Photography Showcase Thread!

[XB-70A]

14 hours ago, Dfthu said:

I got to tour a Falcon 900 which I'm pretty sure is close enough to a 50 (Taken at Best Jets at MSP)

 

Really nice shots! They are real brothers indeed. Engines, fuel system, and many other common parts, but I always gave a preference to the 50 which I'm finding more "elegant" with its slim lines inherited from the Mystere/Falcon 20.

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9 hours later everything has been proceeded, finally...

Some pictures of today's launch (I bought a new camera yesterday and its performances are way better than my older Panasonic, but imgur is destroying the resolution, as usual):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First stage and a portion of the fairing.

 

 

 

Globally, this new camera is way better than the old one, but much more greedy in term of light as well, so not particularly excellent at night.

Edited June 29, 2018 by XB-70A
Adding the pictures

[ProtoJeb21]

Time to bring some life back to this thread with some of my best photos from my vacation.

Apparently, even squirrels can be ridiculously lazy. This guy sat down like a person between two roots of a maple tree, nibbling on random nearby nuts on the ground near him. I've never seen a squirrel do anything like this before.

Two of NASA's radio dishes from the Wallops Flight Facility, taken on Chintoteague Island from a few miles away - which is why the images are so blurry (it was also as humid as an ocean planet there, which did NOT help). This image - and all others I'm posting - were taken with the same camera that's powerful enough to see the moons of Jupiter without the use of a telescope.

Picture-heavy content in the spoiler below:

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What is Chincoteague without its signature animals? Like my first trip in August 2017 - a few days after the eclipse - I was able to find a multitude of wild horses, photo-shy dolphins, oak-eating caterpillars, extremely annoying mosquitoes, and various species of birds, along with some new animals I didn't see last time.

Last year, the Woodland Trail was infested with dozens upon dozens of Spiny Oakworms. This time, it was infested with Double-lined Prominents, like the one seen above. I found over a dozen specimens and several dozen eggs of the species.

There were various herds of wild horses that I spotted, but this was the only group I got a good picture of. Do not ask me to elaborate because I know next to nothing about horses.

Unlike my last visit, there were quite a lot of these toads wandering around Chincoteague. I photographed this guy on the Woodland Trail, but I spotted two hiding around the hotel I was staying at and one next to the window of a McDonald's (don't ask me what he was doing there). For toads, there were shocking fast and active.

The dolphins at Chincoteague were infuriatingly difficult to photograph, popping in and out of the water with no warning or time to snap a good photo. This was probably the best shot I got.

An image I took of a Bald Eagle surveying his dominion...right before my camera died. Darn it.

Just some pelicans. That's all.

I took a lot of pictures of the giant red lighthouse at Chintoteague, because I felt like it. Here are my two best ones:

A picture I took from one of the THREE firework shows I went to over the last week, this one on the Jersey Shore.

Two more photo-heavy stuff below...

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I ended up visiting Turkey Swamp Park in New Jersey on one of my final days of vacation. So much stuff to photograph! (Although not all of the creatures I photographed are shown here)

A small wild cherry tree was infested with over a dozen yellow and back Sawfly larvae. These aren't caterpillars - they turn into brightly colored wasps - but they're always a cool sight to come across. I've managed to find nearly half a dozen species so far.

A flock of...far too many geese for comfort. They didn't have any young with them but I wasn't going to take any chances trying to get past them. Luckily, I found an alternative route around them.

....Squirrels are weird.

Some random frog that decided to stay calm enough for a photograph.

The remaining pictures will come tomorrow; I need to try to observe Jupiter before it gets too late.

[StrandedonEarth]

Went to Vancouver Island over the Canada Day Long Weekend, visiting Port Alberni with a day trip out to Tofino...

The dog liked the ferry ride...

Chesterman Beach, Tofino...

Nah, it's never windy there...

[XB-70A]

Some pictures I took while being in Brittany during the last two weeks.

 

Seth Brundle Jr.

 

 

 

 

The moon compilation:

 

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Terrible exposure, but it was the only way to me to catch the dark side.

 

 

 

[Triop]

I like to build with LEGO.

Edited July 26, 2018 by Triop

[NSEP]

I might take some pictures of the Lunar Eclipse tommorow, but it really depends on its elevation above the horizon. My observatory (the attic) isn't the best observatory.

Sure, the Netherlands is flat, but its going to hard to convince my mom to go to the nearby field with my telescope.

[Green Baron]

Hi :-)

Moon under total eclipse, Mars peeps through the twigs:

Moon stepping out of the totality:

 

Nikon D700, 200mm telelens, 1600asa, f/4, 1sec/0.5sec exposure time, tripod. Cumbre Nueva, La Palma island.

[tater]

Ah, monsoon season in New Mexico...

And the other direction...

 

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by tater

[XB-70A]

Some pictures of the wildlife in Orlando's downtown:

Gallinula galeata feeding one of the little one (sorry for the quality, it was taken at the max numerical zoom and without enough light)

 

Seems like this Falco peregrinus was aiming at me as its next target...

 

Two different Quiscalus major. They swarm massively around the airport.

 

 

 

Finally, one of the most famous local emblems (drum roll)...

I was playing the Jaw attack soundtrack in my head at this time, but this young Alligator mississippiensis was too slow and missed its target.

 

It decided to take a sunbath and a rest instead.

Nothing beats a good "yawn"...

 

[StrandedonEarth]

Wildlife? Unidentified caterpillar on my pop-up camper...

The things you see while wandering around Seattle.... 

Before watching the home team take on the Blue Jays...

Good game, at least from a Canadian standpoint...

(We forgot to get close to the Space Needle.We were just looking for free things to do)

Edited August 6, 2018 by StrandedonEarth

[StrandedonEarth]

Oh, and did I mention the streaker?

[XB-70A]

Some shots of Merah Putih/Telkom 4 taken this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[YNM]

1 hour ago, XB-70A said:

Merah Putih

*salutes*

Blimey, how can I not know that ???

[SaturnianBlue]

Went to Glacier National Park the past week:

[XB-70A]

1 hour ago, YNM said:

*salutes*

Blimey, how can I not know that ???

I was rather surprised not to read from you yesterday in the dedicated topic.

[YNM]

15 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

I was rather surprised not to read from you yesterday in the dedicated topic.

Well, I guess I've left the space hype train for too long then !

[tater]

[IncongruousGoat]

Some more pictures from the Adirondack Mountains of upstate NY, this time from the trail up and the summit of Gothics:

Edited August 25, 2018 by IncongruousGoat
Got rid of the spoiler

[XB-70A]

Some pictures taken this morning, but the distance (about 14 km) and heat waves largely ruined them, once again.

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Cydonian Monk]

There's no use in crying over spilt stars.... (2017-08-16)

 

[Scarecrow]

Continuing with the astronomy theme.

[XB-70A]

More shots of Gallie the Gator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Perfect registration)

[tater]

1 hour ago, XB-70A said:

awesome pics

That second Bombadier image is really good.

[Triop]

My album:

https://myalbum.com/album/ICmyVYsXQCMe

[XB-70A]

On 8/23/2018 at 1:02 PM, tater said:

That second Bombadier image is really good.

Thanks! I wish I could get some better ones, but the RX10 IV is having a ridiculous 13.2 x 8.8 sensor. It's the price to pay when we chose a bridge, but I had enough of carrying lenses with me.

If you like the Global family, here are three others shot taken that day:

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By the way, I could not describe how happy I was when I heard the guys asking for an option, instead of a standard approach on the radio.