. It takes 150 mintutes to shoot the images and then compiles a 10 second video. These were my first two attempts...I'll try again over the coming weeks.. Nice videos Gnu. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22534 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
I really enjoyed the second one with its developing star trail Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6658 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
There is a lining up of Venus and Jupiter this week. The two in the photo may be them. They are spreading apart now, but they were quite close together. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21289 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
The bottom star you circled is Betelgeuse. Now if you follow that line the other way you will find Sirius. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
My neighbor (across the street) Now I wake up and they are in my front yard. Eventually they come into my back yard. I've gone out and bought proper chicken food for them, which isn't much different than the wild bird food. I have no idea when the last time was that they went back across the street to their home. I have adopted them. I have named them Thelma and Louise. I sent a text to my neighbor asking if he'd like to sell them. He clearly has little or no invested time or effort in having or raising chickens. I haven't heard back. I get a little "do not disturb" moon symbol when I send him a text, so I suppose he's not even getting them. (I don't know how or why a text would have that moon symbol, so I'm assuming.) Please don't send cooking instructions. I've heard it all. :-( Eating mealworms. Begging for mealworms. :-( Thelma is in front. Louise is in back. Thelma is the Alpha bird. Just looking for bugs and seeds, I guess. ~Sue~ |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66343 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Very pretty chickens Suzie Q, I don't usually consume fowl things like that, part of a Turkey yes, next month. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Nice chicks:) Memories comes back picking very fresh eggs from them. Yes. Very fresh, still warm and with the shell still soft. |
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