The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

Discuss non-Astronomy related subjects. NOTE: posts are removed automatically after 365 days.
Post Reply
User avatar
OzEclipse Australia
Moderator
Moderator
Articles: 2
Offline
Posts: 2378
Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 8:11 am
4
Location: Young, NSW, Australia, 34S, 148E
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#361

Post by OzEclipse »


Recent storm clouds and cloudy skies.
untitled shoot-6506-Pano-Edit.jpg
untitled shoot-6509.jpg
untitled shoot-6525.jpg
Image
Amateur astronomer since 1978...................Web site : http://joe-cali.com/
Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, ATM 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, ST80.
Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push dobsonian with Nexus DSC, three homemade EQ's.
Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5, Unitron 40mm Kellner, Meade Or 25,12
Cameras : Pentax K1, K5, K01, K10D / VIDEO CAMS : TacosBD, Lihmsec.
Cam/guider/controllers: Lacerta MGEN 3, SW Synguider, Simulation Curriculum SkyFi 3+Sky safari
Memberships Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section; Single Exposure Milky Way Facebook Group (Moderator) (12k members), The Sky Searchers (moderator)
User avatar
Makuser United States of America
In Memory
In Memory
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 6394
Joined: Mon May 06, 2019 12:53 am
4
Location: Rockledge, FL.
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#362

Post by Makuser »


Dragonsfire wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:07 pm [image][/image]
Hey Neil. A great capture here, and talk about contrast! Hot peppers in freezing snow. :lol:
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
>)))))*>
User avatar
Dragonsfire Canada
Orion Spur Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 659
Joined: Sat Feb 08, 2020 11:00 pm
4
Location: Ab,Canada.
Status:
Offline

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#363

Post by Dragonsfire »


lol, yup, I call it my Christmas tree :)
Neil
Orion XT8i Dob, ES AR102
9x50 RACI Finder, TELRAD Reflex Sight, Electro Dot Sight RD400X
Agena SWA 38mm 70 FOV 2" EP, Orion 25+10mm Sirius Plossl 52 FOV EP
ES 82* 11mm, 18mm 2", ES 68* 24mm, 6mm, 25mm Ortho. EP, Televue 3X Barlow,CS lens 2.8mm-12mm F1.4
Filters Baader Continuum, UV/IF cut, Lumicon UHC, DGM OIII. ND5/3.8 Kendrick
GX1 Lumix, E-PM2, ASI224mc, SteadyPix Deluxe, iOptron SkyTracker 7.7lb
User avatar
Nakedgun United States of America
Pluto Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 469
Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:03 pm
3
Location: southwest US
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#364

Post by Nakedgun »


Lebowski fans in attendance?

IMGP5152 - Copy - Copy.JPG
"A republic, madam, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin
User avatar
Graeme1858 Great Britain
Co-Administrator
Co-Administrator
Articles: 1
Online
Posts: 7377
Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:16 pm
4
Location: North Kent, UK
Status:
Online

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

I Broke The Forum.

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#365

Post by Graeme1858 »


______________________________________________
Celestron 9.25 f10 SCT, f6.3FR, CGX mount.
ASI1600MM Pro, ASI294MC Pro, ASI224MC
ZWO EFW, ZWO OAG, ASI220MM Mini.
APM 11x70 ED APO Binoculars.

https://www.averywayobservatory.co.uk/
User avatar
metastable
Pluto Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 480
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:00 pm
4
Location: California
Status:
Offline

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#366

Post by metastable »


Image
User avatar
Graeme1858 Great Britain
Co-Administrator
Co-Administrator
Articles: 1
Online
Posts: 7377
Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:16 pm
4
Location: North Kent, UK
Status:
Online

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

I Broke The Forum.

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#367

Post by Graeme1858 »


At the bottom of the garden yesterday:

Image
______________________________________________
Celestron 9.25 f10 SCT, f6.3FR, CGX mount.
ASI1600MM Pro, ASI294MC Pro, ASI224MC
ZWO EFW, ZWO OAG, ASI220MM Mini.
APM 11x70 ED APO Binoculars.

https://www.averywayobservatory.co.uk/
User avatar
John Donne United States of America
Orion Spur Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 967
Joined: Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:34 am
3
Location: US
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#368

Post by John Donne »


Warmer times. 😊
20201229_113248.jpg
SCOPES :ES127 f7.5, SW100 f9 Evostar, ES80 F6, LXD75 8" f10 SCT, 2120 10" f10 SCT, ES152 f6.5.
MOUNTS: SW AZ/EQ5, MEADE LXD75, CELESTRON CG4, Farpoint Parallelogram.
BINOCULARS: CL 10X30, Pentax 8X43, 25X100 Oberwerks.
EP: Many.

