Moon Pics 8th of October, 2014

I used my mini Fuji SLR with zoom on a tripod.
 
There was some clouds this morning.  I could only see the moon for some 30 minutes.
 
Here are another picture that I took a couple of years back using the moon light.
 
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pete_c said:
Just  a couple of pictures from this mornings eclipse.
 
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Nice, it was too cloudy here in Connecticut.
 
Thanks Mike. 
 
I was struggling a bit yesterday morning with a 30 year old tripod, default outdoor automation and clouds that refused to eclipse cooperate.
 
pete_c said:
Thanks Mike. 
 
I was struggling a bit yesterday morning with a 30 year old tripod and the default outdoor automation that refused to eclipse cooperate.
Pete
 
Good morning. I got involved in photography years ago but haven't picked up a camera in quite a while. I did set up a tripod and take some moon photos once or twice and found it difficult to get the exposure to what I wanted with a bright white moon on a pitch black background.
 
What automation do you use? Are you controlling the cam from your computer? Auto shutter? My equipment dates back to 1999 or so and I remember having a serial port connection to control the cam from my pc but didn't see any advantage to it. I would just set a trigger delay in long exposures so that the camera shake would be still by the time the shutter opened.
 
Mike.
 
What automation do you use? Are you controlling the cam from your computer? Auto shutter?
 
None.  Automation was every outdoor light going on as I set up the tripod (tried). 
 
Played with slow manual and auto shutter exposures going really slow while trying not touch the camera.
 
Got bitten by photography in the 1970's; purchased a Durst enlarger (and Canon camera) and played and took electives in school.  Like that whole history of photography stuff.
 
Thinking back now never did like the camera auto stuff and always preferred the manual stuff (speed and aperture and lens).
 
Nope; while I have Adobe Photoshop I use a very old and now free photo application called Polyview.  
 
Did learn to use indian ink to retouch old black and white photos; real PITA to do this though....
 
The second moon picture came from another night of taking moon pictures this last year.
 
pete_c said:
None.  Automation was every outdoor light going on as I set up the tripod (tried). 
 
Played with slow manual and auto shutter exposures going really slow while trying not touch the camera.
 
Got bitten by photography in the 1970's; purchased a Durst enlarger (and Canon camera) and played and took electives in school.  Like that whole history of photography stuff.
 
Thinking back now never did like the camera auto stuff and always preferred the manual stuff (speed and aperture and lens).
 
It was a relaxing hobby and a weekly visit to Helix for some period of time. 
 
I took up my first camera in the digital age - 1999. I was struck ill and went through a series of surgeries that kept me down for a year or two and the camera along with developing a couple of web pages kept my mind busy. I learned about F stops and shutter speeds and mostly used the camera in manual mode.  The digital camera has all of the manual functions that the old film SLR has if you choose to use them. They even have a pseudo film speed setting.
 
pete_c said:
Wondering now if the influence came from a neighbor / family friend of the getting involved in doing animal kingdom safari trips a few years afterwards; well and taking apart his brand new 1967 Z-28 (it was a gift) totally apart in his driveway.  (I mean down to the individual parts that made up the new car).  Nothing to do with photography (although that is what he did for a while successfully).  Must have been curious I guess.  Recall that I had a problem with trying to drive it (Z-28) and pushing down on the clutch.  It was way different than the Triumph that I was driving around that time.
 
Why did he take the car apart? Just how far apart are we talking? And I assume he put it back together?
 
I learned to drive standard shift on a 1953 Chevy and grew up on large standard shift cars but in the 80's my brother bought a 1964 Chevy that I drove and I had to learn to use the clutch again. Modern clutches and better gearing has made modern cars much easier to drive.
 
pete_c said:
Geez maybe not as I had a "relative" taking care of me when I was really young; and she too was into photography....she is on my walls of pictures (family historical old picture wall in the house).  She was into taking african safari pics when she was a teenager(?).
 
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Nope; while I have Adobe Photoshop I use a very old and now free photo application called Polyview.  
 
Did learn to use indian ink to retouch old black and white photos; real PITA to do this though....
 
The second moon picture came from another night of taking moon pictures this last year.
 
The digital camera has all of the manual functions that the old film SLR has if you choose to use them. They even have a pseudo film speed setting.
 
Yup the Fuji digital SLR camera looks very similar to my old Nikon SLR; but it is miniature SLR looking and has an electronic and manual telephoto lens on it.  I have a few "walls" of pictures in the house (guess an old age thing) and one picture (well a few) is of a relative who was into photography and flew over Africa when she was 16 or so....thinking it was more of an adolescent amorous adventure ....
 
Why did he take the car apart? Just how far apart are we talking? And I assume he put it back together?
 
I do not know.  He built a plastic tent over it in front of the garage.  The engine was not in the car and I remember seeing pieces of the car laid neatly on the driveway in the plastic tent.  He did put it back together.  I drove it afterwards.  He also was driving a tiny Fiat; looked like a toy car at the time.
 
He got into photography / film making successfully afterwards also doing documentaries / safari's and stuff.
 
Recalling now my dad showing my great great aunt how to drive a car with a push button transmission.  Thinking now it was a Plymouth Valiant?
 
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