M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley

[mickw]

11x300 sec @ 800 asa Burgess 91, WO x0.8 F/R, modded Canon 400D, stuff in CS3 and 3 Stella



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[Rocket Pooch]

Well done.

[RobertM]

Nice one Mick, and the stars look good in the corners too

[Fay]

Great Mick, you did well!!! Must have been the beer   

[mickw]

Nice one Mick, and the stars look good in the corners too

I cropped out the poop  

Perhaps a drop more beer next time 

[JohnP]

Looks really good Mick - Nicely processed as well with some nice star colour showing. So did you take that on the Saturday night after you'd got rid of everyone asking what special thing was happening tonight

You must be pleased - nice one - John

[Carole]

That's really nice Mick, very smooth.  No stopping you now. 

I cropped out the poop 

well that's one way of saying it 

[MarkS]

Well done Mick.

You've produced a good one there.  You ought to be really pleased with that!

Mark

[mickw]

Thanks all, yep well pleased 

There were doubts as the scope was below head height and appeared to be strafing the trees, I was checking each sub to see if I was still avoiding them.

All the software and hardware worked well - good old W7 

John I didn't get started until about 11:30, I think some rotten bugger kept sending the moron over to talk to me 
Most of the other public were quite tolerable.

[Carole]

After I shut down the computer last night, I realised that you had managed to get M16 from Rother Valley and I thought that would be a "no go" there because of the trees. 

However

the scope was below head height and appeared to be strafing the trees

Were you pitched in your usual spot or did you have to move the scope out further to get this target?

Carole

[Tony G]

M.M.M

Mick the Moron Magnet.

Tony G

[JohnP]

It's those 25 empty bottles of Stella he has 'perched' around the scope that attract them...

M³

[mickw]

Carole - usual place, I don't plan anything, there's plenty of other stuff up there to point a scope at 

Tony I'll try and change - honest - perhaps if I punch someone that would help 

John, stop saying bad things about my wonderful Stella, although moving the empties closer to someone who is good with the public could help.
Carole deals with the public 
I feel a plan coming together 

[The Thing]

That's dead good Mick. You should be really chuffed, especially as you were dealing with the village campsite idiot at the same time!

[mickw]

Thanks Duncan, turned out better than I hoped for so well happy