I went to Wales this past weekend, t'was really nice...

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wow love the ones with the stars , doesnt look real...

Dawn

I've taken star photos before but there's too much light pollution where I love, so I can never usually see so many. In Wales I was about 6 miles from a town, and even then it wasn't a big town, so there was so much to see. I couldn't quite believe it when we got there the first night, unpacking the car and I happened to look up.

Different kind of stars...

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I prefer the real ones.

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Luna
 

First attempt with my new camera. I'll have to wait for the next full moon and try again.

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This is my first chilli and its very hot !!! :D



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Yum - I used to grow 'em too but a local farm always has them these days so I don't grow my own anymore. Do you dry them and keep them for cooking all winter?

Now thats a good idea Kathleen. I hadn't thought of that Thanks :D
One thing i am going to do is save some of the seeds for next year.

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The guitar is nice - but those sunset pictures are spectacular.

I just happened to glance out of my window and saw how great it looked, and though I did increase the saturation a little, it really did look that nice. And I got the guitar this week, it's only a cheap one, used (but like new) but I like it, it sounds good. I just need to get good with it now (might take a while).

A few I snapped yesterday...

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We got a light dusting of snow overnight here...

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Winter is here...

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They say that dogs look like their owners, well mine doesn't look like me, but he does act like me -

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How the hell did you get enough light to shoot that at 1/2000?

Well it was pretty bright, despite being cloudy, and I was shooting at f4 ISO400 intentionally so I could use a fast shutter speed, to make sure I really caught the action.

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Great thread ! Thomas 's pix are stunning .... but all of you are talented !!

Possibly the coolest star photo I've taken yet...

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That IS very cool. How long did you have to time it to get that effect. I'm thinking about being outside and freezing while taking pictures LOL.

Well I have a remote which lets me time it - that one was actually a stack of 246 shots, each 4sec (+4sec gap) f3.5 ISO3200 - which means it was out there for about 33 minutes. I then layered them in Photoshop, set the blending to 'lighten' and flattened it, then a bit of curve tweaking.

I've left the camera outside taking some more shots now, am experimenting with different settings to see what I get - gone for 15sec f11 ISO6400 each shot this time, with no interval. Means I can take less shots and cover more time. I'm going to give it an hour this time and see how it looks.

I also put together a video of some of my timelapse sequences - - there are some daytime ones in there too, but mostly nighttime ones. I uploaded it in 1080P so watch it fullscreen for best effect :D

I loved your timelapse on youtube !

Another one, with a little more colour to it...

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This would have been even better except that someone had opened the back door, letting warm air out, which then caused the lens to fog. I need to get some silica gel and some sealable bags for next time I do this 'cause the inside of the lens has fogged since I brought it in - and I only got this lens today!

...and another video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...tQns&vq=hd1080 - that is the first swirling shot I posted tonight, made into a video. It is only 10 seconds but it looks cool because I got the layers to show through, so it builds from a plain star shot, up to the swirling version.

I got a new speedlite for my camera, just a cheap one really, but it's far far better than the popup flash on the camera, which I never use. I decided to test it on a willing subject...

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well, it's my good friend's photos ^^ hope u'll like it :3
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What a fat squirrel - I guess it has enough to eat this winter.

then we can see how fast the planet we are on is revolving .....:o you can easily get dizzy

lol that is just what I was going to say....

great pics Neil :D

Dawn

wow!... that's really AWESOME!...

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For anyone who ever visits Liverpool, if you like chocolate, you need to go to The Chocolate Cellar - they have lots of lovely handmade, fair-trade chocolate and cakes, but the best thing they offer is hot chocolate! You get a mug of steamed milk and a stick with a lump of chocolate on it, which you stir into the drink until it melts. The result is the most delicious, rich, creamy hot chocolate ever! (well, that I've ever had)

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The Chocolate Cellar by Blampish, on Flickr