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Savageduck[_3_] February 23rd 18 07:07 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
I had an opportunity to do some shooting today, so here are a few via my
iPad. Included are some panos. All adjustments were made with LR CC Mobile.
All shots have been resized to deal with local bandwidth conditions.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqmgmu7x7tpzoig/_DSF0281.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jurglhfl9blq5ac/_DSF0285.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayixpe2xvfx1zo7/_DSF0328.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqyevtknz5i597v/_DSF0330.jpg

The Panos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3kpsagw46i0v56p/_DSF0300.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wq87ifze6xpixo/_DSF0332b.jpg


--
Regards,
Savageduck

David B.[_2_] February 24th 18 12:59 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 23/02/2018 18:07, Savageduck wrote:
I had an opportunity to do some shooting today, so here are a few via my
iPad. Included are some panos. All adjustments were made with LR CC Mobile.
All shots have been resized to deal with local bandwidth conditions.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqmgmu7x7tpzoig/_DSF0281.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jurglhfl9blq5ac/_DSF0285.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayixpe2xvfx1zo7/_DSF0328.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqyevtknz5i597v/_DSF0330.jpg

The Panos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3kpsagw46i0v56p/_DSF0300.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wq87ifze6xpixo/_DSF0332b.jpg


All good!

Thanks for sharing! :-)

--
David B.


PeterN[_7_] February 25th 18 08:30 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2/23/2018 1:07 PM, Savageduck wrote:
I had an opportunity to do some shooting today, so here are a few via my
iPad. Included are some panos. All adjustments were made with LR CC Mobile.
All shots have been resized to deal with local bandwidth conditions.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqmgmu7x7tpzoig/_DSF0281.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jurglhfl9blq5ac/_DSF0285.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayixpe2xvfx1zo7/_DSF0328.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqyevtknz5i597v/_DSF0330.jpg

The Panos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3kpsagw46i0v56p/_DSF0300.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wq87ifze6xpixo/_DSF0332b.jpg


Overall a nice set of images that will help you remember some of what
you saw on your trip.
While I would have processed some of them differently, and I am not
talking about some of the over the top processing I sometimes do, I will
refrain from comment, unless you specifically want a short statement on
each..

--
PeterN

Savageduck[_3_] February 26th 18 03:10 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
PeterN wrote:
On 2/23/2018 1:07 PM, Savageduck wrote:
I had an opportunity to do some shooting today, so here are a few via my
iPad. Included are some panos. All adjustments were made with LR CC Mobile.
All shots have been resized to deal with local bandwidth conditions.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqmgmu7x7tpzoig/_DSF0281.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jurglhfl9blq5ac/_DSF0285.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayixpe2xvfx1zo7/_DSF0328.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqyevtknz5i597v/_DSF0330.jpg

The Panos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3kpsagw46i0v56p/_DSF0300.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wq87ifze6xpixo/_DSF0332b.jpg


Overall a nice set of images that will help you remember some of what
you saw on your trip.


That was all those were intended to be, perhaps with the exception of the
B&W shots such as the two above, and this.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

While I would have processed some of them differently, and I am not
talking about some of the over the top processing I sometimes do, I will
refrain from comment, unless you specifically want a short statement on
each..


I am sure that you would have gone about things differently, and as you,
and I have come to anticipate folks’ commentary if we post anything in this
open forum, feel free to post any thoughts which come to mind. While there
is no need to make “a short statement on each” as they are pretty much what
they are, a hint at what you might have done with some would be
interesting. Just remember, I am still on the road, and I am working with
my iPad darkroom.

BTW: working with the iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard and, Apple Pencil has been
so much better than only having the iPhone on this trip. I had considered a
new laptop, but in so many ways the iPad has proven to have been the better
choice for me. Strange to think that my old 17 inch MBP used to be on the
road with me with all that needed. Now I can just slip the iPad into my
camera bag, and it takes up little space without adding much weight. My
camera bag for this trip is a Think Tank “Retrospective 30” which hold both
cameras, five lenses, batteries, iPad, and some other stuff. For the
airlines it works as my personal item along with my carry-on. There is no
way my cameras are going into checked baggage.



