Rare pierces Posted December 6, 2018 Author #3326 Share Posted December 6, 2018 13 hours ago, ski ww said: The rebuild steam engine is a project that some of us volunteers at a local museum are working on. Aa a lifelong fan of anything mechanical, I have to give a big thumbs up to this. Well done! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadpirate3 Posted December 6, 2018 #3327 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I bought a Canon Powershot SX530 to use for ports and travel. I was testing it out yesterday at a local park. I think it will do just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakman58 Posted December 16, 2018 #3328 Share Posted December 16, 2018 A sunny day so I took my camera to the outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 19, 2018 #3329 Share Posted December 19, 2018 The pictures are great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted December 22, 2018 Author #3330 Share Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) It takes a very high shutter speed to freeze the wings of a hummingbird. It takes a very high shutter speed and a lot of luck to freeze them while they're peeing. Dave Edited December 22, 2018 by pierces 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted December 22, 2018 #3331 Share Posted December 22, 2018 4 hours ago, pierces said: It takes a very high shutter speed to freeze the wings of a hummingbird. It takes a very high shutter speed and a lot of luck to freeze them while they're peeing. Dave Great shot. shutter speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted December 23, 2018 Author #3332 Share Posted December 23, 2018 6 hours ago, GUT2407 said: Great shot. shutter speed? Not sure. I had the dial set on "P".... Bwaaaahahahahaha! Seriously though, it was in S mode at 1/2000 - f/4 - ISO125. ISO125 Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted December 23, 2018 #3333 Share Posted December 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, pierces said: Not sure. I had the dial set on "P".... Bwaaaahahahahaha! Seriously though, it was in S mode at 1/2000 - f/4 - ISO125. ISO125 Dave I host it would have been quicker I was expecting you to say around 8000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 23, 2018 #3334 Share Posted December 23, 2018 18 hours ago, pierces said: It takes a very high shutter speed to freeze the wings of a hummingbird. It takes a very high shutter speed and a lot of luck to freeze them while they're peeing. Dave Great picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted December 23, 2018 Author #3335 Share Posted December 23, 2018 10 hours ago, GUT2407 said: I host it would have been quicker I was expecting you to say around 8000 It was one of a short 10fps burst and other frames had slightly blurred wings. The wings in the picture look like they are at the peak of the backstroke making them blur-free. Like I said...lucky timing. 🙂 Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted December 23, 2018 #3336 Share Posted December 23, 2018 4 hours ago, pierces said: It was one of a short 10fps burst and other frames had slightly blurred wings. The wings in the picture look like they are at the peak of the backstroke making them blur-free. Like I said...lucky timing. 🙂 Dave Ah that helps. remember my first “motor drive” 2fps, but that camera had too shutter speed of about 500 and ASA 400 was about as fast as colour film came. B&W 800 was sooooo grainy. Come a long way haven’t we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted December 23, 2018 Author #3337 Share Posted December 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, GUT2407 said: Ah that helps. remember my first “motor drive” 2fps, but that camera had too shutter speed of about 500 and ASA 400 was about as fast as colour film came. B&W 800 was sooooo grainy. Come a long way haven’t we. Considering that the picture is a crop from an image shot wide open at the long end of a 24-105 zoom, yes we have. As much as I loved my SRT-102, things have changed so much. This is truly is a great time to be a photographer. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted December 23, 2018 #3338 Share Posted December 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, pierces said: Considering that the picture is a crop from an image shot wide open at the long end of a 24-105 zoom, yes we have. As much as I loved my SRT-102, things have changed so much. This is truly is a great time to be a photographer. Dave And the experimentation not having to pay and wait for D&P add to all that the improvement in lenses (again I sound like a dinosaur but) I remember when the best zooms were about 2x and even then most serious photogs would use them for anything important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadpirate3 Posted December 25, 2018 #3339 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Picked up a Canon Powershot for travel and daily carry. It takes good night shots. My blue Christmas with Blue Ceraunus butterflies. Happy Holidays, friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 27, 2018 #3340 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Great pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-tired Posted January 2, 2019 #3341 Share Posted January 2, 2019 It starts slow and ends fast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted January 2, 2019 #3342 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted January 5, 2019 #3343 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Always amazes me how well they can time those flyovers. The engineer in me would love to understand how they do that with such precision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-tired Posted January 5, 2019 #3344 Share Posted January 5, 2019 It involves planning, dealing with very competent pilots and reducing the variables. For a stadium event the biggest variable is the performance of the National Anthem. If you can determine that in advance then you can set the timing for the flyover. Once the time for the flyover is set it becomes a fairly simple time/speed/distance calculation. For this event the timing is determined well in advance. The program leading up to it has several instances where we can catch up or slow down if some portion goes long or short. The airplane is pretty much committed about five minutes out and can make only minor timing adjustments from that point. So we can adjust the show timing right up to the start of the Anthem. When it starts on time time the airplane usually hits the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted January 6, 2019 #3345 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Makes sense. I always though of trying to adjust to plane to match music, which as you say, has limitations. Much easier if you can control the start of the music to match the plane. Thanks for the video. Cool perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-tired Posted January 6, 2019 #3346 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Well, if you want perspective check this out. https://www.markholtzman.com/Sports/Football/2019-Rose-Bowl-Ohio-State-vs-Washington/i-bG58gn5 Mark flies over events and takes photos out the open window of his Cessna. He claims it is just luck, but he has been very consistent for several years. The airspace around/over these events is restricted so he flies above the restriction and has a safety pilot fly while he is shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted January 18, 2019 #3347 Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) Didn't have to (in fact couldn't) go out for these, as that fine kookaburra paid a morning visit to my balcony railing. Fortunately I could reach my camera without him seeing me but the first shot was taken through two panes of glass and for the 2nd one I moved to another room and snuck under the net curtain while he was not looking. He was trying to get rid of that fluff on his beak by rubbing it on the railing a couple of time. Edited January 18, 2019 by boeckli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted January 18, 2019 #3348 Share Posted January 18, 2019 2 hours ago, boeckli said: Didn't have to (in fact couldn't) go out for these, as that fine kookaburra paid a morning visit to my balcony railing. Fortunately I could reach my camera without him seeing me but the first shot was taken through two panes of glass and for the 2nd one I moved to another room and snuck under the net curtain while he was not looking. He was trying to get rid of that fluff on his beak by rubbing it on the railing a couple of time. I love Kookaburras, unfortunately the ones that used to sing to me each morning have been forced to move further away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadpirate3 Posted January 19, 2019 #3349 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Preparing for the Lunar eclipse Sunday, not sure how well I'll do being on a moving ship, but I'm willing to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted January 19, 2019 #3350 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Hoping for clear sky's here, calling for temp in the -20C about -5F range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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