Had to postpone our trip to next year - hope we can go then
(*Note to self (and Simon)
- next time let one of the kids pose in The Hand - just to show how great it is!)Johan
Great report - Thanks for sharing!
Had to postpone our trip to next year - hope we can go then
(*Note to self (and Simon) - next time let one of the kids pose in The Hand - just to show how great it is!)
Johan
Had to postpone our trip to next year - hope we can go then
(*Note to self (and Simon)
- next time let one of the kids pose in The Hand - just to show how great it is!)Johan
Johan
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And here is the result...SimonB wrote:After supper I decided to try some startrail photography again, heading off to bed with the camera clicking away happily every 30 seconds for the next 6 hours.
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Simon Bloomer
WOW - what an awesome pic!! What camera are you using?
The journey is the destination
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Canon 500D and Sigma 10-20mmJannybee wrote:WOW - what an awesome pic!! What camera are you using?
Wow!
Looks like a "worm hole" from a sci-fi movie!
I am still trying to get my head around the pic.
Is the "vanishing point" then true north?
Is the length of each star's track an indication of its distance from the camera?
Looks like a "worm hole" from a sci-fi movie!
I am still trying to get my head around the pic.
Is the "vanishing point" then true north?
Is the length of each star's track an indication of its distance from the camera?
Gerhard Fourie
If you want to shoot somebody, make sure you aim at his head, not your own foot.
Me
If you want to shoot somebody, make sure you aim at his head, not your own foot.
Me
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Not sure about the heading but my math tells me the length of the trail should be directly proportional to the distance from the center point as the change of angle from the center point will be constant for all the pie pieces of the circle.
A slow moving satellite would have made an interesting squibble on the pic..... or a passing planet like venus might have made a nice bendy line on it.
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Gerhard, the pic is taken facing South - some of the brighter trails are of the Southern Cross.4ePajero wrote:Wow!
Looks like a "worm hole" from a sci-fi movie!
I am still trying to get my head around the pic.
Is the "vanishing point" then true north?
Is the length of each star's track an indication of its distance from the camera?
The length of the startrail is proportional to it's "distance" from the celestial pole.
Marius, I hear you but that kind of thing is hit and miss, and because of the near full moon they wont be bright enough to register. There's a brief description of the image here
Simon Bloomer
So, the "vanishing point" is along an extension of the rotating axis of the earth, looking south?
PS
I think you need to have the camber on Pumba checked!
PS
I think you need to have the camber on Pumba checked!
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Gerhard Fourie
If you want to shoot somebody, make sure you aim at his head, not your own foot.
Me
If you want to shoot somebody, make sure you aim at his head, not your own foot.
Me
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Yup. That's known as the celestial pole. And no my camber is not off. Sadly the vagaries of an ultra wide angle lens caused that.4ePajero wrote:So, the "vanishing point" is along an extension of the rotating axis of the earth, looking south?
I hope soSimonB wrote:..........Sadly the vagaries of an ultra wide angle lens caused that.
Still, with an awesome pic like that, who cares about the camber
