Never could figure where these BIG Leaves were coming from. After years of wondering, I found they came from Tree, right Outside my Bathroom. Duheee.

1992 Washburn WR150

Twang Dat Yap

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

Early morning cell phone pic. Wild Turkey in the morning without a shot glass in sight.

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A few shots taken last night, all are hand-held with a long lens, so not as sharp as they could be if I'd remembered to put a tripod in my bag...

First, just after sunset, moon through a thin veil of cloud

450mm equivalent, 1/200sec, hand held.

A few minutes later, as the sky got black and the contrast between the moon-bow and the sky improved

225mm equivalent, 1/400sec, hand held.

And finally the sky is really black now and virtually clear, slightly underexposed to show up the surface detail a bit better

450mm equivalent, 1/1000sec, hand held.

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Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Wild Turkey in the morning without a shot glass in sight.

Gobble gobble! Love that picture!

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I like those moon pictures, too, Rob. I think there's supposed to be a Super moon tonight.

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....you guessed, here in the middle of the UK we have 9.8/10 cloud cover with intermittent rain, so I think it is pretty certain you you are right....

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Nothin'ButBlueSkies Do I See


I GetMine ThenYou GetYours


Cat Yappin'

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Luv dat cat yappin'.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

As I finally have reliable internet (ran some cat6 cable from the router to the spare bedroom), I shall post a few pictures.

Whilst I knew nothing about the "supermoon" I took this picture late on Sunday, I just liked the way it silhouetted the tress in my dads front garden




This one might be better in the "critter! thread, however for many years now my dad has had a seagull that turns up regularly in the morning to be fed.

If the food in not there it comes and stares in through the glass kitchen door.



Whilst on the subject of birds, I have seen fleeting glimpses of Pheasants in the garden but not managed to get a good shot of one till last week, when one came right up to help himself to the birdseed that spills from the feeders. I had to take the picture through the glass door as it ran off.



Since coming to stay with my father here on the Isle of Wight, I walk everyday along the seashore to the nearby town of Yarmouth.

On Monday while crossing the Yar swing bridge I just happened to catch the ferry between the mast of the yachts in the harbour.

Nice moon pictures.

Bernie, yours is spooky!

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On a blustery, chilly March evening in 2005, I took my tripod and Nikon FE-2 camera across the river to make a picture of a big clock that sits on top of a former prison and soap factory.
It's hard to hand hold any exposure less than 1/60 sec, so I used my tripod and a cable release, and bracketed 1 – 10 seconds with 200 asa speed 35 mm film at various f stops between 2 and 22. Since it was after sunset, you don't want to use a fast film(800 or greater) because it's too light sensitive and will burn out the whole scene. Fast films are really for action, not night-time photography. 100 and 200 asa are less light sensitive, and thus need longer exposures(slow film calls for a slower shutter speed).

My final result I posted to The Human Clock
It is still up on that site if you wait until 8:40 pm:



Screenshot of my image on the Human Clock website:

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I love film photography, digital loses something, it is called gray scale or color depth.

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I love film photography, digital loses something, it is called gray scale or color depth.

Digital is getting closer, but it's not there, yet.

I mainly like my newer digital SLR for the autofocus, and quick "processing" time.

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I love film photography, digital loses something, it is called gray scale or color depth.

Etkachrome
Kodachrome
Fujichrome
And all their half dozen or more variations. Each had different contrast ranges and color pallets. Picking the right film for the subject and the mood you wished to convey.

Digital is all over saturated over contrast and usually over processed.

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My final result I posted to The Human Clock
It is still up on that site if you wait until 8:40 pm:

Oh, okay. I get it! I have a photo of Big Ben that I should submit. Oh no.
Wait. That was a video, not a photo. Oh well.

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~Sue~

My final result I posted to The Human Clock
It is still up on that site if you wait until 8:40 pm:

Oh, okay. I get it! I have a photo of Big Ben that I should submit. Oh no.
Wait. That was a video, not a photo. Oh well.

I think they actually accept videos now, too.

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Posting moon shots made me think of a couple of pix I took in January
2012. I only know that because my mac dates all of my photos. These were
dated 2012 January 26. It was a full moon, but I don't think it was a
special moon - no harvest moon or anything like that.

Like Bernie, I liked how the moon was framed by the tree branches.





I think I actually used my camera on a tripod for these.

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I liked how the moon was framed by the tree branches.

Yep, I like that, too.

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I was posting some of my photos to my Wunderground blog because I needed to fill it up. Just discovered this thread looking for any posts on Carolyn status. Thought I would contribute. This photo is one I am proud of. Even had it printed out to picture frame size and have it hung in my computer den. It gets the most comments on my photo repository on Flickr.

Image is the Flame-Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Taken with my focal reduced ED80 refractor and my first CCD camera, the SBIG ST-2000XM. Taken at Mt. Pinos in So. California at 8300 feet.

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Keith, that's amazing. I had no idea an amateur astronomer could get images like that!

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