--
Regards,
Savageduck

Savageduck[_3_] February 26th 18 03:16 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
Savageduck wrote:
PeterN wrote:
On 2/23/2018 1:07 PM, Savageduck wrote:
I had an opportunity to do some shooting today, so here are a few via my
iPad. Included are some panos. All adjustments were made with LR CC Mobile.
All shots have been resized to deal with local bandwidth conditions.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqmgmu7x7tpzoig/_DSF0281.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jurglhfl9blq5ac/_DSF0285.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayixpe2xvfx1zo7/_DSF0328.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqyevtknz5i597v/_DSF0330.jpg

The Panos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3kpsagw46i0v56p/_DSF0300.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wq87ifze6xpixo/_DSF0332b.jpg


Overall a nice set of images that will help you remember some of what
you saw on your trip.


That was all those were intended to be, perhaps with the exception of the
B&W shots such as the two above, and this.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg


Oops! Wrong shot. Pesky DB iOS UI.
Try this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/179xp4dvy7cebwn/_DSF0308.jpg


While I would have processed some of them differently, and I am not
talking about some of the over the top processing I sometimes do, I will
refrain from comment, unless you specifically want a short statement on
each..


I am sure that you would have gone about things differently, and as you,
and I have come to anticipate folks’ commentary if we post anything in this
open forum, feel free to post any thoughts which come to mind. While there
is no need to make “a short statement on each” as they are pretty much what
they are, a hint at what you might have done with some would be
interesting. Just remember, I am still on the road, and I am working with
my iPad darkroom.

BTW: working with the iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard and, Apple Pencil has been
so much better than only having the iPhone on this trip. I had considered a
new laptop, but in so many ways the iPad has proven to have been the better
choice for me. Strange to think that my old 17 inch MBP used to be on the
road with me with all that needed. Now I can just slip the iPad into my
camera bag, and it takes up little space without adding much weight. My
camera bag for this trip is a Think Tank “Retrospective 30” which hold both
cameras, five lenses, batteries, iPad, and some other stuff. For the
airlines it works as my personal item along with my carry-on. There is no
way my cameras are going into checked baggage.






--
Regards,
Savageduck

-hh February 26th 18 02:37 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 9:10:12 PM UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:
...

BTW: working with the iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard and, Apple Pencil has been
so much better than only having the iPhone on this trip. I had considered a
new laptop, but in so many ways the iPad has proven to have been the better
choice for me. Strange to think that my old 17 inch MBP used to be on the
road with me with all that needed. Now I can just slip the iPad into my
camera bag, and it takes up little space without adding much weight. My
camera bag for this trip is a Think Tank “Retrospective 30” which hold both
cameras, five lenses, batteries, iPad, and some other stuff. For the
airlines it works as my personal item along with my carry-on. There is no
way my cameras are going into checked baggage.



Think Tank “Retrospective 30”, eh?

Dang, looks like I might have YA new camera bag in my future! ;-)


-hh

Savageduck[_3_] February 26th 18 03:08 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
-hh wrote:
On Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 9:10:12 PM UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:
...

BTW: working with the iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard and, Apple Pencil has been
so much better than only having the iPhone on this trip. I had considered a
new laptop, but in so many ways the iPad has proven to have been the better
choice for me. Strange to think that my old 17 inch MBP used to be on the
road with me with all that needed. Now I can just slip the iPad into my
camera bag, and it takes up little space without adding much weight. My
camera bag for this trip is a Think Tank “Retrospective 30” which hold both
cameras, five lenses, batteries, iPad, and some other stuff. For the
airlines it works as my personal item along with my carry-on. There is no
way my cameras are going into checked baggage.



