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Deefuzz said:
Wegded my tripod on my passenger seat. It's a fun thing to do when driving at night
tonyeck said:
I really like the difference in colors in that photo.
Here is one of mine taken on Curacoa @ the beach
Tanzania night sky
When was the last time you saw the Milky Way?
6-21-2006
Mufindi, Tanzania
Canon EOS 20D
ISO 1600
19mm
f/3.5
30sec (not 1/30sec!)
Shutter delay + a cheap & tiny 3" plastic tripod on flimsy table.
Image is currently full frame (uncropped). All of the illumination inside the cabin is from a single candle.
Adobe Photoshop CS2 RAW Converter settings:
Temperature 2850°F (Tungsten)
Exposure +1.50
Shadows 5
Brightness 100
Contrast 0
Saturation 0.
Unsharp Mask applied at: +50%, 2 pixel radius, 4 levels.
-hh
When was the last time you saw the Milky Way?
6-21-2006
Mufindi, Tanzania
Canon EOS 20D
ISO 1600
19mm
f/3.5
30sec (not 1/30sec!)
Shutter delay + a cheap & tiny 3" plastic tripod on flimsy table.
Image is currently full frame (uncropped). All of the illumination inside the cabin is from a single candle.
Adobe Photoshop CS2 RAW Converter settings:
Temperature 2850°F (Tungsten)
Exposure +1.50
Shadows 5
Brightness 100
Contrast 0
Saturation 0.
Unsharp Mask applied at: +50%, 2 pixel radius, 4 levels.
-hh
Great shot, -hh. But wouldn't that cloud be an atmospheric one, rather than a cosmic one? I dunno, I just find it hard to believe. Amazing, if it is, and beautiful, even if it isn't.
Here's my shot for today.
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/500 second
F Number: F/8.0
Focal Length: 255 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Date Picture Taken: Jul 25, 2006, 6:42:21 PM
Here's my shot for today.
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/500 second
F Number: F/8.0
Focal Length: 255 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Date Picture Taken: Jul 25, 2006, 6:42:21 PM
-hh said:
Wow! I have got to get me some of those candles!
It almost looks like a HDR, impressive. You're definitely not in Kansas.
It certainly doesn't look atmospheric, but it's amazingly beautiful no matter what it is.seenew said:Great shot, -hh. But wouldn't that cloud be an atmospheric one, rather than a cosmic one? I dunno, I just find it hard to believe. Amazing, if it is, and beautiful, even if it isn't.
-hh said:When was the last time you saw the Milky Way?
6-21-2006
Mufindi, Tanzania
Canon EOS 20D
ISO 1600
19mm
f/3.5
30sec (not 1/30sec!)
Shutter delay + a cheap & tiny 3" plastic tripod on flimsy table.
Image is currently full frame (uncropped). All of the illumination inside the cabin is from a single candle.
Adobe Photoshop CS2 RAW Converter settings:
Temperature 2850°F (Tungsten)
Exposure +1.50
Shadows 5
Brightness 100
Contrast 0
Saturation 0.
Unsharp Mask applied at: +50%, 2 pixel radius, 4 levels.
-hh
Wonderful picture. I've seen the Milky Way, but not with that detail. I guess it takes a longer exposure. My eyes won't do that!
(description from my DA gallery)
St. Louis, Missouri. 2006.
Yeah, so I was in St. Louis again this year in June, same reason as last time, two years ago. I also reattemped a panorama of the arch from underneath, this time with a better camera, more experience, and a LOT better sky/lighting conditions. I really like this one, the other one was more of an experiment.
Six pictures, stitched together in about 2.5 hours. I was using my sister's Powershot A65 she loaned me after my Coolpix died, and before I got my 350D. So yeah. Pretty decent little camera, actually. I'd recommend it.
larger version can be found here: http://seenew.net/art/panorificBG.jpg
larger version can be found here: http://seenew.net/art/panorificBG.jpg
St. Louis, Missouri. 2006.
Yeah, so I was in St. Louis again this year in June, same reason as last time, two years ago. I also reattemped a panorama of the arch from underneath, this time with a better camera, more experience, and a LOT better sky/lighting conditions. I really like this one, the other one was more of an experiment.
