Posts for: Whuff
Jan 25, 2021 08:59:14 #
I winter in Harlingen - just north of Brownsville. The 2 best places near here that I’ve found are South Padre Island (the bird sanctuary) and here in Harlingen at the Hugh Ramsey nature center - a wide variety of birds. Hugh Ramsey park has bird blinds set up.
Walt
P.S. It’s 72 degrees here this morning at 8:00 AM
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P.S. It’s 72 degrees here this morning at 8:00 AM
Jan 8, 2021 07:49:10 #
Gene51 wrote:
The thing is that with aperture priority the camera, not you, would be adjusting the shutter speed. For HDR, using Aperture priority would try and give you exactly the same exposure that it determines is a proper exposure. You would need to use Auto Bracketing. Much less involved if I just spin the shutter speed dial. I also NEVER use the camera to generate a finished HDR image - I prefer to make my own tone, color and contrast adjustments on raw files.
I have to disagree with this statement. Using auto bracketing and a set ISO, I can set the amount of stops in either direction from the base exposure, and can bracket up to 5 exposures. I’m actually choosing the shutter speeds not the camera. I’ve always used aperture priority for HDR with great results.
Walt
Dec 30, 2020 11:22:38 #
planepics wrote:
I saw the video on You-Tube...love that term RUD!!! So nonchalant for "The damn thing blew to smithereens" :)
LOL with Elon Musk’s billions, he can be pretty cavalier about blowing up a 216 million dollar rocket.
Walt
Dec 30, 2020 09:41:27 #
JoAnneK01 wrote:
Great shots. It's so wonderful to see the U.S. getting into the space race again, even if it is through a private company. Mahalo for sharing and Hauoli Makahiki Hou and stay safe and healthy.
Mahalo JoAnne.
Walt
Dec 29, 2020 23:10:24 #
Brucer wrote:
Pretty cool. Must have been exciting to be there.
It was. We waited 5 hours the day before only to have the mission aborted at T minus :01 second. The sound was incredible with 3 raptor motors. Can’t wait for the heavy lift booster with 27 raptors.
Walt
Dec 29, 2020 22:12:06 #
John from gpwmi wrote:
Excellent capture, Whuff.
Thank you.
Walt
Dec 29, 2020 19:51:33 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
That is so cool you saw that! I watched 'live' online. Had no idea what the heck was going on, as this rocket is strange even by Elon Musk standards.
It needs to be able to do the landing maneuver when it gets to mars. It appears there may be another launch in about 2 weeks as they’ve moved S/N9 out to the launch pad and have begun pressure testing.
Walt
Dec 29, 2020 19:48:04 #
olemikey wrote:
Good pictorial, great shots!
Reminds me of all the rockets I saw explode while growing up with rockets (Vandenburg and KSC - Dad was in most of the programs form 1960 on, retired from Shuttle) and I got to participate in 68 Space Shuttle missions during my tenure. He retired before I made it to the Space Program, so we never got to work together, or be at KSC together.... great memories, Go USA!!!
Reminds me of all the rockets I saw explode while growing up with rockets (Vandenburg and KSC - Dad was in most of the programs form 1960 on, retired from Shuttle) and I got to participate in 68 Space Shuttle missions during my tenure. He retired before I made it to the Space Program, so we never got to work together, or be at KSC together.... great memories, Go USA!!!
Dec 28, 2020 20:00:59 #
Dec 28, 2020 20:00:31 #
jabra wrote:
Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely. Hoping to do it again soon.
Walt
Dec 28, 2020 19:59:45 #
Dec 28, 2020 19:59:20 #
quixdraw wrote:
Nice shots, enjoyed them. Such a hoot, the ship reminds me a little of the space ships in the ancient Flash Gordon movie matinee shorts.
This launch and attempted landing is an entirely new technology. They’ve landed boosters before but never a rocket. Quite a sight. I hope to see another one in about 2 weeks.
Walt
Dec 28, 2020 14:19:20 #
I haven't seen anyone else post pictures from the launch of the SpaceX starship on December 9th, so here are the images I got on that day, taken from about 5 miles away in Port Isabel Texas. The sight and sound of it were incredible. Due to the distance, the sound was delayed for a few seconds.
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Prior to liftoff
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about 10 seconds after ignition
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gaining altitude
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nearing apogee
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doing the belly flop
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starship has performed the maneuver to right itself
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Flame burns green as the tank pressure dropped too far
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Starship undergoes Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
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Dec 25, 2020 08:51:25 #
Have you recently downloaded Luminar AI? I just read in another thread that someone’s clone tool stopped working after downloading that program. I just thought I’d mention it.
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Dec 19, 2020 09:34:16 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
If he had it in the "lock" position, the zoom ring would not move at all.
Au contraire. It happened to me. I’m talking about the lock switch not the push/pull lock. I couldn’t figure out why the lens had become so hard to zoom. Looking it over I found that the lock switch (which I didn’t know was there) had been moved to the lock position. Switching it off returned it to normal function.
Walt