"I am more than a sum of molecules.
I am more than a sum of memories or events.
I do not one day suddenly cease to be.
I am, before memory.
I am, before event.
I am"
User avatar
Makuser United States of America
In Memory
In Memory
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 6394
Joined: Mon May 06, 2019 12:53 am
4
Location: Rockledge, FL.
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#369

Post by Makuser »


Here are some photos from our plant garden to the side of the patio and porch in late December. Here is our Ponytail Palm, which we brought from Illinois in a small indoor pot from Illinois many years ago:
Ponytail Palm.JPG
and Sheri's beautiful Staghorn Fern:
Staghorn Fern.JPG
and early spike blooms from our Aloe Vera plant:
Aloe Vera spike blooms.JPG
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
>)))))*>
User avatar
John Donne United States of America
Orion Spur Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 967
Joined: Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:34 am
3
Location: US
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#370

Post by John Donne »


My back yard in Summer.
Attachments
20201229_111705.jpg
SCOPES :ES127 f7.5, SW100 f9 Evostar, ES80 F6, LXD75 8" f10 SCT, 2120 10" f10 SCT, ES152 f6.5.
MOUNTS: SW AZ/EQ5, MEADE LXD75, CELESTRON CG4, Farpoint Parallelogram.
BINOCULARS: CL 10X30, Pentax 8X43, 25X100 Oberwerks.
EP: Many.

"I am more than a sum of molecules.
I am more than a sum of memories or events.
I do not one day suddenly cease to be.
I am, before memory.
I am, before event.
I am"
User avatar
bobharmony
Local Group Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 2029
Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 1:11 pm
4
Location: Connecticut, US
Status:
Offline

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#371

Post by bobharmony »


This guy decided to check out the pool from the deck rail this afternoon. He couldn't find any fish through the cover, so he took off again in a few minutes.
IMG_1793.jpg
Bob
Hardware: Celestron C6-N w/ Advanced GTmount, Baader MK iii CC, Orion ST-80, Canon 60D (unmodded), Nikon D5300 (modded), Orion SSAG
Software: BYE, APT, PHD2, DSS, PhotoShop CC 2020, StarTools, Cartes du Ciel, AstroTortilla

Image
User avatar
AstroBee United States of America
Moderator
Moderator
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 2254
Joined: Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:03 pm
4
Location: Henderson, NV
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#372

Post by AstroBee »


The first person that can figure out where I'm standing wins absolutely nothing but my admiration. :D
Image
Greg M.~ "Ad Astra per Aspera"
Scopes: Celestron EdgeHD14", Explore Scientific ED152CF & ED127 APO's, StellarVue SV70T, Classic Orange-Tube C-8, Lunt 80mm Ha double-stack solar scope.
Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach One, iOptron CEM70EC Mount, iOptron ZEQ25 Mount.
Cameras: ZWO ASI2600mm Pro, ZWO 2600MC Pro, ZWO ASI1600mm
Filters: 36mm Chroma LRGB & 3nm Ha, OIII, SII, L-Pro, L-eXtreme
Eyepieces: 27mm TeleVue Panoptic, 4mm TeleVue Radian, Explore Scientific 82° 30mm, 6.7mm , Baader 13mm Hyperion, Explore Scientific 70° 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, Meade 8.8mm UWA
Software: N.I.N.A., SharpCapPro, PixInsight, PhotoShop CC, Phd2, Stellarium
https://www.nevadadesertskies.com
User avatar
messier 111 Canada
Universal Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 9518
Joined: Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:49 am
3
Location: Canada's capital region .
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#373

Post by messier 111 »


AstroBee wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:35 pm The first person that can figure out where I'm standing wins absolutely nothing but my admiration. :D
Image
Méridien de Greenwich
I LOVE REFRACTORS , :Astronomer1: :sprefac:

REFRACTOR , TS-Optics Doublet SD-APO 125 mm f/7.8 . Lunt 80mm MT Ha Doublet Refractor .

EYEPIECES, Delos , Delite and 26mm Nagler t5 , 2 zoom Svbony 7-21 , Orion Premium Linear BinoViewer .

FILTER , Nebustar 2 tele vue . Apm solar wedge . contrast booster 2 inches .

Mounts , cg-4 motorized , eq6 pro belt drive .

