Another Marterl.... This time, instead of a picture it shows a small Madonna inside its cabin. It is about a poor soul called "Hubert", who died at this place in the year 1903. Hubert had a cow with a trailer, and the cow pushed the trailer over him. The text says, "the dog came home alone....".
Unfortunately this was the only possible spot to take a picture because of bushes everywhere and I only had the 50/f1,2 with me. Next time I try to bring the 24/f2.
lirain wrote:
Another Marterl.... This time, instead of a picture it shows a small Madonna inside its cabin. It is about a poor soul called "Hubert", who died at this place in the year 1903. Hubert had a cow with a trailer, and the cow pushed the trailer over him. The text says, "the dog came home alone....".
Unfortunately this was the only possible spot to take a picture because of bushes everywhere and I only had the 50/f1,2 with me. Next time I try to bring the 24/f2.
My paternal great-grandfather died in a similar way. A horse drawn cart ran over him. No Marterl for him though.
Whenever I visited my father in Scotland I used to take him out for long drives around the local countryside. I had parked up to take some pictures of this scene when he told me the story that the single track road at the edge of the loch (where we were parked) was the location where my great-grandfather had died.
I was surprised to find this pedestrian crossing across a very busy main train line.
It would make a great location for a long exposure night shot of a passing train.
CGrindahl wrote:
Wonderful set Colin. I've watched these boats go through their normal routine and yes, it appears daunting. There are limits on how long they can stay in one location, so like campers in the U.S. on federal land, they need to keep moving. There are a great many folks on YouTube posting videos about this lifestyle. It is at once magical AND daunting. But there are some energetic, creative people making it work. Perhaps Leighton will post a link to the gentleman he's been following.
DeltaSigma wrote:
My paternal great-grandfather died in a similar way. A horse drawn cart ran over him. No Marterl for him though.
Whenever I visited my father in Scotland I used to take him out for long drives around the local countryside. I had parked up to take some pictures of this scene when he told me the story that the single track road at the edge of the loch (where we were parked) was the location where my great-grandfather had died.
We went up to our family land in southern Va yesterday for a small reunion with my wife's brothers and wives. Taking photos was not the priority of the evening, but sitting by a fire, apple cider with a splash of bourbon was
But... I always throw the camera bag in the truck and was glad I did. Much darker skies there. Grabbed this single frame shot overhead before the moon came up and washed out the sky. Planning on going back with a wide angle Nikkor kit when there is no moon.
But the Noct sucked in as many stars as possible. Was the only Nikon lens I had with me. Shot on the GFX100 II in 35mm mode.
I was surprised to find this pedestrian crossing across a very busy main train line.
It would make a great location for a long exposure night shot of a passing train.
GeorgeBo wrote:
We went up to our family land in southern Va yesterday for a small reunion with my wife's brothers and wives. Taking photos was not the priority of the evening, but sitting by a fire, apple cider with a splash of bourbon was
But... I always throw the camera bag in the truck and was glad I did. Much darker skies there. Grabbed this single frame shot overhead before the moon came up and washed out the sky. Planning on going back with a wide angle Nikkor kit when there is no moon.
But the Noct sucked in as many stars as possible. Was the only Nikon lens I had with me. Shot on the GFX100 II in 35mm mode.
Very nice image of the milky way George. There is a huge difference between light polluted skies/moon and a moonless night away from manmade lighting. I hope the "apple cider" warmed you up.
Scott
James Markus wrote:
Serge,
I use to manually stitch photos using Photoshop's layers, transforms. and varying the transparency back and forth to get good alignment + blends. Something like that 36 image stitch would take 3-4 hours manually. Then Matthew Brown and David G. Lowe of the University of British Columbia developed "AutoStitch" in the early 2000s, and gave it away for free to individuals. The photos can be unordered, and it still figures it out. It is the basis for many dedicated stitching programs, and an added feature in many imaging programs. Now I use Lr>Ps's two methods - latest jam being the merge>panorama which skips the open in layers>align>blend and just makes a raw file (dng). This is to say - I don't get any credit for the initial raw file; what I do with that file is my only special sauce contribution.
The EXIF data shows it's 15mm, but based on the photo's perspective, I believe it looks more like 25-50mm. When I used the D5, the AIS lenses were automatically recognized. However, with the D850, this function is not available 850_1569in by blurrist lump, on Flickr
George, excellent photograph of the night sky, great detail. It sounds like a fun family gathering.
James, great captures of the youngsters
Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo:
We were at a tapas bar across the street when noticed the car cruising by. I had to perform a quick lens change to the 50mm and hustle to the entrance.
SiMuMe wrote:
It's been a while since you last showed up at FM. Good to see you in these parts.
This getting old business can be quite time consuming, though I still find time for the cameras. I must do some post processing, there are numerous threads I see you in that I must contribute to.
GeorgeBo wrote:
One other thing I noticed in this dark sky site... You cannot take a shot or even look in the sky without seeing satellites in every direction.
Nice shot, George!
I don't want to sound like a "grumpy old man" (which, of course, I can be at times), but thanks to Elon Musk and the pandemic, we have loads of satellites in the night sky and younger folk in their Mercedes Sprinter van campers working remotely from national park campgrounds with their Starlinks.
It used to be that, at least in these parts, the busy times in the parks aligned with kids' summer vacations constrained by people having to work in-person at their place of employment - i.e., 4th of July through Labor Day. After that, the parks would empty out and us older, retired people would have the place more or less to ourselves. That's what I looked forward to as I got older. Boy, how things have changed!!!
I will say, though, that up here, one can still have reasonable peace and quiet in the parks (and not in the National Forest where people are shooting anything that moves right now) after the fall weather changes and a little snow falls. That clears out all the "beautiful people". So, I have invested in more cold(er) weather gear and I have enjoyed many fewer people during the last few trips to Glacier. However, something to "bare" in mind, the bears are more hungry at this time of year!
Cheers
Doug
PS - stacking with programs like Starry Landscape Stacker or Sequator does remove the satellites
Amazing comet and milky way shots you guys! I have seen a simulation of the hordes of satellites going around the earth and it looks quite troubling.
Doug, interesting tip on "removing" the satellites. Not that I can do any much night sky shooting where I am, its just pure local light pollution. I tried shooting Neowise when it was going by and couldn't see a darn thing.
GeorgeBo wrote:
We went up to our family land in southern Va yesterday for a small reunion with my wife's brothers and wives. Taking photos was not the priority of the evening, but sitting by a fire, apple cider with a splash of bourbon was
But... I always throw the camera bag in the truck and was glad I did. Much darker skies there. Grabbed this single frame shot overhead before the moon came up and washed out the sky. Planning on going back with a wide angle Nikkor kit when there is no moon.
But the Noct sucked in as many stars as possible. Was the only Nikon lens I had with me. Shot on the GFX100 II in 35mm mode.
