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Photo of the Day July 2016
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Say hello to Lilly, one of our two little Yorkies. She was getting pretty poofy at the time. She's more teddy-bear than dog, haha.
Could you take the plunge and post one with whatever shot details you have? Might help doing a bit of photo-autopsy
Yeah will do soon
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That was 15 20 second exposures stacked using Deep Sky Stacker. It's actually a bit of a process, DSS is a Windows program, and I'm on a Mac. I have Windows 10 installed in Bootcamp, so I edit it there and then copy it over to MacOS for processing using Pixelmator. It's not perfect; for some reason the image stack appears fine in Windows, but when I copy it over to the mac side, it's super dark. I then have to up the exposure a bunch in Pixelmator, which adds a bunch of noise. I'll have to figure out a better process.
Thank you for the compliment. It's been a few months since I've bothered working on photos like this. I should try to get some more done.
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Belated thank you!
Maybe consider VMWare Fusion? Run your windows 10 in a vm without the need to reboot each time? Reason I say Fusion rather than a free version like Virtual Box is so you can use unity which would make DSS act like a native app from a usage perspective. Begind tge curtain is more complex obviously but not for this forum. That would save you rebooting between OSes. Hell even Virtual Box without the unity bit would save time.
Sorry if you have considered this and discounted it. I know running a windows VM will slow down stacking processing time...
Another one of my dead bee. This time went a little tighter (extension rings as I recall), as I wanted a bit more detail.
_DSC1223 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
_DSC1223 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
I didn't kill the bee for the photo, I found him that way, honest!A live and busy bee
Sheffield has a load of these dotted around the place in aid of the children's hospital there. I loved the design of this one.
Sony A7 with Jupiter 3 50mm @F2.8
Sony A7 with Jupiter 3 50mm @F2.8
So last weekend Mrs AFB found a dead bumble bee in the garden. So I scooped him up and took a few shots.
_DSC1176 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
Just had yesterday's photo added to explore on Flickr, which is the first for me.
Yay!
Well done AFB!
This is not a lily...Comments always appreciated.
Pink Adirondack by another scotsman, on Flickr
Thanks.Well done AFB!
This is not a lily...Comments always appreciated.
Pink Adirondack by another scotsman, on Flickr
I'm really no expert, but surely that yellow flowers not called Pink Adirondack?
I'm no botanist/gardener or whatever either AFB - the title refers to the type of chair with a sub-title of yellow begonia.
A close-up of the same flower (flickr) lets you see the covering of dew-drops from this morning.Colourful!
Congratulations - I've been Explored twice, but one of them not for the right reasons I reckon (was picked up because of the amount of comments)
Cheers
Hugh
More hibiscus from the back yard
How does that even work?Congratulations - I've been Explored twice, but one of them not for the right reasons I reckon (was picked up because of the amount of comments)
Cheers
Hugh
Flowers by Shaun Wilkinson, on FlickrNot everyones cup of tea, messing around with a modified helios-44 again.
That makes more sence. Should have checked Flickr first.I'm no botanist/gardener or whatever either AFB - the title refers to the type of chair with a sub-title of yellow begonia.
Colourful!
I call my blog 'Broken Cloud' because that's what I like to hear in the weather forecast. Not big, bland, blue, skies, and not featureless cloud... but a changeable prospect. That may include periods of sunshine, maybe rain... but I always feel motivated to take pix. And if the light isn't right for one kind of picture taking, then it may be OK for another (such as outdoor portraits on a dull day, etc)...
The village pond at Nun Monkton, near York...
I thought about that, but the reason I installed windows using Bootcamp was so I could play Final Fantasy XIV.
At the time FFXIV wasn't working too well for Mac. Maybe it does now, I'm not sure; I quit FFXIV a while ago due to school. Anyway, I don't think I can use the same Windows install if I did try using VMWare Fusion.
I thought about that, but the reason I installed windows using Bootcamp was so I could play Final Fantasy XIV.
Yeah you can. Fusion can boot off of an existing Bootcamp partition. You may need to turn off EFI support in the VM settings... maybe take a trial and see...
Absolutely no idea. I thought it was to acknowledge the better photos such as yours but I uploaded one of all my Russian lenses and it got Explored. I reckon it was because of all the discussion that followed, and that the number of comments alone were enough for their computer program to pick up on it.
Cheers
Hugh
Went to Loch Lomond Shores today to take a picture of these Pilings. I keep seeing images of decaying pilings and I like them. Failed miserably to recreate the thing I like. The weather meant the distant shore was blurry as hell...
Will have to go back and try again some time soon. In the meantime, one of my lame attempts for your entertainment.
_DSC5641.jpg by Ken OHagan, on Flickr
Will have to go back and try again some time soon. In the meantime, one of my lame attempts for your entertainment.
_DSC5641.jpg by Ken OHagan, on Flickr
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HC Andersen by Antoni Nygaard, on Flickr[/URL]
HC Andersen by Antoni Nygaard, on Flickr[/URL]