CS #757 - The Sky

[NEF Said]

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Same farm as in my previous image, but earlier in the day. Nikon Z6, 24–70 f/2.8 S.

The sky really makes the shot!

 

[dhalloxf]

Hazy Evening Sun

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[NEF Said]

Hazy Evening Sun
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Nice. Yeah, I guess we are getting some smoke from Montana. In HN, it has been either raining or just gray. Today is the first day in a while with some hazy sun.

 

[acnomad]

Another from Balmer

Wonderful contrast of lines and textures.

 

[acnomad]

Hazy Evening Sun

There seems to be plenty of haziness over the last several days. You've employed it well in this image to show the two ridge lines on the horizon.

 

[Hylander]

From Friday...

1. The typical cumulus clouds that adorn a South Florida morning sky
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2. Not exactly a photo in which the sky is the subject, but I couldn't help but attach a camera to my new telescope, assembled and collimated just in time to see the Lunar X and V, which are a light/shadow phenomenon that occur for only a couple hours before the first quarter in each lunar month.
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What telescope did you get?

 

[acnomad]

What telescope did you get?

A 10-inch Dobsonian, on sale at Costco and recommended by a local astronomy club that I just joined.

 

[warth man]

Last electrical remnants of an enormous storm straddling the Manitoba/Ontario border. This is several exposures captured at altitude over a period of 10 minutes or so, splotched together into a composite in post.
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Spectacular!

 

[Hylander]

A 10-inch Dobsonian, on sale at Costco and recommended by a local astronomy club that I just joined.

A generous amount of aperture! I hope you have dark skies that will let you penetrate deep into space. Do you have a tracking mechanism, or did you rely on high ISO for your moonshot?

 

[acnomad]

A generous amount of aperture! I hope you have dark skies that will let you penetrate deep into space.

Yes, that was the attraction for this particular scope.

Do you have a tracking mechanism, or did you rely on high ISO for your moonshot?

No tracking, and for the moon, ISO was not an issue either. However, as you can see from the image, I do need to improve my collimation and focusing skills.

 

[NEF Said]

Taking advantage of the sky...

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Project started today to install solar panels on the house we just bought. They are installing the rails for panels and putting the control electronics in the basement today. Should take 3-4 days.

 

[acnomad]

Project started today to install solar panels on the house we just bought. They are installing the rails for panels and putting the control electronics in the basement today. Should take 3-4 days.

Solar - very green. I like it!

 

[Hylander]

One more -- sunset at Lake Accotink

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[acnomad]

One more -- sunset at Lake Accotink

A perfect final image for the CS!

 

[Hylander]

One more -- sunset at Lake Accotink
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Of course, I have to admit that it didn't exactly look like this. In addition to a few small adjustments with LR sliders, I got this effect by turning down nearly two stops the exposure recommended by the camera meter. But the reddish-orange color is due at least in part to smoke wafting its way across the continent to the eastern US from the horrible wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.

 

[warth man]

Of course, I have to admit that it didn't exactly look like this. In addition to a few small adjustments with LR sliders, I got this effect by turning down nearly two stops the exposure recommended by the camera meter. But the reddish-orange color is due at least in part to smoke wafting its way across the continent to the eastern US from the horrible wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.

"You can only take what's in front of you."" It's still a good pic. We are in the middle of a catastrophe it seems because temperatures here are 31C.

In which case I presume we will be prevented from travelling anywhere that might have that temperature or higher because of public health concerns.

 

[JustEd]

One more -- sunset at Lake Accotink
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Very dramatic sunset

 

[catalyst]

And - thanks, Andy, for hosting yet another CS with so many terrific contributions.?

 

[kilofoxtrott]

Well, thank you for hosting this week.

Kind regards
Klaus