Think Tank “Retrospective 30”, eh?

Dang, looks like I might have YA new camera bag in my future! ;-)

Yup!

B&H had a sale on some Think Tank stuff back in October 2017, and I believe
Think Tank gave similar discounts.

The price was too good to resist, especially since I was planning to take
both my X-T2, and X-E3 with a bunch of lenses, and my Domke 803 was not
quite big enough to fit my intended load.

That said the Domke is still my favorite light kit daily carry bag.

I bought the leather trim version, the discount was $120 bringing the price
to the same level as the non-leather which wasn’t on sale. Think Tank seems
to be out of stock at the moment, but B&H still shows a full inventory.

https://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/retrospective-leather-30

--
Regards,
Savageduck

android February 26th 18 03:31 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-23 18:07:08 +0000, Savageduck said:

I had an opportunity to do some shooting today, so here are a few via my
iPad. Included are some panos. All adjustments were made with LR CC Mobile.
All shots have been resized to deal with local bandwidth conditions.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayixpe2xvfx1zo7/_DSF0328.jpg


The Panos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3kpsagw46i0v56p/_DSF0300.jpg


I liked the above the best. Less typical tourist snaps...
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teleportation kills


m-m February 28th 18 04:40 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.


Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing

--
m-m
www.mhmyers.com

android February 28th 18 05:39 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-28 03:40:09 +0000, m-m said:

In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.


Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


Give the Duck a break. He did that on the go with an iPad! :-))
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teleportation kills


Savageduck[_3_] February 28th 18 05:49 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.


Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

--
Regards,
Savageduck

android February 28th 18 07:45 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.


Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg


You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es
--
teleportation kills


Savageduck[_3_] February 28th 18 08:05 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg


You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es


Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?

--
Regards,
Savageduck

android February 28th 18 08:13 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg


You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es


Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?


Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))
--
teleportation kills


Savageduck[_3_] February 28th 18 08:38 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es


Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?


Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))


The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx

--
Regards,
Savageduck

android February 28th 18 09:41 AM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-28 07:38:14 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es

Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?


Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))


The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx


Sure, happy days! Spectrography is very interesting... The real Hubble
killer would be this one though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory#Very_Large_Telescope

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teleportation kills


android February 28th 18 02:04 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-28 11:05:36 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:42:03 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:38:14 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es

Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?

Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))

The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx


Sure, happy days! Spectrography is very interesting... The real Hubble
killer would be this one though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory#Very_Large_Telescope


--
teleportation kills


Until the James Webb Space Telescope comes online in 2019.


Then it will be a Hubble killer still! "The VLTI can achieve an angular
resolution of milliarcseconds, equivalent to the ability to see the
headlights of a car on the moon." :-))
--
teleportation kills


-hh February 28th 18 03:57 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 2:38:24 AM UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:
android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es

Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?


Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))


The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx



There's also a lot of darkness up in nearby Namibia too...



-hh

Savageduck[_3_] February 28th 18 04:38 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
-hh wrote:
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 2:38:24 AM UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:
android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es

Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?

Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))


The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx



There's also a lot of darkness up in nearby Namibia too...


Yup! Namibia would be a good option for astrophotography, and other
photo-ops such as wildlife, landscapes, and some interesting old mining
ghost towns in the diamond fields of the Skeleton Coast.

The last time I visited Namibia was in 1983, and there have been
considerable changes since then, but it doesn’t take much to find yourself
in the wilderness.

--
Regards,
Savageduck

android February 28th 18 05:34 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-28 15:38:22 +0000, Savageduck said:

The last time I visited Namibia was in 1983, and there have been
considerable changes since then


I'd say that you are correct in that! :-))
--
teleportation kills


android February 28th 18 05:41 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-02-28 16:28:50 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:04:46 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 11:05:36 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:42:03 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:38:14 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es

Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?

Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))

The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx

Sure, happy days! Spectrography is very interesting... The real Hubble
killer would be this one though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory#Very_Large_Telescope



--
teleportation kills

Until the James Webb Space Telescope comes online in 2019.


Then it will be a Hubble killer still! "The VLTI can achieve an angular
resolution of milliarcseconds, equivalent to the ability to see the
headlights of a car on the moon." :-))


But there aren't any car headlights on the moon to see ;-P

--
teleportation kills


And you know that how? Things change you know...
--
teleportation kills


-hh March 1st 18 12:17 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 5:33:38 AM UTC-5, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 16:41:12 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 16:28:50 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:04:46 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 11:05:36 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:42:03 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:38:14 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es

Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?

Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))

The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx

Sure, happy days! Spectrography is very interesting... The real Hubble
killer would be this one though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory#Very_Large_Telescope



--
teleportation kills

Until the James Webb Space Telescope comes online in 2019.

Then it will be a Hubble killer still! "The VLTI can achieve an angular
resolution of milliarcseconds, equivalent to the ability to see the
headlights of a car on the moon." :-))

But there aren't any car headlights on the moon to see ;-P

--
teleportation kills


And you know that how? Things change you know...
--
teleportation kills


Can you tell me which apollo mission (or any other) that took car headlights to the moon. ?


Actually, they did take a corner reflector up there (at least once), so headlights on Earth which happen to shine light that way would have a direct path reflected back to Earth.


-hh

android March 1st 18 01:12 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On 2018-03-01 10:33:26 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 16:41:12 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 16:28:50 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:04:46 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 11:05:36 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:42:03 UTC, android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:38:14 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 07:05:05 +0000, Savageduck said:

android wrote:
On 2018-02-28 04:49:03 +0000, Savageduck said:

m-m wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

On Friday, 23 February 2018 13:07:20 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:

I like the shots, the colour is well-saturated. In my opinion, my favorite
is the boats and hillside shot because the hillside and boats kind of fuse to
make one geometric triangle that dominates the shot.

Yes but the boats all have a blue hue from the sea and sky reflections,
if I'm referring to the same one as you:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

Surely this can be corrected post-processing


I have to agree, the boats do seem to be a bit too blue. As I have said
elsewhere in the thread, I am still on the road in South Africa, and I
pretty much posted quick edits using my iPad. That said, here is another
rendition with a selective temp adjustment to the boats.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3pv4venzqa88iz/_DSF0302e1.jpg

You haven't got that vacation thing down right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwiIYoJx5Es

Not exactly. ;-)

With 10 hours difference between California, and Cape Town, I find myself
awake at odd times. So what is a guy with a camera, and WiFi connection to
do?

Cruse? Geting that Southern Cross on file? I've got to understand that
the opportunities for astro are amazing in southern Africa. :-))

The place to go to get the best, clear night Southern sky shots would be
about 150 miles ( 242km) North of Cape Town at Sutherland. That is also
where SALT, the South African Large Telescope (the largest in the Southern
hemisphere), and the South African Astronomical Observatory are located.

https://goo.gl/images/DrHiwx

Sure, happy days! Spectrography is very interesting... The real Hubble
killer would be this one though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory#Very_Large_Telescope




--
teleportation kills

Until the James Webb Space Telescope comes online in 2019.

Then it will be a Hubble killer still! "The VLTI can achieve an angular
resolution of milliarcseconds, equivalent to the ability to see the
headlights of a car on the moon." :-))

But there aren't any car headlights on the moon to see ;-P

--
teleportation kills


And you know that how? Things change you know...
--
teleportation kills


Can you tell me which apollo mission (or any other) that took car
headlights to the moon. ?


None. But the lunatics seem to get out of their caves elsewhere...

