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kingbuxton · 22-07-2008, 22:23

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No you did not because we have a lot going for us here.

You nearly had me convinced then, you missed off HUGE spiders and generally anything that can bite and kill. I will give you NHS though.

What a view that is though - it's astounding. We have some nice places in this country, Scotland and Wales have some unreal scenery, but that is amazing to me. Never seen anything like it.

DocDutch · 22-07-2008, 22:29

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Did you take that piccy or found it on the interweb?

Xaccers · 22-07-2008, 22:42

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Originally Posted by Matt D

Xaccers last one looked to me initially like some sort of ghostly hand coming down out of the sky to scoop up the planes

I thought that too, especially if it was rotated through 90 degrees.

DocDutch, I took them myself

Check out the thread with photos from several of us.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/22...ow-2008-a.html

DocDutch · 22-07-2008, 22:50

yeah just did.

Xaccers · 25-07-2008, 02:59

One I took tonight

ikthius · 25-07-2008, 07:04

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

One I took tonight <snip>

what camera did you use and how you get the moon so close up???

Xaccers · 25-07-2008, 09:26

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Originally Posted by ikthius

what camera did you use and how you get the moon so close up???

Canon EOS 40D

It's a composition of 3 photos.

2 of them at 30 second exposures, me at the base of the windmill on one side setting off a flash, and the same the other side.
They were taken with the kit lens.

The third photo is just of the moon at either 1/5 or 1/10 of a second with a 55-250mm lens.

Add the layers together in photoshop using Screen blending so it ignores the black and then flatten before saving as a jpeg

Blending with one of the burn settings gave the moon a nice sepia tone, but made it a little too "subtle" in the background and unnatural.
Experiment with resizing the moon as too small and it loses impact, too large and it just looks wrong (in this photo anyway).

damien c · 25-07-2008, 10:30

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

One I took tonight

very nice

25-07-2008, 10:44

Imo and I mean no offense as it looks wicked but it is not a photograph it is a work of art

Raistlin · 25-07-2008, 10:48

Awesome composition

Xaccers · 25-07-2008, 11:08

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Originally Posted by David F

Imo and I mean no offense as it looks wicked but it is not a photograph it is a work of art

Aw Zing, that's a lovely thing to say

kingbuxton · 25-07-2008, 21:47

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The third photo is just of the moon at either 1/5 or 1/10 of a second with a 55-250mm lens.

You kinda lost me on the technical stuff. What a great photo though, throw some Zombies in and you have a splendid opening to a film! Come on, lets get to the old Windmill. It reminds me of that fake double focus they sometimes have in films, where two different depths are both in focus and they blur the joint.

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2 of them at 30 second exposures

Is that why the stars are kinda streaking? 30secs, we are moving pretty fast on this little ball aren't we.

Tightscot · 25-07-2008, 21:58

awesome work xaccers!

Fatec · 25-07-2008, 23:39

MIne for the end of july, pretty basic but i'm happy.

dilli-theclaw · 26-07-2008, 10:52

My laptop one, and no boobs in sight for a change

but as it's the laptop work bought me I thought maybe not....