I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
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It's a UFO. It had some flashing lights, and some lights that were steady on. With the time exposure, the flashing lights come out as a sequence of regularly space dots. Ok, it's really an airplane.
BTW, you don't need to do a time exposure for a moon shot. A wide open shot of the moon at a reasonable ISO is typically between 1/100 and 1/300s.
regards,
-joel
20 seconds? That's an areoplane my friend. The colored dots are the strobes at the ends of the wings and tail. The constant line streaks are the moon's reflection on the other metal parts.
A UFO looks much much different. Trust me.
The moon is like anything else lit by the sun, and deserves the same exposure. You'll be surprised that the suggested shutter speeds are in the 1/8th to 1/320th range at F8 and ISO100.
Here's a (crop) of a full moon I did awhile back. Shot handheld, with my Canon 20D, 300L F4 with 2x (so 600 F8) @ ISO 400 and 1/500. I know it's not tack sharp, but that's not my point anyway:D.
UFOs are so 1970s. The latest aerial phenomenon is something called flying rods. Apparently, they conclusively prove that alien life exists. I guess that's a more plausible explanation than regular bugs and slow shutter speed.
BTW, you don't need to do a time exposure for a moon shot. A wide open shot of the moon at a reasonable ISO is typically between 1/100 and 1/300s.
regards,
-joel
Yeah, I know...but I wanted to get the trees to be visible and I can't quite get it right.
or start earlier in the evening? somwhere between this shot of mine from Tuesday evening and yours I'd suspect there's a moment when everything comes together.
Bah! From the inside, they all look the same. Everybody now-a-days has the probulator 3500 assembly, the polymorphic exam platform, the ubiquitous brain-u-lizer plus with extra strength memory wipe capsules, and don't even get me started on the Izar-kea furnishings...
Bah! From the inside, they all look the same. Everybody now-a-days has the probulator 3500 assembly, the polymorphic exam platform, the ubiquitous brain-u-lizer plus with extra strength memory wipe capsules, and don't even get me started on the Izar-kea furnishings...
OMG, It's not Shay Stephens, it's a Shay look alike, a "Shaylien"!
OMG, It's not Shay Stephens, it's a Shay look alike, a "Shaylien"!
Everybody, run for your lives!!!!:crazy
I have got to agree with Shay on this one, but i hear that the probulater 3600 is supposed to be pretty good too. It is supposed to have pretty good lightyear-per-gallon too....
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As long as we're posting a few pics from 'awhile back', here's a pic I took last April. It was an early morning and I happened to see the moon over the barn. The moon's a bit faded ( I seemed to remember it standing out a bit more).
If you can give me a time/date/location & direction i can even find out its name..who owns it...when it was launched & when its due back in a fireball. I just call them 'flashers'
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I'm thinking you got a ufo shot . . . or some kind of sensor anomaly.
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
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BTW, you don't need to do a time exposure for a moon shot. A wide open shot of the moon at a reasonable ISO is typically between 1/100 and 1/300s.
regards,
-joel
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A UFO looks much much different. Trust me.
The moon is like anything else lit by the sun, and deserves the same exposure. You'll be surprised that the suggested shutter speeds are in the 1/8th to 1/320th range at F8 and ISO100.
http://www.shaystephens.com/mooncalc.asp
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:nah David, I can't begin to measure the level of disappointment I have in this answer.
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Well gosh Andy, I gotta call 'em as I see 'em. When someone posts a real UFO, I'll be all over it like butter on toast.
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So you obviously you don't need to do 20 seconds! I don't by the plane answer either....
http://www.subversiveelement.com/Rods.html
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Yeah, I know...but I wanted to get the trees to be visible and I can't quite get it right.
Here is my example of just the moon. 100% crop.
Next time try taking two exposures and blending. Here is a very crude example.
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OMG, It's not Shay Stephens, it's a Shay look alike, a "Shaylien"!
Everybody, run for your lives!!!!:crazy
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As long as we're posting a few pics from 'awhile back', here's a pic I took last April. It was an early morning and I happened to see the moon over the barn. The moon's a bit faded ( I seemed to remember it standing out a bit more).
morning moon2.jpg
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If you can give me a time/date/location & direction i can even find out its name..who owns it...when it was launched & when its due back in a fireball. I just call them 'flashers'