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#2554 2 Aug 2020 at 3.09pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2553
I have never got a shot of any Kingfishers on my rods before but managed up to a hundred of this one over a four day period. I think this one is a juvenile.
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#2553 2 Aug 2020 at 2.57pm | | |
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#2552 2 Aug 2020 at 10.36am | | |
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This Kingfisher perched on my rods a few times
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#2551 2 Aug 2020 at 10.34am | | |
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In reply to Post #2549
Really like the fly in the picture.
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#2550 23 Jul 2020 at 10.15pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2547
I'm in sw London so I've got heavy light pollution in all directions. I read on the lonely speck site about red intensifier filters cutting light pollution but it's not working out for me. Some weird things happen with the star colours so trails look crap and I can't stack multiple frames to clean them up as the star might be a different colour in each frame.
Maybe with a camera that gives single files clean enough it might work well
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#2549 23 Jul 2020 at 10.12pm | | |
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Took the big lens fishing the other night, found a Spotted Flycatcher 2 swims down.
Click for bigger
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#2548 23 Jul 2020 at 10.11pm | | |
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I wouldn't even know where to look 
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#2547 23 Jul 2020 at 9.03pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2546
500th or 640th, I think I should go a bit higher. Shot it in video and grabbed a few stills, there was no way I could do anything else with any hope of success. Handheld at 3000mm, subject about 250 miles away going 5 miles a second. There’s some great shots that someone got with a properly mounted telescope where you can even see someone on a spacewalk.
Just over half an hour until tonight’s first pass and it’s cloudy so no playing tonight.
I did want to try for the comet but laziness and lack of a decent northerly view that doesn’t contain east London’s light pollution means I’m looking at other people’s pics and saying “I could have done that.”
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#2546 23 Jul 2020 at 7.37pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2545
That moves bloody quick, what shutterspeeds do you manage with that?
Did you get any shots of the comet, I've been too busy to risk going to work sleep deprived to try for a shot
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#2545 23 Jul 2020 at 4.58pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2544
That's not hard, this is the International Space Station handheld last night with a Nikon P1000. I'll try for something better tonight, clouds permitting.
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#2544 17 Jul 2020 at 11.33pm | | |
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A rather unique challenge 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53422345
None more black
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#2543 14 Jul 2020 at 2.18pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2542
There's a chance I might get my dad's old one, which was actually his dads, apparently it should be in my uncles loft.
I'd be over the moon with that
Just watched the add with James hunt 
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#2542 14 Jul 2020 at 1.23pm | | |
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In reply to Post #2541
I remember the Olympus Trip adverts with David Bailey.
Very funny.
Great camera in its day.
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#2541 14 Jul 2020 at 8.55am | | |
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In reply to Post #2540
I don't think I'd use a larger format, just the size and cost per shot would mean I'd have to plan days around using it, which would likely see it stay in a cupboard once the novelty had worn off.
My dad had an Olympus trip years back, might be nice to get one of them
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