WARNING: These are very bad photos. For about three months, there has been a very bright light "parked" in the sky over Walnut Creek (actually, it seems to be parked almost over my house. Talk about paranoia.) Sometimes there seem to be two. I am not positive the second isn't a star, except it is visible when no stars are visible.
The first is very, very bright, and seemingly very big. It looks like a helicopter when you first spot it, only it doesn't move. Well, it does move, but very, very slowly, so the movement isn't visible. I've pointed it out to three people in the last three months, no one knows what the heck it is. I suspect it MIGHT be the space station. A satellite of some kind anyway. It tends to move in an arch across the sky. The first photo was taken handheld the other night. Obviously too much movement (on my part). The second was taken tonight with a tripod and bulb, 1/40, f 5.6, 1600 ISO. By the time I figured out how to shoot bulb it was getting much lower in the sky (new camera and never shot bulb before). It started out much higher. (The other had become so low it was behind the trees/hills). Any suggestion on how to shoot it better, appreciated. Sometimes there is a helicopter in that part of the sky and I'd like to get them together. Because, pause, it really looks like it is leaving the "mother ship." ;-) http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/UFO1.htm http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/UFO2.htm Marnie aka Doe :-) You asked, frank, and you got. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
