Photography thread

[dryheat]

Pistols and stamen are creepy plant sex organs I don't need to know about. Mandibles, nien. If you can't get out, take pictures of your back yard.
That is one very tall, well built building. Whatever that was about, they were serious.

[Doc Sharptail]

At f5.6 and ISO 400 here with the o.c. nikkor 35mm f2

This lens is going to stay in the bag for a while yet.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Somewhat rare car for around here. '57 Chev Bel Air Tudor hardtop. O.C. nikkor 35mm f2 at f5.6 and ISO 400. Car was in motion here at about 20mph. 1/1250 sec.

There wasn't a lot on Portage West tonight. Must have been another Sunday show at the Grant Park Pony Corral.



Pontiac GTO shot with the same settings above. Nailed focus slightly better here.



R/T Super Bee here with 50mm f1.4 nikkor at f5.6 and ISO 400. 1/1250 sec.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Luna last night, on the "super moon".

There was quite a bit of atmospheric interference, and I was shooting from the bright lights of the city. A bit of the smoke/cloud haze shows over the craters near image center right.

Still, not too bad considering the conditions.

Tamron 55-B-AR 500mm F8 mirror at 1/500 sec, ISO 400.
Shot from the big Manfrotto tripod using live view on the Nikon D-810.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Dragonsdad]

My best falls short of that.
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Perseid meteor shower peaks on the 13th of the month.
Counts will drop off dramatically post-peak but ramp up until then. Viewable occurrences will also vary considerably from the projected counts depending on local light pollution, elevation, etc.

I intend to try my luck at a screen grab working from a cell phone video.
I'm at 5,000' (appx), not far enough away from city lights to suit me but far enough to easily make out the 7 Sisters.

Wish me luck.

[Doc Sharptail]

Perseid meteor shower peaks on the 13th of the month.
Counts will drop off dramatically post-peak but ramp up until then. Viewable occurrences will also vary considerably from the projected counts depending on local light pollution, elevation, etc.

I intend to try my luck at a screen grab working from a cell phone video.
I'm at 5,000' (appx), not far enough away from city lights to suit me but far enough to easily make out the 7 Sisters.

Wish me luck.

We are at 750 feet here, and the city is a fairly big one with about 900.000 population, so there is a lot of light pollution here.



There's what actual shooting conditions looked like. Shot in normal color~ the brown tinged clouds at image center lower right suggest wildfire smoke.
I also took a couple of useless frames of Jupiter. I'll wait a couple of days for a moonless sky and try again at much lower ISO.
Good luck, then! Lowering ISO is going to be pretty important on small sensors, regardless of the glass quality.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Not much for old cars this weekend, so here's a couple of interesting "bikes" :





Mid to late 80's Beemer with what appears to be a home-built side-car.





Unknown to me year Can-Am Spyder. Condition suggests fairly new, but that could depend on how much it's ridden, and the care it receives.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Allen]

In the first picture the cycle is obviously modern with the wheels, disc brakes, tank, engine and other. The sidecar appears to be vintage to me. I don't keep up much with BMW.

[Phloating Phlasher]

St Michaels, Md during the thunderbumper yesterday this is about 4 PM!

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[Doc Sharptail]

Got this this a.m. Missed the spider though~ he was already gone with his tiny moth by the time I got back outside with the camera. Blobby blurs near center are flare on the lens. I'll have to dig out it's hood and start using it for shots like this.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Go fast boats on the Assiniboine river.
Pushing their luck here with water depths~ the stern drive in-board systems require at least 4 ft.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[JohnMOhio]

Doc, I would call this photo "light at the end of the tunnel."
I am referring to the Moon Shot above the Motorcycles photos above.

[5thDragoons]

I'd like to have cash in my pocket what some of this glass cost! SW
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[Doc Sharptail]

One cat at the very far end~ probably 1000mm, or better.
The rest are all extra long telephoto.
The A/F versions shown here do come with fairly steep stickers on them.
Monopods abound. I still have to get around to trying one.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Allen]

That's actually a 8" cannon to even the playing field for those who are about to lose their bets to a winning team. The guy shooting it though may end up with a black eye.