The Skies
#101
Posted 06 July 2009 - 06:53 AM
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#102
Posted 07 August 2009 - 09:21 PM
Hand held with IS on my 70-200 2.8L
#103
Posted 09 August 2009 - 10:08 PM
#104
Posted 09 August 2009 - 10:17 PM
#105
Posted 10 August 2009 - 07:14 AM
#106
Posted 10 August 2009 - 08:47 PM
I already asked to see if we could have our porch lights turned off a little early, doubt if it will help much but you never know.
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#107
Posted 16 August 2009 - 01:01 PM
#108
Posted 21 August 2009 - 09:02 PM
400mm +2X (I guess around 800mm)
#109
Posted 26 August 2009 - 06:32 AM
(7am today)
#110
Posted 26 August 2009 - 11:37 AM
If it doesnt look right on the controllers radar screens, they can just step out side and look up to verify aircraft flight direction, altitude and air speed.
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#111
Posted 26 August 2009 - 12:21 PM
If it doesnt look right on the controllers radar screens, they can just step out side and look up to verify aircraft flight direction, altitude and air speed.
I am thinking differently on this 360. I do remember this. I spent 4 years on an Aircraft Carrier as an Intelligence Specialist. (IS2). In the ships Intelligence Center (CVIC) we gave briefings to the pilots sitting in their Ready Rooms before each launch. (Every 90 minutes, every hour at sea). In those Closed Circuit TV briefings, in every case, the weather specialist told the pilots at which altitudes they would have contrails.
(Expect contrails at flight level 350, or whatever) I never asked (No need to know) how it was predicted. I never heard why is was predicted but assumed a sneaky fighter did not care to have 5 miles of contrails hanging off it's A$$. It is apparent it is a weather phenomenon for sure as they don't always have contrails. Certain humidity, temps and barometric pressures etc... I speculate. Just as I say this, some pilot will respond with contradictory and correct information. But then we will know.
BTW, as an Intelligence Specialist, I spent quite a bit of time hanging out of an HS-7 helecopter (in a harness) with a camera and a 700mm lens taking pictures of Russian Ships, Subs etc... Not really terrribly different than hanging off of my balcony with a big lens. (I am just putting 2 & 2 together here)
#112
Posted 27 August 2009 - 03:18 PM
Fort Worth Texas
#113
Posted 08 September 2009 - 08:11 PM
As if you can't tell by the image, I am still working on a plan. Crazy deal when you are taking a picture of a tiny dot in a black sky. (Put that light meter away, fool.) Must use a manual setting or the space station is terribly over-exposed. (Spot metering doesn't cover a spot this small.)
Unless I cheat and research taking pics of this thing (And I am not going to cheat) it is somewhat just trial and error.
The first problem is focus. As I am using my 2x on my 400 5.6L I have to focus manually. (Canon can't auto focus anything with an aperture smaller than 5.6 and I am at 11 with this setup. Then exposure. Took a stab at 125th of a second at 11 with 6400 ISO.
Obviously this shot is not going to hang in the NASA museum. But I got something. More than before. Problem is, the shuttle and space station are only visible just before dawn and just after dusk. Or else I could focus on a star, which I think is the same as the shuttle optically. (I speculate)
I am going to figure this out eventually. Stand by...
#114
Posted 09 September 2009 - 06:57 AM
Instead of using auto focus - I use a "lens sweet spot" specific f/stop and shutter speed value and calculate the hyper focal value instead of infinity.
You can fill in the values
List select Camera = Canon 5d (Mark II)
Focal Length (mm) 400 x 2x = 800 mm
F/stop = f/11
use 10,000 feet or better calculated value
press the [Calculate] button
Then read on right side
Subject distance 10,000 ft
Depth of Field
Near = 3,822.6 ft
Far Limit = Inifinity
Total = Infinity
Depth of field in focus zone
In front of subject = 6,177.4 ft
Behind subject Infinity
Hyperfocal distance [found on lens focus ring] 6,189 ft
Circle of confusion "CoC" for the 5d Mark II .03 mm
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#115
Posted 09 September 2009 - 07:44 AM
It always would seem to me that if you turn a focus ring all the way in one direction, that would be infinity. (I know that is not the case, but I wish it was)
Here is a shot of the Moon from last night at 11pm. (Waning gibbous) 400x2 from balcony.
If I had a little better flash I could have made it a full moon for you.
#116
Posted 22 September 2009 - 10:12 AM
Lightning pics in the local weather thread.
#117
Posted 08 October 2009 - 07:57 PM
#118
Posted 14 October 2009 - 08:58 AM
Of course I have literally been living in a cloud for a month which exaggerates the problem...
#119
Posted 19 October 2009 - 07:08 AM
#120
Posted 19 October 2009 - 08:23 AM
Hopefully the sun will come out soon.
