Picture Of The Day

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #4380 on:** 10 Apr 2016, 05:39 pm »

Looks like a B-52 beginning its run.

thunderbrick · « **Reply #4381 on:** 10 Apr 2016, 11:08 pm »

jhm731 · « **Reply #4382 on:** 11 Apr 2016, 12:22 am »

thunderbrick · « **Reply #4383 on:** 17 Apr 2016, 03:12 pm »

Last night a local college kid called me, looking for a T-mount for a telescope. Turns out the International Space Station was expected to cross the moon's face, and the perfect angle for a center-of-moon shot was less than two miles away. And he knew the precise minute it would take place. Grabbed my heaviest tripod, long lenses and got this three-shot burst in less than a second as it SCREAMED across the sky The ISS was over the Sea of Tranquility, then at terminus of crossing then on it's journey in the blink of the eye. 1/800th, f8. ISO 500. Sure is nice to have engineering students around who could tell me about this!

brooklyn · « **Reply #4384 on:** 17 Apr 2016, 03:22 pm »

Thanks TB, those exposures are way excellent..

PeteG · « **Reply #4385 on:** 17 Apr 2016, 03:48 pm »

Brick, awesome shots and great timing.

syzygy · « **Reply #4386 on:** 17 Apr 2016, 04:04 pm »

bside123 · « **Reply #4387 on:** 17 Apr 2016, 05:09 pm »

Thunderbrick: That is very, very cool! Lets us all see something that ordinarily nobody would see. Great shots. Thanks to your timing and thanks for the technology to pull that off and thanks for sharing.

thunderbrick · « **Reply #4388 on:** 17 Apr 2016, 05:18 pm »

Thanks, guys! It was so cool to listen to the students plan everything, and while though the camera it was just a quick flash, the images make me feel pretty insignificant in the cosmos.

chip · « **Reply #4389 on:** 22 Apr 2016, 09:48 pm »

Taken at Pacific City last Sunday

Added some color flare to it.

syzygy · « **Reply #4390 on:** 22 Apr 2016, 10:35 pm »

Cloud Gate

Bob2 · « **Reply #4391 on:** 22 Apr 2016, 11:20 pm »

Quote from: thunderbrick on 17 Apr 2016, 03:12 pm

Last night a local college kid called me, looking for a T-mount for a telescope. Turns out the International Space Station was expected to cross the moon's face, and the perfect angle for a center-of-moon shot was less than two miles away. And he knew the precise minute it would take place. Grabbed my heaviest tripod, long lenses and got this three-shot burst in less than a second as it SCREAMED across the sky The ISS was over the Sea of Tranquility, then at terminus of crossing then on it's journey in the blink of the eye. 1/800th, f8. ISO 500. Sure is nice to have engineering students around who could tell me about this!

Great shots! What lens?

bside123 · « **Reply #4392 on:** 28 Apr 2016, 09:23 pm »

Warmed rocks from the end-of-day sun brought out this little visitor to our stone veranda. Spring is the mating time for these little lizards. This one's a dandy, so I'm sure there's a mate just around the rock corner.

BTW, this was shot with a vintage, SMC Pentax Fully Manual 135mm 1:3.5 Lens. Effective Length 200mm. Some nice, old glass!

Five Lined Skink