I'll be moving a few blocks while my flat, and its building gets a well
needed makeover and will thus be off line for some time...
--
teleportation kills


-hh March 1st 18 02:47 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 7:19:12 AM UTC-5, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 1 March 2018 11:17:52 UTC, -hh wrote:
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 5:33:38 AM UTC-5, Whisky-dave wrote:
[...]
Can you tell me which apollo mission (or any other) that
took car headlights to the moon. ?


Actually, they did take a corner reflector up there (at least once),
so headlights on Earth which happen to shine light that way would
have a direct path reflected back to Earth.


There's no headlight on earth that could do that, what they left
there was for a laser to be shone to measure the distance to the
moon oer time.


True, it was for a laser (which is light), but it was also designed
in the 1960s using 1960s technology for the receive sensor.

There;s no way a headlamp would be bright enough or be able to
produce a beam bright enough to reach the moon and reflect back,
it's difficult enough with a high power laser who beam only reflects
back a very small amount of light in fact the reflected light is
too weak to see with the human eye.


Human eye? Oh, sorry: I thought this was about the ability of a
machine (Hubble's replacement) to have adequate senor resolution.

Out of 10^17 photons aimed at the reflector, ...


which is another way of saying ~0.25 Joules worth...

only one is received back on Earth every few seconds, even under
good conditions.


Sure, but that's at the power level you specified.

In contrast, Class4 laser today (minimum of 500mW) sell for as
little as $100 today, and 2W & 5W versions are pretty commonplace
(and why they're such a safety threat to aviation).

Case in point, here's a 10W green Class4 for only $250:

http://www.everyonetobuy.com/green-10000mw-burning-laser-pointer-pen.html

....that's 20x the power level you picked, and its an off-the-shelf
commercial product.

Plus we can similarly look at the sensor side, to see how much that
technology to detect the return signal has improved over the last
50 years...

Case in point: Nikon D5 goes up to ISO 3,280,000, which has 15x
the light sensitivity of classical old ISO 100 film.


-hh

nospam March 1st 18 05:43 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
In article ,
Whisky-dave wrote:

In contrast, Class4 laser today (minimum of 500mW) sell for as
little as $100 today, and 2W & 5W versions are pretty commonplace
(and why they're such a safety threat to aviation).


Yes well aircraft don't fly at the same distance from the earth as the moon
orbits.


elon musk's tesla goes much further than that.

-hh March 1st 18 06:14 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 11:34:10 AM UTC-5, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 1 March 2018 13:47:41 UTC, -hh wrote:
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 7:19:12 AM UTC-5, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 1 March 2018 11:17:52 UTC, -hh wrote:
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 5:33:38 AM UTC-5, Whisky-dave wrote:
[...]
Can you tell me which apollo mission (or any other) that
took car headlights to the moon. ?

Actually, they did take a corner reflector up there (at least once),
so headlights on Earth which happen to shine light that way would
have a direct path reflected back to Earth.

There's no headlight on earth that could do that, what they left
there was for a laser to be shone to measure the distance to the
moon oer time.


True, it was for a laser (which is light), but it was also designed
in the 1960s using 1960s technology for the receive sensor.


The apollos were 1960s technology too, well most that went to the moon were.


True, and as such, the only relevant technology question that this
poses is to what degree the technology has changed in the fabrication
of pentaprisms for the retroreflectors. Simple answer there is that
it relies on mechanical geometry (and optical quality) which certainly
has improved over the past 50 years, but not by orders of magnitude.


There;s no way a headlamp would be bright enough or be able to
produce a beam bright enough to reach the moon and reflect back,
it's difficult enough with a high power laser who beam only reflects
back a very small amount of light in fact the reflected light is
too weak to see with the human eye.


Human eye? Oh, sorry: I thought this was about the ability of a
machine (Hubble's replacement) to have adequate senor resolution.


It does but it still won't see headlamps on the moon any more than
it'll find the Spaghetti mosnster on the moon.


Except for how the whole "headlight on the moon" was simply a layman's
explanation of how much better the replacement is over Hubble.


