Photography Thread

pinno

briantrumpet said:

rjsterry said:

masjer said:

A rarity for me, a ‘woodland’ shot taken in bright light that I didn’t need to delete. I say ‘woodland’ because it’s a copse on a cliff that falls away down to the sea, hence the tinge of blue (sea) in the background.

After an unplanned seal pup close encounter (well camouflaged), I was going to hang around for a sunset, but it suddenly clouded over, so that put an end to that.


I like the bold B&W Rjst.

Thanks. It looked very ordinary in colour. The van annoys me, though.

Call me crude (it was about 5 mins with a very poor clone tool)... maybe you need an app to remove vans too.

And yes, I like the shapes in this too.

try http://www.zap-a-van.app

pinno

Went for a late ride. It's been a while since I have done that and got caught out with oe rear light so improvised with the torch on my mobile, the other hand on the brake lever... bit sketchy.

Dunno if this works. Can't seem to get a good size image:

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO211PHqTvaUztZo2WSUYEyKq85Pv79FOje0Clf

shirley_basso

Doesn't work. Link broken / password protected account

masjer

pinno said:

briantrumpet said:

rjsterry said:

masjer said:

A rarity for me, a ‘woodland’ shot taken in bright light that I didn’t need to delete. I say ‘woodland’ because it’s a copse on a cliff that falls away down to the sea, hence the tinge of blue (sea) in the background.

After an unplanned seal pup close encounter (well camouflaged), I was going to hang around for a sunset, but it suddenly clouded over, so that put an end to that.


I like the bold B&W Rjst.

Thanks. It looked very ordinary in colour. The van annoys me, though.

Call me crude (it was about 5 mins with a very poor clone tool)... maybe you need an app to remove vans too.

And yes, I like the shapes in this too.

try http://www.zap-a-van.app

I prefer vanish app.

briantrumpet

shirley_basso said:

Doesn't work. Link broken / password protected account

It's a pity that sharing Google Photos publicly isn't simpler.

pblakeney

briantrumpet said:

shirley_basso said:

Doesn't work. Link broken / password protected account

It's a pity that sharing Google Photos publicly isn't simpler.

Gotta bow down to your Google master, or the other master of your choice.
As if you have a choice. Sorry for the rant/thread diversion.

briantrumpet

pblakeney said:

briantrumpet said:

shirley_basso said:

Doesn't work. Link broken / password protected account

It's a pity that sharing Google Photos publicly isn't simpler.

Gotta bow down to your Google master, or the other master of your choice.
As if you have a choice. Sorry for the rant/thread diversion.

I'm generally impressed by the functionality of Google stuff (Sheets, Docs, Forms etc), and Photos is good, including sharing albums with people, so it just strikes me as odd that embedding individual ones isn't supported. I can only think that it's a conscious decision, though I've not worked out the logic if it is.

pinno

Erm...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wHjSncyyzbqV32K4A

briantrumpet

pinno said:

Erm...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wHjSncyyzbqV32K4A

Yebbut not embedded.

Nice photo, BTW!

pblakeney

briantrumpet said:

I can only think that it's a conscious decision, though I've not worked out the logic if it is.

The logic is to get you tied into their infrastructure. (I'm sure there is a better phrase)

briantrumpet

pblakeney said:

briantrumpet said:

I can only think that it's a conscious decision, though I've not worked out the logic if it is.

The logic is to get you tied into their infrastructure. (I'm sure there is a better phrase)

Oh yes, both Apple and Google try to tie people into their 'ecosystems', but that doesn't explain the oddity with not being to embed Google photos easily/reliably.

Pross

Been trying my hand at editing in Lightroom to bring out the Milky Way. I like the Milky Way more now but the light glare needs toning down.

pinno

'Copyright'' Pross?

pblakeney

pinno said:

'Copyright'' Pross?

Start as you mean to go on. Start of big things?

Pross

pinno said:

'Copyright'' Pross?

Yeah, I was playing around with the export settings in Lightroom and forgot to switch it off. I only noticed when I uploaded it on here 😂

Pross

BTW I can highly recommend the PhotoPills app, I'm usually too tight to spend money on apps but its brilliant for planning any kind of astronomical shot. It will show where the sun / moon / galactic core is at any time on a selected date so you can drop a pin on a map at your location and workout, for example, where the moon will be in relation to your shot so you can play around to determine your position to get it exactly where you want in your frame. I used it for that photo and it gave me the exact time the core would become visible and disappear, how far above the horizon it would be as well as times for golden hour, blue hour and different twilights. I've only scratched the surface with it but you got drop a pin in your subject and if you know the height you can work out what time the moon will be at the same level as the target (an example I've seen was for getting a 'super' moon alongside a lighthouse where the photographer was able to set up to get the angle right and have the moon level with the top of the lighthouse). You can also do a virtual night AR so that if you stand at a location and hold your phone up it will show you the night sky from that point at a given time and date (I assue it works for sunsets too). It has calculators for depth of field and field of view too based on your specific camera. Incredible what it can do for £10.99 really.

briantrumpet

Ha, @Pross, my French night sky has become just one of 22 worldwide to receive this:

