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    Woody's 2024 Photon Collection Project

    What are female's eye color? Could be white?
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    Woody's 2024 Photon Collection Project

    How do you recognize it's a MALE wood duck?
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    Woody's 2024 Photon Collection Project

    🎃 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
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    Vote for Weekly Photo Challenge Oct 16th - Oct 22nd "Red"

    Congratulations to Walt!!! Definitely Red hot.
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    Working with a long exposure image

    I like the color version better than the B&W version, which is somewhat boring. However, the color version displays a rather "dull" color scene, especially the dark grey color above the horizon. It's more like a late sunset rather than a sunrise...
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    What did I get?

    The object in the image I shot is more like a Globular Cluster in or behind the Cygnus constellation. Here are some Globular Cluster photos: NGC 104 M80
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    Street photography

    Just a fun thought: is it required to have people in the photo to be counted as street photography (as every photo of Peter's shows)? lol
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    What did I get?

    Thanks much, BF. On my iPhone screen, the compass is kind of hidden in a tree on the right side of the foreground. Finally, sort it out and get the point-view scene.:giggle:
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    What did I get?

    How? I was excited to hear this. But after hours of research, nowhere, nothing was found to enable my new iPhone 15 Plus to do this. Not even able to open the camera and SLM (Stellarium Mobile) at the same time, if it's required to point-view in live ID. No guide for this was found either...
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    What did I get?

    Wow!!! As you did (going back and forth between SL and the image), I am surprised to see it IS (most likely) the Cygnus/Crescent Nebula which is below the NAN (just out of the frame)! Now I wonder if I have 20 Lights, can they be stacked and processed (in Siril) to make the result like the...
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    What did I get?

    Thanks for sharing, BF. I remember you had shots with a tracker on the same targets. I would like to see the images with shooting and technical data. Will try Orion with 105mm for 3-4". 600mm won't do longer than 8/10" without a tracker. I regret selling z180-600mm for acquiring z600mm (for the...
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    What did I get?

    If it is, what does the center part reveal? lol Yeah, I do need a tracker... still considering functionality, mobility (size and weight, most are too bulky for my like), and loading capacity. Would like models with automation (like smart trackers) for this aged body. Still, most of them are for...
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    What did I get?

    I was experimenting with catching the North American Nebula with z8+z105mm (without tracker). I didn't know where the NAN was exactly in the dark sky but saw it from Stellarium was close but higher than Vega in the direction between W and NW. So I just aimed in that direction and saw massive...
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    It's GOOD to be back! Birding tele suggestions?

    My recommendation: Z180-600mm if weight is not an issue; otherwise Z600mm pf GL
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    Vote for weekly challenge: Post your...

    Congratulations to nikonpup!!!
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    Astrophotography - Deep Space Objects (DSO)

    Thanks, BF. All as I thought and expected.
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    Astrophotography - Deep Space Objects (DSO)

    I hope to refresh this thread a little. Need verification and comments on my observation with Stellarium. I took some screenshots shown below and tried to figure out if the application of camera view on Stellarium matches the live field view without doing it on the field. First SS (screenshot)...
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    Lodi lake & Residents

    Farewell, geese Some residents (Hawk, Owl, etc.) were missing... until next time when stuck in Lodi again!
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    Lodi lake & Residents

    Woodduck in Pig Lake
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