Out of 10^17 photons aimed at the reflector, ...


which is another way of saying ~0.25 Joules worth...


so not a lot then.


Depends on context. Here, the context is in raising the
power on a terrestrial transmitter to go do something.


only one is received back on Earth every few seconds,
even under good conditions.


Sure, but that's at the power level you specified.


A power much higher than the aveage car headlight.


There's been mere automotive headlights for sale that
are in the 100-200 Watt range for decades, and for a
good halogen, figure 35lumens per watt...or use a HID
because their conversion efficiency is ~twice that.

Similarly, I still own a couple of old camera strobes
whose outputs were 200 Watt-seconds, which when you
consider the short time duration of a strobe means that
their peak output was easily 20 kJ (@ 10msec) if not
more (100 kJ @ 2msec). True, this isn't narrow beam
focused like a laser, but more of that's an optics
based divergence question.


In contrast, Class4 laser today (minimum of 500mW) sell for as
little as $100 today, and 2W & 5W versions are pretty commonplace
(and why they're such a safety threat to aviation).


Yes well aircraft don't fly at the same distance from the
earth as the moon orbits.


Considering that 99% of that distance has no atmosphere for signal
attenuation, the distance only matters from the perspective of the
optical path's divergence angle.


Case in point, here's a 10W green Class4 for only $250:


I bet they can;t get that to reflect off something on the moon,
and I bet such a laser if on the moon couldn;t be seen from earth.


Oh, it will definitely reflect ... that's basic physics. The
question is if you have a good enough sensor technology to detect
(reliably) the return signal. Point is that our sensor tech is a
lot better today than it was back in 1969.


http://www.everyonetobuy.com/green-10000mw-burning-laser-pointer-pen.html

...that's 20x the power level you picked, and its an off-the-shelf
commercial product.


I didnl;t piuck any power level and it;s not really the power
that is all important, at the distance the moon is the small beam
would be about 5 metres in diameter, spreading the light out.


The light still gets there, and that which isn't absorbed will be
reflected, some of which back in the direction of Earth. And because
atmospheric attenuation also isn't 100.0%, some *will* get through
to where it could be detected, given a good enough detector. That's
all basic & immutable physics.


Plus we can similarly look at the sensor side, to see how much that
technology to detect the return signal has improved over the last
50 years...


and how much the reflector has deterioded over that time.


Yes, there's been some deterioration that has been detected, but
that a performance shift has been detected is also illustrating
that contemporary sensor tech is better today than in decades past.


Case in point: Nikon D5 goes up to ISO 3,280,000, which has 15x
the light sensitivity of classical old ISO 100 film.


So, it still won't be able to see the laser beam.


Can't make that determination for sure without more literature research,
but it is a damn safe bet that that modern sensor is more sensitive than
what they were originally using back in 1969.


-hh

Diesel March 2nd 18 10:44 PM

A Few Shots From South Africa
 
"David B."
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:59:14 GMT
in rec.photo.digital, wrote:

On 23/02/2018 18:07, Savageduck wrote:
I had an opportunity to do some shooting today, so here are a few
via my iPad. Included are some panos. All adjustments were made
with LR CC Mobile. All shots have been resized to deal with local
bandwidth conditions.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqmgmu7x7tpzoig/_DSF0281.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jurglhfl9blq5ac/_DSF0285.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97rkfdp242k3eb6/_DSF0302.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/acq0k1i5kvbxxwv/_DSF0313.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayixpe2xvfx1zo7/_DSF0328.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqyevtknz5i597v/_DSF0330.jpg

The Panos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3kpsagw46i0v56p/_DSF0300.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wq87ifze6xpixo/_DSF0332b.jpg


All good!

Thanks for sharing! :-)


You should issue him an apology for previous threat of doxing, David.
And do keep in mind, he didn't give you permission to copy his
pictures and upload them elsewhere. See if you can honor that.


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