vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 11, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 3645 times:
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This is a quasi-aviation photo, but too bad.
The San Gabriel peaks catching the last of the daylight. From left to right: Mt. Baldy (10068'), Telegraph Peak (8985') and the twin Ontario (8693')and Cucamonga (8862') peaks. Shot from Imperial Hill - those peaks are about 50 miles away.
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Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5306 posts, RR: 35 Reply 14, posted (4 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 3538 times:
Quoting TSS (Reply 13): Braybuddy, where exactly was the first photo in reply #9 taken?
That was taken in Cambridge, UK (as well as the frosty morning one in pic 4). Beautiful city with plenty of character. I was sloppy by not posting locations, so just for the record, the other pics are 2: Dublin, 3: Roundwood, Co Wicklow (IRL), 5: Dublin, and 6: Co Dublin.
Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5306 posts, RR: 35 Reply 18, posted (4 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 3294 times:
Quoting aerdingus (Reply 16): I visited a friend in Lille last week, & passed through Copenhagen on the way home
Some nice Copenhagen shots there! I've never seen Nyhavn so deserted . . .
Quoting TSS (Reply 17): Was pic 4 taken from Jesus Green facing southwest towards the houses on Park Parade with the tower of St John's College in the background?
Quoting TSS (Reply 17):
The first pic I'm guessing was taken near the eastern end of Trinity Lane facing west.
RIght both times! You obvioulsy know Cambridge intimately . . .
I accidentally deleted the Trinity Lane pic, so I'll re-post, along with some local winter pics:
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 20, posted (4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3170 times:
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Quoting aerdingus (Reply 16): Holy crap, what kind of spider is that?!
Eh, just a regular house spider. Nothing large or crazy that I know of.
Quoting aerdingus (Reply 16): Cool, I didn´t know that was happening.
Nor did I till I read something that afternoon. At least I think it was Jupiter....
Some new photos:
Fog over Palos Verdes:
An older HDR that I never processed - San Pedro and part of the Port of LA:
Ben was not at all interested in the Super Bowl:
Another shot of Ben from a few weeks ago:
This last one was a test shot - I wanted to see if the Andromeda Galaxy would be visible:
Which it is, right in the center here (cropped from the above image; also played with the contrast more):
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Unfortunately I don't get out of the studio much Here are some highlights from sessions I've had since summer 2012. Low quality pictures as I have no access to my main computer, as I'm moving flats
Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5306 posts, RR: 35 Reply 26, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3000 times:
If they are yor low-quality shots Redd I,'d love to see youe better ones! Some really beautiful portraits there, particularly the black and white shots! Love the face behind the water
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 30, posted (4 months 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2871 times:
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More spacey stuff:
Satellite racing an airplane:
Another satellite:
Mercury setting over the San Vicente Light:
About the best shot I can take of the Andromeda Galaxy, given my equipment and my location. Also visible are its satellite galaxies M32 (to the left) and M110 (to the right):
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Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 29): Some attempts at imaging celestial objects...
What are your exif data? I tried to take pictures of the night sky a couple of times, but it's quite difficult if you don't have a dedicated tool that follows the rotation of the Earth.
"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one" - Moliere
Pleiades - 2.5s, F4, ISO6400
Jupiter - 1.6s, F4, ISO3200
Orion - 2s, F4, ISO12800
Andromeda - I forget if this edit was one exposure or multiple, but they were at 3.2s, F4, ISO6400
All taken with a 50D + 300 F4L IS.
Quoting GrahamHill (Reply 32): but it's quite difficult if you don't have a dedicated tool that follows the rotation of the Earth.
Hell yeah it is. My major obstacles were 1.) air/light pollution, 2.) lens/camera vibration (had to use mirror lockup, remote, etc.), and 3.) subject movement. All that required a much higher ISO and lower aperture than I'd otherwise want to use.
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Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5306 posts, RR: 35 Reply 35, posted (4 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2696 times:
Quoting NoUFO (Reply 28): Love your pics, Braqybuddy (as always), and particularly #1 and #3 of your 1st post.
Thank you, and as I'm just back from holidays will have some new ones to post over the next week or so. And you've some very nice pics there too NoUFO. Out of interest, where were they taken? I'm guessing Spain, but could be completely wrong.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 36, posted (4 months ago) and read 2604 times:
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I did a couple new edits of the Orion Nebula and the Andromeda Galaxy - it was a challenge of trying to pull out data against a rather light-polluted sky, while cutting down on noise. The Andromeda edit is 3 exposures layered; the Orion is just one exposure:
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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 37, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2513 times:
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Some photos from the port at sunset last night:
APL Iolite heading out past Angels Gate Light:
Cruise ship heading out:
Series of shots of the APL Holland heading in and parking next to the APL France:
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4553 posts, RR: 26 Reply 39, posted (3 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2439 times:
Great work! Man, I would love to get into studio photography but unfortunately I find it very intimidating. I'm still very weak when it comes to lighting. Then I have the issue of directing people...
