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ParticipantThere’s not? I’ve been hanging on to the hope that at some point there would be an awards show and I could wear my tux and walk the red carpet and thank my producer and, and, and you were there, and you were there,…
Well, there is. You’re hosting it, just let us know the details.
The only detail I am aware of is beer, after that I think the duds, carpet and speeches will follow naturally.
ParticipantThat said – it’s not like there’s fabulous prizes…
There’s not? I’ve been hanging on to the hope that at some point there would be an awards show and I could wear my tux and walk the red carpet and thank my producer and, and, and you were there, and you were there,…
Seriously, grats Yugo. Looks like you are 5X5 this week.
ParticipantCookie monster want your personal data,… nom nom nom nom
ParticipantTo add to observations, does it look like a couple of minor negative voting events around Friday morning to anyone else?
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ParticipantI have a DSI-II that I could fall back to if my 7D did not work.
That was my first thought with an 8″, the DSI makes for a much smaller obstruction. Part of me wishes the Hyperstar folks would offer an off-axis option. It would likely increase the image train to ~f3, but the camera could then be mounted to the side of the OTA Newtonian-fashion, eliminating the obstruction issue for all but the size of the secondary mirror.
Kind of a newt-schmidt hybrid, I like your thinking. I guess you would need some glass in there to keep the image circle in the neighborhood of sensor size for the DSLR and a flat secondary. Simple ring mount for the camera. Doesn’t sound too hard.
Participantfluffy that’s the basic rig, yes. I’ll lose about another 4 square inches of light gathering (beyond where the 2ndary sits anyway), but I’ll capture stuff in incredibly short times. I’ve seen uber-phuqing-fantastically detailed shots with frames at 15 seconds each.
That’s a good idea. You have an 11″ right? I probably could not get away with that much center obstruction on my 8″ but the potential might be worth
risking the time/money to try. I have a DSI-II that I could fall back to if my 7D did not work./hmmmmmm,….
ParticipantHmmmm. I think I’m a little off-theme – and no chance to fixx0r it.
It’s REAL hard to be off theme in a theme I suggested! 😀 Basically, you would have to submit pics of the kids at Disney or something!
Okie-dokie. The two I did certainly have a dark mood. But they are bit more on the creepy side than the examples I’ve seen here.
I dunno, mine involve a knife, a bat, an axe and a printer. After this and AvO I’m looking forwards to some lighter work.
ParticipantGot my inception soundtrack playing to set the dark mood…Frank Sinatra has too many happy songs to keep me in the mood 😉
Participantrav – I have a pdf of one calculated for my 5.1, I just can’t get to that one right now. the old newt in the garage is a flea market find from two years back and has an 18″ primary with a 21 inch tube. the mirrors are dirty as crap and it needs colimated. I don’t know what the focal length is yet since i haven’t had it out. the scope alone is nearly 200 pounds. the mount is an old ac motor driven equatorial with two different knobs for coarse and fine speed adjust.
That sounds like an awesome find. 18″ is a fairly unusual size for mass produced mirrors. Coulter made some 17’s and Meade made 16’s. It might be a one off or better yet something from Obsession and the like.
ParticipantI can do that. Thanks folks. It always seems to look better in photoshop and then when posted it looks different. I’m not knowledgeable enough to calibrate monitors, etc. 😛
Yeah, I have that problem if I take high ISO shots and forget to use noise reduction in software with them. They always look good in the editor without NR but on the web they look like crap.
The way I deal with it is to open your browser and just drag and drop the image into it. This is a quick and dirty way to see how it will be rendered to the web when you are done.
ParticipantSo rav, the last time I looked at f2 rigs for celestron (aka “Fastar” their marketing name) they involved a using camera body the would not add to the center obstruction. Are you talking about mounting your DSLR body where the secondary mirror is on an SCT?
ParticipantSorry for starting this conversation and walking away from it, this is a day shift week for me and I spent last night getting my third entry for this week.
I had similar thoughts about staging and practicality but they are good photographs in and of themselves to me.
I’ve only asked friends one other time besides this contest and always had positive responses and support. I would be uncomfortable in front of the camera if the tables were turned, but a) I don’t think I am much to look at and b) I would constantly be “directing” (are there any poorly placed shadows? is the subject in sharp focus? do these jeans make my butt look big?). I think stapler is onto the right track, I tended to talk about the ideas I had for the shoots rather than “can I take your photograph”. Nice written imagery as always stapler.
Participant1 parsec = 6.022 ? 10^23 cubic hectares per decimeter-second ?
ParticipantI have seen some pretty fascinating stuff on TED. I don’t frequent there but I always wind up dropping by based on someone’s link. Excellent find.
ParticipantThe ideas I had to incorporate both noir and dark human nature were going to cost me too much time and require modeling resources that I don’t have. I decided to go more with dark human nature. I still may be able to pull off one combined. Not doing too bad as I had originally thought I would be skipping this week.
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