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#121
Posted 23 October 2009 - 12:17 PM
#122
Posted 24 October 2009 - 08:11 PM
Here is your Fair Building Cbellomy. I love it also. Surely the number one most underrated building in all of Fort Worth.
#123
Posted 25 October 2009 - 01:45 AM
#124
Posted 01 November 2009 - 10:32 PM
Thank you!
And speaking of the moon, I shot this tonight from my balcony. (400 x 2)
#125
Posted 04 November 2009 - 08:26 PM
This initial shot was at 30 seconds, by accident. Interesting with the plane landing but the moon is a dud as in 30 seconds it has too much movement to be useful.
A little better. (This stuff is trial and error for sure. Stand by however...)
#126
Posted 13 November 2009 - 07:44 AM
You'd think I would have a least cropped slice of my building out of the right side of the pic... (Just noticed it)
#127
Posted 14 November 2009 - 07:55 AM
#128
Posted 23 November 2009 - 10:25 PM
#129
Posted 24 November 2009 - 09:56 AM
#130
Posted 24 November 2009 - 05:25 PM
Thank you.
Did you see the two jets racing above the Carter Burgess building? (Prob. 9 miles apart, but strange that they seem to have the exact same trajectory.)
#131
Posted 27 November 2009 - 07:15 AM
#132
Posted 02 December 2009 - 05:18 PM
Yeah, those jets seem to be going to the same place.
#133
Posted 14 December 2009 - 08:12 AM
#134
Posted 17 January 2010 - 06:11 PM
#135
Posted 17 January 2010 - 06:49 PM
#136
Posted 17 January 2010 - 07:05 PM
#137
Posted 17 January 2010 - 07:36 PM
OMG! (I left out the "F" out of respect... Tony Soprano). Your pics are way over the top. Love, love, love these! I just purchased a new Canon XSi and have been working on some "OMG" pics of the capitol (not so impressed with the urbanalitarianist version of Austin), but love the 19th century contribution to this great state. Thanks, Brian. You're an arteest.....
#138
Posted 18 January 2010 - 06:59 AM
BTW, my wife does hate my gear hanging around the living room of our small condo. I have fantasies of designing furniture that is really photo gear storage. (It looks like a stink'n couch but lift up the top and there in tidy custom compartments are my lenses, camera, tripod etc, etc...) Guess that isn't going to happen, but something needs to give. (new camera case?, smaller camera?, new wife?)
#139
Posted 18 January 2010 - 08:23 AM
#140
Posted 18 January 2010 - 09:13 PM
Monee, You are going to have to put me on your Fog Alert. I've been watching for some good fog to get a few shots that I want. It seems I always find out I missed the fog by seeing your pictures!
#141
Posted 18 January 2010 - 09:33 PM
Monee, You are going to have to put me on your Fog Alert. I've been watching for some good fog to get a few shots that I want. It seems I always find out I missed the fog by seeing your pictures!
Captain, you really have to think long and hard if you want to be on my FOG ALERT 5 am phone call list.
Some fogs are better than others of course. Sunday, I hit pay-dirt...
Sunday was strange how the fog left downtown and then was everywhere else as the sun rose. It was as though the conditions were right on the line for fog and the downtown area was slightly too warm. (I credit my wife's excessive use of her blow dryer)
#142
Posted 31 January 2010 - 09:14 PM
I therefore was pretty pleased when I notice the moon shining through the clouds this evening. (Behind the clouds in this shot.)
Nothing to alert National Geographicİ over but here it is anyway.
#143
Posted 31 January 2010 - 10:10 PM
#144
Posted 14 February 2010 - 03:30 PM
This looks like some kind of Photoshop job, but it aint...
Even though it was somewhat cloudy, this was the shot looking straight up as I was on the balcony
#145
Posted 15 February 2010 - 08:50 PM
#146
Posted 22 February 2010 - 01:09 AM
Fort Worth Texas
#147
Posted 22 February 2010 - 11:12 AM
Thank you Sir.
#148
Posted 22 February 2010 - 04:04 PM
Since some other folks take rectangular images.. I put in a 1 pixel thick edge border.
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#149
Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:08 AM
Here is a shot from yesterday and one from this morning.
This morning's sunrise with 2 good contrails. (You just have to figure these two guys are going and coming from the same place.
During yesterday's Cowtown race I kept noticing this helicopter. Flew between the buildings. Was curious enough about the chopper to look up his digits.
Is registered to Sundance Projects LLC. (May or may not have anything to do with Fort Worth's Sundance Square.) Took this one shot and cropped to show you how the pilot sees me on my balcony. I have other pics where he is pointing to me. (Have I just gone mad?)
Cropped
#150
Posted 28 February 2010 - 04:43 PM
You should ring them up and see if you can piggyback for some promotional photo-ops.
Helicopters that size must run $300.00 to $500.00 per flight hour to run, on the low side, they must be doing pretty good financially.
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