AggieDave 6 #1 October 8, 2004 This is badass! SFW Very safe for work, its safe for everyone and trust me, everyone should click on it. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041007.html No, this is NOT a photoshoped image. Its real baby, 100% real.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #2 October 8, 2004 man I gots to learn how to take better fotos, that is so freakin awesome Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ncrowe 0 #3 October 8, 2004 New background........mooooooooon shadow moon shadow.... "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tekla 0 #4 October 8, 2004 How long was the shutter open for this do ya reckon ? Lu-"let the beast beware"-cy . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamjenner 0 #5 October 8, 2004 that is a very sweet picture indeed! i bet the guy who took it was quite surprised with the results. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #6 October 8, 2004 Mmmm..... Wallpaper. "How long was the shutter open for this do ya reckon" Not that long. Certainly less than a second. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tekla 0 #7 October 8, 2004 Quote"Not that long. Certainly less than a second." That's what I thought originally , but the stars have tracked along the sky suggesting the shutter was open for a few minutes. Lu-"let the beast beware"-cy . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #8 October 8, 2004 Yeah, looking closely at the pic I'm now a bit confused. It's captioned as a digital image captured by an amateur astronomer. At first I thought it'd been taken from an aircraft, but I now see it was taken from the ground. The exposure was long enough for stars to wisibly track. Yet the moon and the clouds don't move, and only one lightning flash appeared on the pic from what appears to be a VERY localised storm. I have to admit I'm not into digital photography - still firmly wedded to film and Canon FD lenses (yeah, so I'm a dinosaur. Deal with it!). How much "latitude" do you have with long exposure and small aperture settings on digital compared to film? Could he have just decided to stop the exposure whenever he wanted to? And of course, how much manipulation could he do to the image? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #9 October 8, 2004 QuoteMmmm..... Wallpaper. Yup, same here. At least a minute or shutter opening (star tracks). Viking, what do you think?It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 October 8, 2004 Guys...read the damned caption with the pic. Quote The alluring digital image is a time exposure, by chance capturing the details of a brief flash of lightning along with an overexposed Moon and dramatic cloud formations--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #11 October 8, 2004 QuoteGuys...read the damned caption with the pic. Quote The alluring digital image is a time exposure, by chance capturing the details of a brief flash of lightning along with an overexposed Moon and dramatic cloud formations Duh dave, the caption doesn't give actual time. I could see the clouds not moving in the exposure, since the flash of lightning only occured once.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #12 October 8, 2004 "Guys...read the damned caption with the pic" Duh!!! I did. I also downloaded the high resolution pic and had a good look at it. I'm still trying to resolve star tracks with a stationary moon, still clouds throughout the pic, and a well defined reflection on the water. Do you get many single lightning flash storms? That's why I wondered if he could just stop an exposure when he felt like it? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #13 October 8, 2004 I've doen a time exposure at night before for a few minutes where and the moon didn't move at all; it was very bright however. I'd probably guess this to be between 1-3 minutes, maybe even less, considering there's only one lightning strike, but that's just a guess; i'm no photographer, i just took a class on it..This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #14 October 8, 2004 Well, he has a different pic from the same night that has lightening in it as well... http://people.freenet.de/besel/Fotoalben/Blitz/PAGE1.HTM Some of which are almost as cool as this one. http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/fullimage.jsp?photoId=S83-40452--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #15 October 8, 2004 Holy! That was incredible! I've pulled stills from videos I have taken (while on brain-debilitating medication, apparently) of lightning storms, but nothing ever came out looking like that! Thanks for sharing.Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #16 October 8, 2004 Taken up the road from our beach near Sarasota! We have awesome sunsets too! marc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #18 October 8, 2004 QuoteQuote"Not that long. Certainly less than a second." That's what I thought originally , but the stars have tracked along the sky suggesting the shutter was open for a few minutes. Here's the translation from the website. Stocktaking dates: Nikon D70, objective: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5 G, 83,10 seconds - F/4.2, exposure correction: Manually, exposure measurement: Multi-field, exposure correction: 0 LW, white alignment: Mechanism, sensitivity: ISO 200 Pardon moi, but I know no german. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zee 0 #19 October 8, 2004 Talk about Depth - Dayum - You be right, Dave. That is one hell of a photograph Action©Sports Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #20 October 8, 2004 Thanks for that! Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #21 October 8, 2004 Just a couple guesses... The clouds look stationary because they were dim except for during the lightning strike...think of a one minute exposure inside a very dark room with someone running around in it...then pop one flash during that minute. I'm guessing the person would appear stationary in such a picture. Also, the overexposure of the moon could make its trail tough to see, and the reflection might have a trail that just isn't obvious (i.e. in a shorter exposure it would simply be narrower). Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