I visited Yosemite National Park with a group of photography friends I have met on Flickr over the years. The purpose of the trip was to catch the Horsetail "Firefall". Had a GREAT time. There was no time for sleep. It was 100% all about the photography as there was plenty to shoot at all hours! So far I have three shots edited from the trip and I'm very excited to get to the rest of them. So many great photo opportunities in Yosemite!
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 41, posted (3 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2188 times:
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A darker night and longer exposure allowed me to get a bit more Orion Nebula visible last night (though obviously, also some blur, but oh well, nebulas are pretty indistinct anyway). Also visible are nebulae NGC 1973/1975/1977 at the top:
All 4 Galilean moons of Jupiter visible this time (from top to bottom: Callisto, Europa and Ganymede clumped together, and Io):
And finally, San Vicente Light:
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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 44, posted (3 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2012 times:
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I didn't realize until tonight that I had another shot of Jupiter and the Moon where you could see a couple of Jupiter's moons. So, it's composite time (Io and Ganymede visible around Jupiter):
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Photo #5 in reply #9 reminds me of my hometown. When I was a kid, the town only had about 1600 people in it and we had two barber shops......one was Munson's and the other we called Butcher Bob's.
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Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5306 posts, RR: 35 Reply 46, posted (3 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1826 times:
Quoting mayor (Reply 45): Photo #5 in reply #9 reminds me of my hometown. When I was a kid, the town only had about 1600 people in it and we had two barber shops......one was Munson's and the other we called Butcher Bob's.
Cool! This was another barber shop I shot the same day:
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 47, posted (3 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1765 times:
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Well, it was a pretty difficult task, but I did manage to get some images of comet Pan-STARRS this evening. Had to keep taking photos till it showed up in one of them, because you couldn't see it with the naked eye:
Wide shot showing how low and faint it was:
And while I was out, a shot of the Double Cluster (open star clusters NGC 869 and 884):
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4553 posts, RR: 26 Reply 48, posted (3 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1723 times:
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 50, posted (3 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1722 times:
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Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 48): I was wondering if you'd try to capture the comet. I wasn't able to try last night, but I might give it a try tonight. Cool shots!
Of course I was gonna give it a try. I was actually close to packing it up and heading home, but figured I'd take a few more shots, and it happened to show up in one of them. Felt kinda bad - everyone else who had been watching had already left.
Should be more visible this week - hopefully can see it with the naked eye, though I'm not betting on it, given the LA sky. Also will be close to the crescent moon tonight and/or tomorrow, and should be close to the Andromeda Galaxy later in the week, I think (though that will be a challenge to image so close to sunset).
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KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 51, posted (3 months 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1718 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 48): I was wondering if you'd try to capture the comet. I wasn't able to try last night, but I might give it a try tonight. Cool shots!
I kinda wanna go out tonight and try my luck...and since I live in ND, there's not much for light pollution
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 54, posted (3 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1708 times:
Some from last weekend's trip to a state park near where I live. Nowhere remotely near the quality of the posters above me, however.
Looking south along the Missouri river
I found this pretty cool. The ice froze around a tree, then just took the tree with it when it broke off and floated downstream
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 55, posted (3 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1672 times:
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Experience from last night + slightly higher elevation made comet photos a bit easier tonight. Still couldn't see it with the unaided eye, though.
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4553 posts, RR: 26 Reply 56, posted (3 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1644 times:
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 55): Experience from last night + slightly higher elevation made comet photos a bit easier tonight. Still couldn't see it with the unaided eye, though.
Here's one of mine from last night. I will try a different vantage point tonight which will hopefully show downtown San Diego in the frame for a more interesting composition.
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 57, posted (3 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1633 times:
I tried looking for the comet last night, but of course it had to cloudy. If it's clear tonight, I'll try again
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 58, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1608 times:
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Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 56): Here's one of mine from last night. I will try a different vantage point tonight which will hopefully show downtown San Diego in the frame for a more interesting composition.
Nice shot! How'd you get it to show up so brightly, especially with the city lights below? Any tips or tricks for that?
I was more concerned last night with capturing it at 300mm, which I hadn't been able to do the night before.
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4553 posts, RR: 26 Reply 59, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1601 times:
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 58): Nice shot! How'd you get it to show up so brightly, especially with the city lights below? Any tips or tricks for that?
Thanks. I was at 200mm and to avoid comet blur from the earths rotation I kept shutter speed under 5 seconds so I had to boost ISO to 400, then 800 as it got darker. I think this one was ISO 800 so maybe that's why it appeared so bright in the shot. Apertures were between f/4 and f/6.3 for sharpness at 200mm.
Or San Diego is just less hazy than LA, which seems about right.
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KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 62, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1573 times:
It's quite obvious I lack both the skills and the equipment for stars Couldn't find the comet, so I just played around for a while. All of these are 30 second exposures
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4553 posts, RR: 26 Reply 63, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1560 times:
Quoting KaiGywer (Reply 62): It's quite obvious I lack both the skills and the equipment for stars Couldn't find the comet, so I just played around for a while. All of these are 30 second exposures
D'oh! The comet was just to the left of the moon, about twice the distance from the moon to the edge of your frame!
