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Mister Speaker
May 8, 2007

WE WILL CONTROL
ALL THAT YOU SEE
AND HEAR










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QuasiQuack
Jun 13, 2010

Ducks hockey baybee


clockworkjoe
May 31, 2000

Rolled a 1 on the random encounter table, didn't you?
I went to a 40k tournament to support my partner and friends playing (and take photos)

Felix Exterminatus Dec 23 by Ross Payton, on Flickr

Felix Exterminatus Dec 23 by Ross Payton, on Flickr

Felix Exterminatus Dec 23 by Ross Payton, on Flickr

Felix Exterminatus Dec 23 by Ross Payton, on Flickr

More on my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/52253547@N00/albums/72177720313343641/

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007










Cognac McCarthy
Oct 5, 2008

It's a man's game, but boys will play


:waycool: I really like this

Big Mackson
Sep 26, 2009
Tried to get photo of meteors but i was not lucky.
Battery died quickly in -16 celsius + wind in the dark wilderness lol (chill zone? more like freeze zone)
taken with canon eos 40d and a 20mm 3.5 lens from 1970's russia or something.

have badly compressed gif of still images




edit: .cr2 images in windows looks horrendous lol

Big Mackson fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Dec 14, 2023

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

That aurora animation is a cool plan B though.

Catching meteors is a huge pain in the rear end. I feel like you need a lens that can do 1.4 to have any success (it took me 7 years to learn this).

Big Mackson
Sep 26, 2009

xzzy posted:

That aurora animation is a cool plan B though.

Catching meteors is a huge pain in the rear end. I feel like you need a lens that can do 1.4 to have any success (it took me 7 years to learn this).

lowest i have is a 2 but it is 58 mm.

got this yesterday with almost 30 minutes of exposure in total (in 20 sec sequences)

i think i do a lot of things wrong since i dont know a lot of astrophotograpy. like sitting inside a car and taking photos through the windshield lol (it so cold, starfire burning upon the ice veiled throne of ultima thule)

https://i.imgur.com/Vcq0xAn.mp4

edit: found the name of the lens, it is an old mir-20.

Big Mackson fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Dec 15, 2023

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Just keep in mind that a meteor will hit a pixel on your sensor for about 1/100 of a second and they're roughly as bright as an average star. So next time you're out take some 1/100 shots of the sky and note how many stars you've captured. Adjust iso and aperture to get as many stars as possible and that's a ballpark for your meteor setup. When actually doing meteors set the exposure length as long as possible to avoid star trails then sit back and relax.

And yes, winter astro is painful. It's why I skip the geminids.. sitting idle in the cold is no fun at all. Last time I tried it was a lunar eclipse several years ago at -13C and was miserable. I eventually cobbled a setup where I ran the wires for my intervalometer and battery pack through the car door and sat in the car all night.

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna

xzzy posted:

Just keep in mind that a meteor will hit a pixel on your sensor for about 1/100 of a second and they're roughly as bright as an average star. So next time you're out take some 1/100 shots of the sky and note how many stars you've captured. Adjust iso and aperture to get as many stars as possible and that's a ballpark for your meteor setup. When actually doing meteors set the exposure length as long as possible to avoid star trails then sit back and relax.


Meteors are visible for much longer than 1/100th a second. If you expose for 1/100th of a second then crank your shutter to multiple seconds you're going to be massively overexposed because your ISO will be cranked. The sweet spot for astro on most sensors is ISO 3200, then open your lens up all the way and start around 6-10 seconds and adjust as needed from there for your focal length and light pollution.

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Meteors do last longer, but they move. The light from them will only hit a specific pixel on your sensor for a very short time as they streak across the scene.

burexas.irom
Oct 29, 2007

I disapprove of what you say, and I will defend your death because you have no right to say it!



Wibla
Feb 16, 2011

ExecuDork
Feb 25, 2007

We might be fucked, sir.
Fallen Rib
I'm trying to build a routine of editing photos on a Monday evening, so you get some flowers.
Brissie to Nelson Bay Day 1 01 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr
Brissie to Nelson Bay Day 1 02 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr
Wynnum Mangrove Boardwalk 02 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr

Big Mackson
Sep 26, 2009

xzzy posted:

Meteors do last longer, but they move. The light from them will only hit a specific pixel on your sensor for a very short time as they streak across the scene.



ISO 800 was very low, should have had 1600 minimum. Next time i use a 18-50 2.8 sigma objective and try to get a meteor mid death fall.

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007




Megabound
Oct 20, 2012

Interesting, what is it?

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib
I think in another thread they said ice maybe?

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007


aye it’s an iced over puddle, taken at a very shallow angle

haruspicy
Feb 10, 2023

maxe
Sep 23, 2004

BLURRED SWEET STREETLIGHTS SPEEDING PAST, FAST


Viginti Septem
Jan 9, 2021

Oculus Noctuae
Love the foreground bokeh on that bird

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
thats what she said

QuasiQuack
Jun 13, 2010

Ducks hockey baybee




tompepper
Feb 14, 2005







Wibla
Feb 16, 2011

These are all great, get over to the landscape thread if you haven't already

Big Mackson
Sep 26, 2009
disconcerting.

Shithouse Dave
Aug 5, 2007

each post manufactured to the highest specifications


I took this photo with an iPhone 7. Some day I hope to be able to afford a potato.

Viginti Septem
Jan 9, 2021

Oculus Noctuae
The real art is in YOU, not the camera.

— Wise photo grasshopper

frumpykvetchbot
Feb 20, 2004

PROGRESSIVE SCAN
Upset Trowel
tchotchke denied


crunk alley

Doggles
Apr 22, 2007

South Carolina State Pinball Championship 2024-28 by Will King, on Flickr

South Carolina State Pinball Championship 2024-94 by Will King, on Flickr

South Carolina State Pinball Championship 2024-103 by Will King, on Flickr

burexas.irom
Oct 29, 2007

I disapprove of what you say, and I will defend your death because you have no right to say it!

frumpykvetchbot posted:

tchotchke denied


crunk alley


:eyepop:

I'm gonna take a guess and say you live inside the movie Blade Runner (1982).

frumpykvetchbot
Feb 20, 2004

PROGRESSIVE SCAN
Upset Trowel

burexas.irom posted:

I'm gonna take a guess and say you live inside the movie Blade Runner (1982).



preposterous lies.

Doggles
Apr 22, 2007

A Foggy Morning in Charleston 2024-14 by Will King, on Flickr

A Foggy Morning in Charleston 2024-20 by Will King, on Flickr

A Foggy Morning in Charleston 2024-35 by Will King, on Flickr

frumpykvetchbot
Feb 20, 2004

PROGRESSIVE SCAN
Upset Trowel


squish

Sleepytime
Dec 21, 2004

two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Soiled Meat




clockworkjoe
May 31, 2000

Rolled a 1 on the random encounter table, didn't you?
I love using weird lenses like the Fujian CCTV 25mm f1.4 for M43

crescent hotel ghost hunting 3 shot with cctv 25mm lens by Ross Payton, on Flickr

crescent hotel stairs shot with cctv 25mm lens by Ross Payton, on Flickr

raindrops window abstraction cctv 25mm lens by Ross Payton, on Flickr

FBS
Apr 27, 2015

The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

I want to shoot a low budget mid 2000s rock music video with that

tuna
Jul 17, 2003

FBS posted:

I want to shoot a low budget mid 2000s rock music video with that

:shrug:

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field balm
Feb 5, 2012


cool stuff. is it usable/not flare-y when not facing a light? i keep getting these ideas about buying one of those wierd 6-12mm cctv lenses off ebay to stick on my m43.

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