The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

[Makuser]

Hi all. Here is:
A Bandit in the Bucket

After a rain storm here, this squirrel decides to grab a snack out of the bird feeder. We have had a plethora of squirrels here this autumn. However, the birdies aren't too happy about it.

[Marcelo F.]

My family took me to County Offaly in the Irish midlands for my 60th birthday and we visited the Leviathan of Parsonstown at Birr Castle. It's a 72" reflector built in 1845 and was the biggest in the world at the time. William Parsons discovered the spiral structure of M51 with it.







The LOFAR radio-telescope is on the same site.

It was a grand holiday!

Regards

Graeme

I found these images in my Pinterest account

[Don Quixote]

Portrait of "Betty Lou", my mother, 93 and still the boss of her world. Last year she could still come out and view the stars with me. Now she travels "first class" but her astronomy nights are over.
Before my time she was a stewardess for TWA. She has many funny stories. She brags about having once worked for Howard Hughes.

We are getting ready to go out in the snow for a few minutes this morning. My daughter knitted her head gear. She won't last long in the cold but she loves the sunshine.

Later I will read to her. Eventually she will nod off for an hour or two while I prepare luncheon.
This afternoon she may not remember the trip into the snow.

Peace to you all.

[Juno16]

Very sweet photo and writing Mark. God bless you both!

Jim

[Thefatkitty]

There is yet more snow falling; I made this tonight out of boredom and to reflect my disappointment....

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[Lady Fraktor]

That looks great Mark

[Thefatkitty]

Backing up photo's from the past 11 months... I forgot about this; took this in August at a red light. The license plates....

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[Don Quixote]

There is yet more snow falling; I made this tonight out of boredom and to reflect my disappointment....

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Very cool Mark.
The weather has a "bearing" on our creativity at times.

[j.gardavsky]

The noctilucent year 2019

Hello all,

checking the pics in the camera, I have found this one, taken on the 21st June shortly before midnight,



No wonder, we have had just a few deep sky observing session in 2019,
JG

[Don Quixote]

Beautiful, JG...and after midnight.
I am very glad you have checked your camera !
Thank you.

[Juno16]

The noctilucent year 2019

Hello all,

checking the pics in the camera, I have found this one, taken on the 21st June shortly before midnight,



No wonder, we have had just a few deep sky observing session in 2019,
JG

A beautiful image JG!

Jim

[sebasb21]

Great pics, thanks for sharing! I'll leave my personal favourites... (if i can find them!)



Seb

PS for the life of me i could net resize the inline image to anything good, so.... just click it?

[Juno16]

Really cool shot!

One of the coolest places I’ve been.

Thanks,
Jim

[sebasb21]

Really cool shot!

One of the coolest places I’ve been.

Thanks,
Jim

Did you noticed it's upside down?

[sebasb21]

there is always one - well 2 of us really but hey ho, whilst on holiday down on the Jurassic Coast line me a friend decided we ould go for a cloud break and try and photography the Milky way over "Durdle Door" a spot that is photographed loads of times, having realised the walk is a lot further than the sign suggested (it wasn't it we followed it) , so having made our way there the sea fog was clearing nicely as well as the clouds.
within 30mins its was all back with a vengeance !!!!!
this is what i got - Sigma 10-20, unmodified D5300
one is of Durdle Door, the other is the Path down form the caravan park.
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Very nice ones

[Juno16]

Really cool shot!

One of the coolest places I’ve been.

Thanks,
Jim

Did you noticed it's upside down?

Certainly!

Mirror Lake?

[sebasb21]

Really cool shot!

One of the coolest places I’ve been.

Thanks,
Jim

Did you noticed it's upside down?

Certainly!

Mirror Lake?

It must be, thats the half dome right? i don't remember exactly where i took that, i think its a wooden bridge, probably the little river that connect those lakes (im not sure).... im not a local and at the time knew nothing of the park.

[Makuser]

Hi Seb. A great capture from Mirror Lake. The sky is a lighter blue than the reflection so I finally figured out it was upside down. Thanks for sharing this fine work with us on here Seb, and keep up the great photography work.

[Thefatkitty]

Since my flooded basement last week, I've been going through a few things... I found a "bubble wand" that Sarah got about 8 years ago. Still filled with soap and water! Obviously the seals are good

Well, that just needed to be revisited. I discovered that you really have to use manual focus with your lens as well to get the bubbles!
This was the start of a large bubble, then I captured the moment it burst and the look of "Awww..."

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Yes, there is just something satisfying about it all. Some of them look like gravitational lensing

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All we need now is a lava lamp, and I still have the Woodstock album....

[Makuser]

Hi Mark. A nice set of photographs of your daughter with bubble wand. I can imagine how hard it was to capture the bubbles. Thanks for sharing these with us on here Mark, and the best of wishes for a great holiday season to you and also your family.