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
― Isaac Asimov

Jean-Yves :flags-canada:
User avatar
AstroBee United States of America
Moderator
Moderator
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 2254
Joined: Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:03 pm
4
Location: Henderson, NV
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#374

Post by AstroBee »


messier 111 wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:28 pm
AstroBee wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:35 pm The first person that can figure out where I'm standing wins absolutely nothing but my admiration. :D
Image
Méridien de Greenwich
You have won my admiration!
Greg M.~ "Ad Astra per Aspera"
Scopes: Celestron EdgeHD14", Explore Scientific ED152CF & ED127 APO's, StellarVue SV70T, Classic Orange-Tube C-8, Lunt 80mm Ha double-stack solar scope.
Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach One, iOptron CEM70EC Mount, iOptron ZEQ25 Mount.
Cameras: ZWO ASI2600mm Pro, ZWO 2600MC Pro, ZWO ASI1600mm
Filters: 36mm Chroma LRGB & 3nm Ha, OIII, SII, L-Pro, L-eXtreme
Eyepieces: 27mm TeleVue Panoptic, 4mm TeleVue Radian, Explore Scientific 82° 30mm, 6.7mm , Baader 13mm Hyperion, Explore Scientific 70° 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, Meade 8.8mm UWA
Software: N.I.N.A., SharpCapPro, PixInsight, PhotoShop CC, Phd2, Stellarium
https://www.nevadadesertskies.com
User avatar
Bigzmey United States of America
Moderator
Moderator
Articles: 8
Online
Posts: 7645
Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 7:55 pm
4
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Status:
Online

TSS Awards Badges

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#375

Post by Bigzmey »


One of our beautiful desert sunsets.

Sunset 1220.jpg

This is our backyard. Just liked the play of light and shadows.

winter morning.jpg
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.

Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2437, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 257
User avatar
metastable
Pluto Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 480
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:00 pm
4
Location: California
Status:
Offline

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#376

Post by metastable »


IMG-6591.jpg
IMG-6519.jpg
User avatar
Graeme1858 Great Britain
Co-Administrator
Co-Administrator
Articles: 1
Online
Posts: 7377
Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:16 pm
4
Location: North Kent, UK
Status:
Online

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

I Broke The Forum.

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#377

Post by Graeme1858 »


AstroBee wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:30 pm
messier 111 wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:28 pm
AstroBee wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:35 pm The first person that can figure out where I'm standing wins absolutely nothing but my admiration. :D
Image
Méridien de Greenwich
You have won my admiration!

In the afternoon facing North!

Regards

Graeme
______________________________________________
Celestron 9.25 f10 SCT, f6.3FR, CGX mount.
ASI1600MM Pro, ASI294MC Pro, ASI224MC
ZWO EFW, ZWO OAG, ASI220MM Mini.
APM 11x70 ED APO Binoculars.

https://www.averywayobservatory.co.uk/
User avatar
Graeme1858 Great Britain
Co-Administrator
Co-Administrator
Articles: 1
Online
Posts: 7377
Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:16 pm
4
Location: North Kent, UK
Status:
Online

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

I Broke The Forum.

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#378

Post by Graeme1858 »


Graeme1858 wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:29 am
AstroBee wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:30 pm
messier 111 wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:28 pm

Méridien de Greenwich
You have won my admiration!

In the afternoon facing North!

Regards

Graeme

Looking out over the River Thames with the Great 28" refractor behind you!
______________________________________________
Celestron 9.25 f10 SCT, f6.3FR, CGX mount.
ASI1600MM Pro, ASI294MC Pro, ASI224MC
ZWO EFW, ZWO OAG, ASI220MM Mini.
APM 11x70 ED APO Binoculars.

https://www.averywayobservatory.co.uk/
User avatar
Nakedgun United States of America
Pluto Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 469
Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:03 pm
3
Location: southwest US
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#379

Post by Nakedgun »


Hot crew, today.

IMG_0301 - Copy.JPG

IMG_0302 - Copy.JPG

Not us!
"A republic, madam, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin
User avatar
Nakedgun United States of America
Pluto Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 469
Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:03 pm
3
Location: southwest US
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

#380

Post by Nakedgun »


Workday views:


San Bernardino Mtns. from the Ortega Hwy, taken this morning on my way up to North Main Divide Rd. to operate the mower;
IMG_0304 - Copy.JPG


My colleague snapped this shot of me in the afternoon. Pacific Ocean not well seen on the horizon.
IMG-1093 (3) - Copy.jpg
"A republic, madam, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin
Post Reply

Create an account or sign in to join the discussion

You need to be a member in order to post a reply

Create an account

Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute

Register

Sign in

Return to “Off-Topic”