July DSC - July 9th to 12th

[Fay]

Mike, if it looks different in colour, it is because I only recognised the 2 pictures as a panorama after I had processed, have deleted the originals  OOOOOH!

[The Thing]

Mick and I spent a very relaxing evening having a chat and watching very interesting clouds roll by as the sun set. I saw a few bats as well as several beers.

We gave up any hope of astronomy after being teased by Vega and even the back end of Cygnus gave us a brief appearance, and having been told the BBC were forecasting torrential downpours all the gear got put away.

We had a bit of rain in the night but the morning was dry. The field surface started to soften slightly but that didn't bother the bunnies! Packed up and away by 9:30 with Mick close behind.

A great weekend. Same again in August?

[Mike]

Glad to hear it. Yes we need to organise a date for August.

[Fay]

A very good weekend. Glad you & Mick had a relaxing few hours & made the most of it. I had a sleep when I got home, after putting everthing away & then felt dead the rest of the day right up to bed time, I thought recovery was a bit of a long shot!!!!

[Fay]

Ok, I have done this from scratch, is it better?

[Mike]

That's better.

I presume the software you are using is a secret

[Fay]

Thats good. No secret, Panorama Maker 3. Think it may have come with the Canon

[mickw]

From scratch you say, that's cool.


What happened to all the noctilucent pics ?

[Fay]

It was Mark & Julian that has done those, I did not have the camera out that night.

Mick, that picture with you in it, surely not drinking from a bottle????????

[mickw]

Mick, that picture with you in it, surely not drinking from a bottle????????

Certainly not - are you suggesting I'm common ?

That was my stand in 

[Fay]

 

[Rocket Pooch]

Mick and I spent a very relaxing evening having a chat and watching very interesting clouds roll by as the sun set.

How romantic

[The Thing]

Noctilucent clouds from Friday night. The exposure was increased a couple times so the sequence is not smooth, but it was off the cuff  



The last frame. It was a really clear night. it was 23:29 BST.


Here's some other shots:
Mark doing a tango with his TAK.


Mike and Julian having an Argument Arduino.


Fay's scope with mine behind.


All taken with Minolta Dynax 7D with standard 35-105 zoom at 35mm  and long shutter release cable  and around 15-25s ISO400 f5.6 on Manfrotto Carbon One tripod with video head.

[Fay]

Is Mark wearing a cathetar?

[The Thing]

I think he powers the mount with a cigar plug up his jacksie. Add a few drops of weird french stuff and you could probably power a town!