ZapperZ's Great Outdoors Photo Contest

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In summary: Those are great! The first one is my favorite-pure snow with a perfect sky.This shot is not of the caliber of many here, but I needed to get out and capture some fall colors today. This is a pair of apple trees at a scenic overlook dedicated to the Old Canada Road.
  • #526
Got to spend a couple days in the mountains after a recent conference in Denver. It was great to be out in the wilderness, even if only for a weekend.

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  • #527
just back from vacation, where I made these star trails (4-hour exposure):

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6410/bothz.jpg

It's hard to get a sense for the detail- here's a 1:1 crop showing an Iridium flare and meteor trail:

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5153/both1s.jpg

At this scale, the print would be 8 feet across.

Here's a composite shot (I can't decide if I like it or not):

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1613/result1z.jpg
 
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  • #528
These are great, Andy!
 
  • #530
Fantastic photos Andy
 
  • #531
Two more of the Milky way, first with the 15mm @ f/4 (30 second exposure), including a 1:1 crop of M7, which is too close to the horizon for me to see from home:

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/1592/highfiltered1.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/915/highfilteredcop.jpg

M7 is the bright blob in the lower right, the lens is doing a great job keeping coma and field curvature low, even this close to the edge of the image.

and M7 as seen through the 400mm, this image is cropped and downsized considerably:

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/725/stackedtifrgb.jpg
 
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  • #532
Wow!
 
  • #533
Photographer captures stunning images of rare, violent electrical storm
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/34761/photographer+captures+stunning+images+of+rare+violent+electrical+storm/
 
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  • #534
Astronuc said:
Photographer captures stunning images of rare, violent electrical storm
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/34761/photographer+captures+stunning+images+of+rare+violent+electrical+storm/

Link seems to be correct (it is posted on many other sites), but I am getting 403. Perhaps the account went over bandwidth quota.
 
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  • #535
Beerenberg on Jan Mayen, a Norwegian island in the Arctic sea at 71ºN latitude.

http://www.pbase.com/eaaseth/beerenberg&page=3

Beerenberg is the world's northernmost volcano above sea level, a still active stratovolcano, 2277 meters high.

Recently, there was a 6.8 magntiude earthquake - 88km NW Jan Mayen
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000cb69#summary
 
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  • #536
The trees are changing in upper Michigan and we need rain...
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  • #537
I really need to get up to Newfoundland and Labrador.

http://www.opxpeditions.com/story/weathered-cliffs-creaky-tuckamore-and-sea-stacks-a
 
  • #538
The U.P. Michigan
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  • #539
Surf's up again!
http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/36285/winter+comes+early+in+hawaii+with+arrival+of+50-foot+surf/
 
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  • #540
this morning sunrise

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  • #541
Great skies Andre.
 
  • #542
Wow, beautiful...
Now I am going to have to stay up and watch the sunrise... dam you...
 
  • #543
That would be a problem. would it?

First impression of the panorama with some quick jpgs not postprocessed yet:

1gp47o.jpg
 
  • #544
And this morning it was like this,

21kmiqd.jpg
 
  • #545
The pictures are gorgeous Andre.
 
  • #546
sourlemon said:
The pictures are gorgeous Andre.

Thanks

Andre said:
... First impression of the panorama with some quick jpgs not postprocessed yet:

1gp47o.jpg

And here is the final version

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22026080/Panorama%20sunrise%20montcru1.JPG

Nine post processed raws. Original size 19400 x 4800 pixels
 
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  • #547
Wonderful!
 
  • #548
turbo said:
Wonderful!

Thanks Turbo. Personallu I consider this the best landscape panorama I ever made.

Can't wait to go back there.
 
  • #549
Andre said:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22026080/Panorama%20sunrise%20montcru1.JPG

Nine post processed raws. Original size 19400 x 4800 pixels


*astounded*

Beautiful pictures Andre, thanks for sharing.
 
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  • #550
Andre said:
And this morning it was like this,

21kmiqd.jpg

These take me back to a delightful midnight of my youth.

Thank you Andre.
 
  • #552
Thanks to the PF astrophotography experts who helped me out recently- here's first light (1:1 crop) of the Ring Nebula:

http://imageshack.us/a/img820/2650/dsc003531.jpg

30 second exposure @ ISO 800, 800/5.6 lens. This is a single frame straight off the camera.
 
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  • #553
Wow.
 
  • #554
This time of year, Andromeda is directly overhead- this is a 20 min total exposure (30s individual images) taken over a couple of evenings (800/5.6, ISO 800):

http://imageshack.us/a/img441/4605/20mintifrgb.jpg

The secondary bright blob is M32, and M110 is faintly visible in the upper left.
 
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  • #555
So I went hiking today for the first time since I came to the US. It wasn't that tough- it took us about three hours. Despite a small knee injury and the tiring path, I enjoyed it. :)
Here's some pics I took.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1565/hiking3.jpg


http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6189/hiking2.jpg


http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/817/hiking1.jpg
 
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  • #556
Great pix, Gad! You are in a spectacularly scenic place. The mountains in Maine are all worn-down and rounded. Still pretty, but not stunning.
 
  • #557
Thanks turbo! And yes, I'm in love with this place already, you can always have a good beautiful view of the mountains anywhere you go.
 
  • #558
Gad said:
So I went hiking today for the first time since I came to the US. It wasn't that tough- it took us about three hours. Despite a small knee injury and the tiring path, I enjoyed it. :)
Here's some pics I took.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1565/hiking3.jpg


http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6189/hiking2.jpg


http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/817/hiking1.jpg

Welcome to the far side. :cool:
 
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  • #559
Gad said:
So I went hiking today for the first time since I came to the US. It wasn't that tough- it took us about three hours. Despite a small knee injury and the tiring path, I enjoyed it. :)
Here's some pics I took.

Nice! Where is this mystical land of sun and scenic beauty? Not Cleve-town, that's fer sure.
 
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Gad said:
So I went hiking today for the first time since I came to the US. It wasn't that tough- it took us about three hours. Despite a small knee injury and the tiring path, I enjoyed it. :)
...

Great, nice pix :approve: Careful with the knees, they hate descending when you get older.
 

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