Six pictures, stitched together in about 2.5 hours. I was using my sister's Powershot A65 she loaned me after my Coolpix died, and before I got my 350D. So yeah. Pretty decent little camera, actually. I'd recommend it.
larger version can be found here: http://seenew.net/art/panorificBG.jpg
larger version can be found here: http://seenew.net/art/panorificBG.jpg
Chip NoVaMac said:Great shot!
But as some have to come to expect, here is my crop on the pic.
Yeh that's what I have on my 17" Powerbook.
seenew said:
My fears of heights hit hard on this photo!
Great stuff and a nice journey as I scrolled down in my browser... without reading the description, I first thought it was a reflection in water of a tall building.
seenew said:(description from my DA gallery)
St. Louis, Missouri. 2006.
Yeah, so I was in St. Louis again this year in June, same reason as last time, two years ago. I also reattemped a panorama of the arch from underneath, this time with a better camera, more experience, and a LOT better sky/lighting conditions. I really like this one, the other one was more of an experiment.
Six pictures, stitched together in about 2.5 hours. I was using my sister's Powershot A65 she loaned me after my Coolpix died, and before I got my 350D. So yeah. Pretty decent little camera, actually. I'd recommend it.
larger version can be found here: http://seenew.net/art/panorificBG.jpg
larger version can be found here: http://seenew.net/art/panorificBG.jpg
Man that is an awesome shot. I just spent 5 minutes scrolling back and forth, repeatedly being tripped out doing it.
Love it, thanks
-hh said:
is it really only six orders of magnitude? i thought it was much more.
anyway, your pic's are great. i'm looking forward to the sunset!
andiwm2003 said:
"Only" six?
Consider that a standard camera lens goes from f/22 to f/1.4, that's 8 stops, which is 256x, or just over 2 orders of magnitude.
It is a bit more than six orders - the textbooks say 9. However, this assumes 30 minutes of adaptation. When you close down the time scale, the ratio changes.
FWIW, I did check Wiki for human adaptation and for a "given moment of time", they say 1000x contrast ratio, which is 3 orders of magnitude.
EDIT:
"Comparing 1000x to 256x, that suggests that the eye is effectively 4x more sensitive than a camera to the contrast within a scene."
Oops! I think I'm comparing apples to oranges here, as f/stop doesn't have anything to do with contrast / dynamic range ratio's.
-hh
-hh said:
That's beautiful. As an amateur astronomer it's always a treat seeing a persons reaction when they see something like that for the first time.
SpAtZ said:
"Sort of". I've been slowly picking my way through the photos, and I've been dropping keepers into this directory:
http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2006/tanzania/
However, its just a crude listing, as I've not written any HTML to put them together into a presentation, or to offer any explanation for what any of the shots are.
-hh
Green Is Beautiful
Nikon D50 with Quantaray Lens
Unedited picture.
taken at the gardens in Cal Tech, Pasadena, CA
Nikon D50 with Quantaray Lens
Unedited picture.
taken at the gardens in Cal Tech, Pasadena, CA
Got the sunset done before this weekend
Katavi National Park, Tanzania
28 June 2006
Canon EOS Elan IIe (35mm)
Fuji Velvia @ ISO 40
shutter, f/stop - not recorded
Approx 20mm focal length
Digital Scan
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Now here's the fun part: click on the above.
When I first scanned the slide, I accidentally had the image type set incorrectly. Instead of 48-bit color, it was something called "color smoothing". The linked file is what it produced. Quite...er, "Funky".
-hh
Katavi National Park, Tanzania
28 June 2006
Canon EOS Elan IIe (35mm)
Fuji Velvia @ ISO 40
shutter, f/stop - not recorded
Approx 20mm focal length
Digital Scan
.jpg)
Now here's the fun part: click on the above.
When I first scanned the slide, I accidentally had the image type set incorrectly. Instead of 48-bit color, it was something called "color smoothing". The linked file is what it produced. Quite...er, "Funky".
-hh
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