maceemiller Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, XB-70A said: Really nice! For standing shots, telescopes are a pretty good alternative to these terribly expensive long lenses. Thank you I've only a 3 inch reflector as saving for something bigger next year however the homemade lens mount I made for my phone did a really good job (No more looking through the eyepiece as all on screen now). I have the original picture of the Moon as it looked however I thought it was a little bright so downloaded the Adobe Photoshop app from the play store and calmed the image down. It was my first and only go so far of doing this yet, when the weather clears here (very cloudy and damp (welcome to England lol)) I want to try more...saw the Andromeda Galaxy the other night...admittedly only a white smudge yet I'm hoping with some more practise I can "clean" an image to reveal just a smidgen more...I know my scope is pretty poor but without practising on it, no point trying to learn! I do love my picture though....has opened up a whole new potential hobby Edited October 30, 2018 by maceemiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 *cracks knuckles* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Went for a walk behind the house with friends (and their kids, who are the same ages as my kids, and their dog (which looks like a sibling of my own dog)) this afternoon before we had dinner: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleivan Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Here's a few of mine, from Norway and San Francisco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Some shots taken the last week in Titusville. A memorial dedicated to the Mercury program. Different plates dedicated to the eight astronauts are present, some containing their handprints. Here are some: Spoiler Mercury-Redstone 4 Mercury-Atlas 6 Mercury-Atlas 7 Mercury-Atlas 8 Mercury-Atlas 9 And... Despite being grounded at the time of the end of the program (and for many years following), "Deke" Slayton was not forgotten. Then, I drove for 20 minutes to go to Playalinda: The weather was not really nice, but it still was possible to have a sight of the SLC-41. The famous fence built to restrict the approach to the launchpads is visible on the left of these people. (For several years I literally hated the concept of "blurring" pictures by using long focal lengths and distant subjects... and now I do it myself.) Also, I finally took the time to adjust some "photos" taken during the launch of Es'Hail 2 ten days ago: The NASA famous UH-1H II Huey making its typical pass along the shore. The followings are not really screenshots like I was taking before, but pictures that the camera can take while filming (in bad resolution, however) Spoiler I just like the presence of the guy at the bottom left. This picture is almost giving the real human scale perception you can have from this spotting site (approx 6.1 km / 3.8 mi from the pad) Terribly blurred shot, but it was the first time I was able to shot such a "close" one. Noisy picture... Passing mach 1. Here is where we can see that my camera is not a pro' one... Max-q. And the last "acceptable". The remaining pictures are just terrible to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, XB-70A said: A memorial dedicated to the Mercury program. Different plates dedicated to the eight astronauts are present, some containing their handprints. Here are some: I saw one of those on a tour of the cape: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boltzens Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Wow! Nice work in this thread -- great photography! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 This one is from last weekend. Anyone else who lives in the northeast can attest to how bizarrely snowy it was, and the mountains where I was hiking were no exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 4 hours ago, IncongruousGoat said: This one is from last weekend. Anyone else who lives in the northeast can attest to how bizarrely snowy it was, and the mountains where I was hiking were no exception. Does NJ count as Northeastern? We got a bit of snow. Honestly wouldn't mind seeing more. Quite like the look of those trees covered in snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 33 minutes ago, qzgy said: Does NJ count as Northeastern? We got a bit of snow. Honestly wouldn't mind seeing more. Quite like the look of those trees covered in snow. I guess it doesn't, since you seem to not be seeing much. It was snowing for a good part of today here, and there's snow on the ground right now. Winter is being over-enthusiastic this year. As for the trees, they were even more beautiful in person. Ice and snow tend to cake onto the trees in a very photogenic way above 4,000 feet. It helped that there was almost no wind that day, which meant that I was able to operate my phone camera with only minor finger pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Went on a walk today: We actually walked up a couple hours and gained some altitude (snow down in the trees) up a canyon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Back this summer at the Minnesota Air National Guard Museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleivan Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 A few more from Norway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Pic in my yard today: Guys delivered my cord of firewood after 5, and I was throwing it backwards closer to my wood pile (they dumped it at the end of my driveway, but a decent toss from where I store it because of low branches which prevented the dump truck from getting closer). I heard a weird nose, and assumed I had hi the side of my stacked wood, and it had collapsed... it was deer, spooked by me throwing logs moving through the brush. These two guys were the rear guard (the rest went off to the right). I could have hit one with a log. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 12/2/2018 at 4:03 AM, tater said: Went on a walk today Interesting colors on the dogs. (or maybe it's just ambient lighting.) Anyway : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 4 hours ago, YNM said: Interesting colors on the dogs. (or maybe it's just ambient lighting.) It was odd in that it was entirely overcast here (really rare), and in fact later it was snowing on us... but the Great Dane is very much a gray dog, and my Labradoodle is that brindled brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 15 minutes ago, tater said: the Great Dane is very much a gray dog, and my Labradoodle is that brindled brown. Yeah. idk but I find it interesting, almost as if the colors were made for camouflage somehow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 minute ago, YNM said: Yeah. idk but I find it interesting, almost as if the colors were made for camouflage somehow... Yeah, they do blend in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, tater said: Yeah, they do blend in. Spoiler Seems like your 'arid' area is actually quite beautiful, unlike those that I have visited. (also I run out of likes today !) Edited December 12, 2018 by YNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 9 hours ago, tater said: I could have hit one with a log. I miss my younger days of deer logging, but it's just become too commercialized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 10 hours ago, tater said: Pic in my yard today: Guys delivered my cord of firewood after 5, and I was throwing it backwards closer to my wood pile (they dumped it at the end of my driveway, but a decent toss from where I store it because of low branches which prevented the dump truck from getting closer). I heard a weird nose, and assumed I had hi the side of my stacked wood, and it had collapsed... it was deer, spooked by me throwing logs moving through the brush. These two guys were the rear guard (the rest went off to the right). I could have hit one with a log. Couple of nice mule bucks there. It must be turkey season, all the deer are out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 5 hours ago, YNM said: Seems like your 'arid' area is actually quite beautiful, unlike those that I have visited. (also I run out of likes today !) Yeah, it's pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4FEVL5dC3c ^^^ this was filmed literally in my yard---there's a part where Walter Mathau and his deputy race up an arroyo (now my street), and stop in front of a split rock. That's across the street from my house, the camera is probably on my property, or at least everyone standing around behind the camera is, lol. Tht's a pretty low-res version, but it's a great movie (Lonely are the brave). BTW, that last image was taken today. A buddy and I have decided to do a short hike a week, and weekends are family stuff, so we've made one morning a week (not every week, but we try) a thing. Today was 8.2 miles (13.2 km) and maybe 1200 ft of up (365m) from my house. Edited December 13, 2018 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Yesterday's sunset (from the patio): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleivan Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) A few wintery ones from Britain. Edited December 15, 2018 by purpleivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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