I got some good ones. I'll edit them when I get home and post one.
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KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 65, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1539 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 63): D'oh! The comet was just to the left of the moon, about twice the distance from the moon to the edge of your frame!
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 64): Yup! Just a bit more to the left, and you would have nailed it Kai!
Well what the hell...lol.... I looked and looked and looked and didn't see it Is it as visible to the naked eye as your pics or is it rather hard to see? Working night shift tonight and tomorrow night, so won't be able to look for it...maybe Friday if it's still around
wilco737 From Greenland, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 8534 posts, RR: 78 Reply 66, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1532 times:
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I have several pictures from my trip to Greenland last year. It was one of the best trips I have taken. So great landscapes, impressions... I loved it there and would go there anytime again. Oh and Air Greenland is quite nice as well.
Here my contribution from Greenland. Taken near Kangerlussuaq on our way to the Icecap.
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4553 posts, RR: 26 Reply 67, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 1479 times:
Quoting KaiGywer (Reply 65): Is it as visible to the naked eye as your pics or is it rather hard to see?
No, it's nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. I could not see it the first night, but last night I could barely make it out thanks to the presence of the moon which provided a point of reference. To find it initially, I took wide shots and scanned the sky in the image on my LCD until I could find it. Then put on the telephoto and pointed it in the right direction.
Anyway, here's one from last night. I took many tighter shots, but I prefer the wider scenes to give some perspective.
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 68, posted (3 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 1456 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 67): No, it's nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. I could not see it the first night, but last night I could barely make it out thanks to the presence of the moon which provided a point of reference. To find it initially, I took wide shots and scanned the sky in the image on my LCD until I could find it. Then put on the telephoto and pointed it in the right direction.
Ah, that's probably why I couldn't see it. I just the pics you two posted and figured, "hey that looks fairly bright"
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 69, posted (3 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 1418 times:
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Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 67): No, it's nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. I could not see it the first night, but last night I could barely make it out thanks to the presence of the moon which provided a point of reference.
Should be easier from an area with less light and air pollution, like, say, North Dakota. Hell, if I could (barely) see it in L.A., folks in more rural areas shouldn't have too difficult a time.
Some more fog shots:
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4553 posts, RR: 26 Reply 70, posted (3 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 1410 times:
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 69): Should be easier from an area with less light and air pollution, like, say, North Dakota. Hell, if I could (barely) see it in L.A., folks in more rural areas shouldn't have too difficult a time.
One would think, but apparently that's not the case since many of my Flickr contacts and twitter followers have tried and could not see anything from various parts of the country.
The issue isn't so much light pollution from metropolitan areas, it's that it's appearing near the horizon at sunset so the sky in that area is still very bright and the comet itself isn't very bright, or at least as bright as they were expecting.
As each night passes, the comet will start higher in the sky so it could become easier to see in areas with less light pollution. The only problem is, it grows dimmer each night as well.
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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 71, posted (3 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 1408 times:
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Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 70): One would think, but apparently that's not the case since many of my Flickr contacts and twitter followers have tried and could not see anything from various parts of the country.
Ah, fair enough! True about the bright sky.
Lucky for us all that camera sensors can pick up stuff we can't see.
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 70): As each night passes, the comet will start higher in the sky so it could become easier to see in areas with less light pollution. The only problem is, it grows dimmer each night as well.
Yeah, kinda sucks. I may go out one or two more nights to try and get some shots with different foregrounds. The idea of airplane light trails with a comet in the background is quite appealing....
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KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 72, posted (3 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 1394 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 70): The issue isn't so much light pollution from metropolitan areas, it's that it's appearing near the horizon at sunset so the sky in that area is still very bright and the comet itself isn't very bright, or at least as bright as they were expecting.
I think that might have been part of the problem. The horizon was still fairly bright, and there was a cloud layer right above the horizon.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8318 posts, RR: 28 Reply 80, posted (2 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 882 times:
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A slightly different sunset shot for me:
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MWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 574 posts, RR: 0 Reply 81, posted (2 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 798 times:
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 79): Some superb shots there MWHCVT. The last one is amazing.
Very kind of you
Last night I braved the cold and snow drifts that were taller than me and I'm 5ft 11in truth be told I was only expecting the cold, I had no idea that Broadway had experience that much snow its only an hour away from me...but anyway it was all worth it, this is 173 x 30 second exposures @ ISO2000 f/4.5 I did actually run for a little over 2 hours worth of exposures but lost about the last half hour or so ice in that the camera and mainly front element suffered from frosting over but all this besides I think this has actually come out really well, if canon would like to send one of there 16-35/2.8 on a sponsorship deal I'm sure I could have done even better 88/365 (819) by mwhcvt, on Flickr
Must think up a new one soon, slow moving brain trying to get into gear ;)
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but all this besides I think this has actually come out really well, if canon would like to send one of there 16-35/2.8 on a sponsorship deal I'm sure I could have done even better 
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