I got out and used my camera today...

[Prairie_Gal]

Dave, those advent calendars are fabulous! Love them!

[pierces]

Thanks for the compliments everybody!

 

They are on their way to the girls and due to arrive today.

 

 

Hope they like them too!

 

Dave

[boeckli]

Thanks for the compliments everybody!

 

They are on their way to the girls and due to arrive today.

 

 

Hope they like them too!

 

Dave

 

Three very lucky little girls indeed!

Do you still have time for a day job??? ;)

[pierces]

Do you still have time for a day job??? ;)

 

Sadly, yes. :(

 

 

A break from woodworking sent me out early today to play with star trails.

 

First try at a image stacking. Only had a few minutes left before dawn today to figure out the intervalometer and get set up. Will try a much longer set tonight.

 

 

Dave

[ion-man]

You can do no wrong with a camera in your hands Dave lol! Great capture.

 

I tried extracting the EXIF data and unable to do so. Can you provide some info either from this image or especially the upcoming set you propose for tonight? Since it is getting colder down here, I'd like to give stacking a try.

Thx.

[zackiedawg]

What's a star trail? Looks funky - all those lines in the sky!*

 

*(He asks sarcastically and rhetorically, because he lives in a part of the country where stars are not visible 99% of the year!).

[pierces]

You can do no wrong with a camera in your hands Dave lol! Great capture.

 

I tried extracting the EXIF data and unable to do so. Can you provide some info either from this image or especially the upcoming set you propose for tonight? Since it is getting colder down here, I'd like to give stacking a try.

Thx.

 

My foes, the cloud family, have the return engagement on hold.

 

Each image was 30s - f/3.2 - ISO 400. I used my Minolta 20mm f/2.8 prime.

 

I solved the continuous shooting issue so the stuttery dots should now stack cleanly into trails.

 

Be sure to turn off long exposure noise reduction. If you dont, it will take an additional 30s dark exposure between shots making the stutter even worse than the one I posted!

 

Good Luck!

 

Justin: I might be willing to trade a few starry nights for your access to wildlife!

 

Dave

[mskaufman]

http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff386/mmkbx75/IMG_6956b.jpg

 

http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff386/mmkbx75/IMG_6532.jpg

[Craky]

Wife on her Sportster on a MC trip across North Park, CO

[Victress2007]

Go to an aquarium! I took a trip to Atlanta last weekend - had fun with the new HX9V at the World of Coke and the Aquarium.

 

 

 

Edited December 8, 2011 by Victress2007

[TheRoff]

Actually, I got out and used Photoshop today. ;)

 

 

Larry

[johneeo]

Actually, I got out and used Photoshop today. ;)

 

 

Larry

 

WOW!

 

Now that is unique. Very nicely done.

 

Impressive.

[pierces]

Actually, I got out and used Photoshop today. ;)

 

 

Larry

 

Not very creative Larry...If you drink enough of what's in the picture, the room looks like that without Photoshop!;)

 

 

Just kidding! That is actually pretty cool!

 

Dave

[TheRoff]

Thanks Dave and johneeo. I just might have to admit that the inspiration for the treatment did come from experience. A long time ago when I was much younger, of course. :D

 

Larry

[boeckli]

The brig "Amity" in Albany, W-Australia

 

 

Views from the boardwalk

 

 

Wine-cork art (thanks to hand-held twilight :) )

 

 

[rockfsh]

 

This morning's lunar eclipse

Edited December 10, 2011 by rockfsh

[Fred&Lily]

[dileep]

[dileep]

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/DileepB?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/ZzFWErR6ea4

Edited December 11, 2011 by dileep

[Prairie_Gal]

 

 

I thought this was just a sculpture, but DH said it was part of a steam locomotive, which is pretty cool because that is a train bridge in the background.

 

[boeckli]

Different wares on offer at Saturday's local (Christmas) market

 

 

 

 

[boeckli]

[sparky-elpaso]

 

Great shot. Were you watching for the bee or was that just the luck of the draw? I tend not to notice things like that and am sometimes pleasantly surprised when I look at my photos.

[pierces]

 

You are certainly doing that HX9V justice!

 

I will try to turn the envy and guilt you have inspired in me into pictures this weekend!:D

 

Dave

[boeckli]

Great shot. Were you watching for the bee or was that just the luck of the draw? I tend not to notice things like that and am sometimes pleasantly surprised when I look at my photos.

 

Thanks - in this case I was actually following the bee.

 

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