I believe that is his refurbished ride. The sites that he would like me to shoot are all over North Houston, Temple, Burleson and Lewisville. We need to get them before the first frost zaps the grounds. I'll keep you posted. Going to be at least two dusks in Temple, one for the jet and one for the company site. I'll bring the 85............
Zane Adams wrote:
Busy 'fall' weekend around DFW, if you count 95° weather as 'fall'
Then Sunday night the wife and I went out west of town to darker skies to catch Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas in the western sky right after sunset.
Very cool!
I have some sad news, Nan Moses, Rob's wife, texted me today to tell me that Rob had a stroke in August and passed away last week. Those of you who attended the Alliance events probably met Rob and Nan, they were inseparable, "best friends" as Nan would characterize their relationship.
I called Nan when I received her text and, understandably, she was pretty broken up. She's going to let me know about the plans for his services. She did ask if I might help her market Rob's Piper Arrow, which I'll be happy to do.
Sad to hear that Jim, we had some good time's with Rob great guy..
I tried to get a glimpse of the comet at dusk last evening, but no joy. Really wanted to show it to James. We keep sitting out by the pool to try to see a shooting star, but haven't had any luck with that either. He is fascinated with the sky, must be genetic.........
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I tried to get a glimpse of the comet at dusk last evening, but no joy. Really wanted to show it to James. We keep sitting out by the pool to try to see a shooting star, but haven't had any luck with that either. He is fascinated with the sky, must be genetic.........
I lucked out with the northern lights last Thursday, my first time. From what I read, the colors got more intense after I went to bed. This is a bran 10 minutes drive from my house. Will try the comet tomorrow night, too cloudy today.
ILCE-1Voigtlander NOKTON 21mm F1.4 Aspherical lens21mmf/2.06s640 ISO0.0 EV
Was able to get a comet shot last night, in spite of a very bright moon kind of dimming it out. This is a cemetery in the middle of a tobacco field here in NC.
Very nice Chas! I don't think that I had a low enough perspective on the western horizon last night. I'll try tomorrow night. What focal length did you capture that with?
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Very nice Chas! I don't think that I had a low enough perspective on the western horizon last night. I'll try tomorrow night. What focal length did you capture that with?
Jim, according the EXIF info, this was at 43mm using the 24-104F4L. It was a 20 second exposure at ISO 200 and F4. I was using the 5DS R, which is not great at high ISO. I would have rather shot about a 5 second shot so at to pinpoint the stars better. But once I get my hands on the new iron, that will not be an issue! I look forward to seeing your version!
chas wrote:
Was able to get a comet shot last night, in spite of a very bright moon kind of dimming it out. This is a cemetery in the middle of a tobacco field here in NC.
Chas,
what time of the evening did you take that shot? I went this evening but it was too hilly where I went to see anything, or maybe I wasn't patient enough. who knows
gerov wrote:
Chas,
what time of the evening did you take that shot? I went this evening but it was too hilly where I went to see anything, or maybe I wasn't patient enough. who knows
Around 7:30 PM here in Central NC (Just south east of Raleigh). Quite honestly, it was dimmer than I expected, so you really have to look hard. The time exposure makes it appear much brighter than it actually is. It took me a while to find it, and I used app called Night Sky to help locate it. As the week progresses, it will rise higher and higher and become dimmer and dimmer (according to the experts). That being said, hilly terrain should matter less, but getting a composition with objects on the ground will become more difficult.
Also, I found this video tonight that might help you with shooting and post-processing a comet. I am going to try his post-processing recommendations. Good luck!
chas wrote:
Around 7:30 PM here in Central NC (Just south east of Raleigh). Quite honestly, it was dimmer than I expected, so you really have to look hard. The time exposure makes it appear much brighter than it actually is. It took me a while to find it, and I used app called Night Sky to help locate it. As the week progresses, it will rise higher and higher and become dimmer and dimmer (according to the experts). That being said, hilly terrain should matter less, but getting a composition with objects on the ground will become more difficult.
Also, I found this video tonight that might help you with shooting and post-processing a comet. I am going to try his post-processing recommendations. Good luck!
gerov wrote:
Many thanks, Chas, for this very helpful response. I'll give it another go.
Maybe Loyola HS in Towson Gero?
Or in Gardenville..there is an overlook at Barbara and Woodlea Ave...Overlooks downtown B'mer..pretty high up!
Good luck!
Dan
Just got back from the great state of Alabama, man people are nice there! My whirlwind assignment went perfectly, great attendees, outstanding weather, wonderful new connections. I went a little bit out on a limb and only took an R5 II, and my drone. I'm beginning to work through the images and it seems to have performed incredibly well, in some difficult lighting conditions.
One of the reasons that I wanted to use it in that environment was to put eye controlled focus to the acid test. There were a large number of people and I found myself continuously "looking" at different people in the groups and watching the focus move around to the points that I wanted it to, pretty amazing. Color saturation and dynamic range are top notch. Love these cameras more every day.
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I have been trying to use eye focus for my football feature portraits with the R5D/50mm. It gets hung up and will not find the eye if the player does not have large, white eyes. And if their corn rows are in their face, forget about it. I quickly switched to my box with the 4 helpers.
There are two layers of eye related AF in the R5II, the first is setting subject to detect as people, second is eye detection, in this set up you can hold the shutter button down half way and point the focus rectangle at the person of interest in the group. When you do that, it locks on that person's eye and if you continue to hold the button and recompose the composition in the frame, focus will remain on the selected subject.
The other method is selecting and programming your eye to the camera, then, theoretically, everywhere that eye looks, will place the focus point where you look. I have not had any problem with that system, many have found it challenging on the R3 and the R5 II.
Personally I used teh first technique today in Alabama and it worked flawlessly.