Observe the stars. A spectacle as marvellous as it is natural. A dream for every generation. But it's an increasingly rare commodity, with light pollution taking its toll on urban areas. But some regions are doing all they can to preserve this precious commodity. Such is the case in the Vercors. 1,600m2 have just been designated an "International Dark Sky Reserve" by the DarkSky International association. 22 areas around the world have received this distinction. "We applied in order to highlight our efforts in this area", explains Emmanuel Jeanjean, energy transition officer at the Vercors Regional Nature Park.

https://www.ledauphine.com/environnement/2023/10/17/isere-drome-le-ciel-du-vercors-devient-une-reserve-etoilee

Fancy a holiday?

masjer

It was pretty dark taking this, so had to use a long exposure. These nights are drawing in fast.

briantrumpet

masjer said:

It was pretty dark taking this, so had to use a long exposure. These nights are drawing in fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1C6E7jbPw

masjer

Hey, that's a nice idea, having a musical accompaniment to a photo. It brought some real atmosphere and I was transported back to the moment I took the picture.

This is for @Pross
https://youtu.be/oxHnRfhDmrk?si=n4YRbZuNFRyH_WGP

Pross

masjer said:

Hey, that's a nice idea, having a musical accompaniment to a photo. It brought some real atmosphere and I was transported back to the moment I took the picture.

This is for @Pross
https://youtu.be/oxHnRfhDmrk?si=n4YRbZuNFRyH_WGP

I think I chucked that as the music to my Instagram post when I did the photos at Llangorse Lake a few weeks ago. By a weird coincidence it was also the first song on my playlist after I did my first Milky Way effort at Carew Castle last year followed by Stars from Les Mis. It was quite spooky. Vincent’s a great song though.

Pross

briantrumpet said:

Ha, @Pross, my French night sky has become just one of 22 worldwide to receive this:

Observe the stars. A spectacle as marvellous as it is natural. A dream for every generation. But it's an increasingly rare commodity, with light pollution taking its toll on urban areas. But some regions are doing all they can to preserve this precious commodity. Such is the case in the Vercors. 1,600m2 have just been designated an "International Dark Sky Reserve" by the DarkSky International association. 22 areas around the world have received this distinction. "We applied in order to highlight our efforts in this area", explains Emmanuel Jeanjean, energy transition officer at the Vercors Regional Nature Park.

https://www.ledauphine.com/environnement/2023/10/17/isere-drome-le-ciel-du-vercors-devient-une-reserve-etoilee

Fancy a holiday?

Would love to go there although the Brecon Beacons are a dark sky reserve too (and you have Exmoor not to far from your other home). Elan Valley is a Dark Sky Park or Reserve.

I’m hoping to go to Northumberland at some point which is supposed to be about as good as it gets in the UK

briantrumpet

Pross said:

briantrumpet said:

Ha, @Pross, my French night sky has become just one of 22 worldwide to receive this:

Observe the stars. A spectacle as marvellous as it is natural. A dream for every generation. But it's an increasingly rare commodity, with light pollution taking its toll on urban areas. But some regions are doing all they can to preserve this precious commodity. Such is the case in the Vercors. 1,600m2 have just been designated an "International Dark Sky Reserve" by the DarkSky International association. 22 areas around the world have received this distinction. "We applied in order to highlight our efforts in this area", explains Emmanuel Jeanjean, energy transition officer at the Vercors Regional Nature Park.

https://www.ledauphine.com/environnement/2023/10/17/isere-drome-le-ciel-du-vercors-devient-une-reserve-etoilee

Fancy a holiday?

Would love to go there although the Brecon Beacons are a dark sky reserve too (and you have Exmoor not to far from your other home). Elan Valley is a Dark Sky Park or Reserve.

I’m hoping to go to Northumberland at some point which is supposed to be about as good as it gets in the UK

The distances are huge now in France after 11pm where I am... no street lights at all for about 60km in any direction. But yes, there are some good places here too.

masjer

I get to see the MW clearly here sometimes. I've been to the Atacama Desert (a long time ago), which is supposed to be one of the best stargazing places.

Pross

masjer said:

I get to see the MW clearly here sometimes. I've been to the Atacama Desert (a long time ago), which is supposed to be one of the best stargazing places.

I think the first time I really noticed it was last year when we were at the inlaw’s caravan site near Narbeth, that was when I decided to try to get a picture somewhere nearby the next night and chose Carew. I probably saw it a few times when we had the caravan down in South Devon too but didn’t pay it much attention. Certainly had incredibly bright starry skies down there if I took the dog out after the club had shut.

I’d love to go somewhere truly remote though, it must be incredible.

pblakeney

Pross said:

I’d love to go somewhere truly remote though, it must be incredible.

Milford Sound, NZ. 18mm is nowhere near wide enough.
And I had no idea where the Milky Way was, this was just what was above.

PS - Click the photo to see more stars.

shirley_basso

I did the middle of the makadikadi (sp?) The dried river bed in Botswana.

The sky there was like pross photo above - insane milky way and quite cool being in the southern hemisphere. Didn't have a camera I could point at the sky, sadly.

Pross

They have to be being sarcastic surely?

masjer

I had an inkling the offshore wind would create some nice spindrift today.

pinno

Nice ^.

I had the pleasure of seeing the milky way in Kenya and a total eclipse too.