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aruba
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response 25 of 37:
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Nov 11 22:48 UTC 2003 |
Awesome photos, djf! Thanks for sharing!
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slynne
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response 26 of 37:
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Nov 11 22:52 UTC 2003 |
Wow, those photos are great!
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aruba
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response 27 of 37:
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Nov 12 00:00 UTC 2003 |
djf - can you tell us about how you took those pictures? I have a digital
camera, and would love to learn to take stuff like that, but I have no
training in photography.
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bhoward
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response 28 of 37:
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Nov 12 00:16 UTC 2003 |
Wow. Nice photographs, David.
What kind of camera, lense and settings did you use?
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mcnally
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response 29 of 37:
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Nov 12 02:07 UTC 2003 |
Very nice.. Great editing job.
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jaklumen
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response 30 of 37:
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Nov 12 03:47 UTC 2003 |
Sweet.
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djf
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response 31 of 37:
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Nov 12 05:52 UTC 2003 |
Thanks very much for the positive feedback.
I had been disappointed by the overcast conditions here during
the geomagnetic storms of the last few weeks. But the sky
cleared after an afternoon of rain only minutes before the
eclipse started and I had my tripod ready...
The base images were taken with an Olympus CM-2100. This is a
2.1-megapixel digital camera with a non-exchangable 10x
optical zoom lens. While the raw resolution is not that high,
the powerful optical zoom and LCD viewfinder make it possible
to flexibly and accurately frame images, avoiding excessive
cropping after the fact. This camera was discontinued a year
or two ago, but Olympus has continued the line with
increasingly compact designs, higher resolutions, and lower
prices -- a similar current model being the C-750.
The background photo of branches silhouetted on moonlit water was
taken at F2.8, 0.5 seconds, ISO400 and around 5x optical zoom. This
is a 35mm film focal length equivalent of around 250-300mm, I think.
The moon "close-ups" were taken at F8, 0.5-6.0 seconds, ISO100, 10x
optical+2.7x digital zoom (~1200-1350mm). The exposure times were
varied to account for changing light and sky conditions.
The raw images were edited and combined using the GNU Image
Manipulation Program (www.gimp.org) under Linux.
I did not intend to use this venue in a commercial way,
however if people are interested in prints I can investigate
the matter. Please contact me via email.
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tsty
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response 32 of 37:
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Nov 12 11:30 UTC 2003 |
kewl shots .. i also use the 2100 .. amazing camera for digital stuff
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tod
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response 33 of 37:
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Nov 12 18:00 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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albaugh
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response 34 of 37:
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Nov 12 20:21 UTC 2003 |
Ditto all the kudos. If you are so inclined, "enter it in a contest", or
consider investigating publishing in a magazine.
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jep
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response 35 of 37:
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Nov 12 22:36 UTC 2003 |
I enjoyed the pictures as well. So did my 7 year old. Very nice job!
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willcome
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response 36 of 37:
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Nov 27 09:34 UTC 2003 |
I like pictures of whores.
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dcat
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response 37 of 37:
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Nov 28 02:13 UTC 2003 |
unfortunately, I was stuck in a theatre in Pittsburgh that night. I was stuck
in a certain theatre in Pittsburgh a lot of nights in November. . .
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