Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-05-07 Thread aimcompute
HI Steve. Your right. In my images, at the size you've seen, the stars look pretty much like points. If I blow it up in Photoshop I can see that they're actually short trails. This tells me if I had actually had my aperture at 1.9 instead of 2.8 I could have gotten the same aurora exposure

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-05-06 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 11:26 PM -0600 4/25/01, aimcompute wrote: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ has some links... I'll let you discover them... it has both north south polar aurora plots based on satellite observations and current space weather. You may also try a search on space weather or aurora sites. I subscribed

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-05-06 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 11:20 PM -0600 4/25/01, aimcompute wrote: Thanks Steve. Well from the looks of things you may get some great images! I'd love to see them. The longer exposure ones will be better I'm sure. For me, this is one of the most exciting things I've ever done photography-wise... still on cloud-9

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-26 Thread Norman Baugher
Holy shit Tom, those are amazing!! Norm P.S. I could do the same in Photoshop though G aimcompute wrote: Here are the Aurora pictures I mentioned yesterday. I have more than this but these were just the first 3 I scanned. http://www.users.qwest.net/~peaceoflight/aurora3.jpg

RE: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-26 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
. These are nicer than any recent ones I remember seeing! Bill Peifer Rochester, NY -Original Message- From: aimcompute [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 5:56 PM To: Pentax Discuss Subject: Aurora Pictures of April 17 Here are the Aurora pictures I

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread tom
Wow. Now I understand what the hell Paal is doing standing around in the cold all night. tv aimcompute wrote: Here are the Aurora pictures I mentioned yesterday. I have more than this but these were just the first 3 I scanned. http://www.users.qwest.net/~peaceoflight/aurora3.jpg

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread aimcompute
Thanks... The latitude is approximately 44N. Tom C. - Original Message - From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 3:59 PM Subject: Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17 Excellent shots Tom! What`s your latitude? Steve Larson Redondo Beach

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread aimcompute
PM Subject: Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17 Way cool! Could you give us the technical details again? Film, camera, lens, settings? I only wish that I could take a stab at something like that. Very nice! Bruce Dayton Sacramento, CA - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread aimcompute
Here are the Aurora pictures I mentioned yesterday. I have more than this but these were just the first 3 I scanned. http://www.users.qwest.net/~peaceoflight/aurora3.jpg http://www.users.qwest.net/~peaceoflight/aurora2.jpg http://www.users.qwest.net/~peaceoflight/aurora1.jpg Tom C. - This

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread Steve Larson
Excellent shots Tom! What`s your latitude? Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California - Original Message - From: aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 2:56 PM Subject: Aurora Pictures of April 17 Here are the Aurora pictures I

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread Doug Brewer
Cool, Tom. I really like aurora1.jpg, and would like to know more about the details surrounding this event. How did you get the shots? If you've already described it, please point it out to me and I'll look for the posts. Doug but where is the doghouse? At 3:56 PM -06004/25/01,

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread David S.
aimcompute wrote: Here are the Aurora pictures I mentioned yesterday. I have more than this but these were just the first 3 I scanned. http://www.users.qwest.net/~peaceoflight/aurora3.jpg http://www.users.qwest.net/~peaceoflight/aurora2.jpg

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 5:07 PM -0600 4/25/01, aimcompute wrote: Thanks Bruce. I was using a PZ-1p. The lens was FA 43/1.9 accidentally set at 2.8 (it was dark, I couldn't see what I was doing, and I was frantically hurrying in case it faded... which it did about 5 minutes after I started). I used Provia 100F +2

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread Paul Jones
PM Subject: Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17 At 5:07 PM -0600 4/25/01, aimcompute wrote: Thanks Bruce. I was using a PZ-1p. The lens was FA 43/1.9 accidentally set at 2.8 (it was dark, I couldn't see what I was doing, and I was frantically hurrying in case it faded... which it did about 5

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread aimcompute
Ahh, the beauty of living in the Rocky Mountain West again after seven years in Seattle! Thanks. Tom C. Excellent shots. We had too many clouds here on the wet west coast of Canada to even try and get any Aurora images. David S. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17

2001-04-25 Thread aimcompute
, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: Re: Aurora Pictures of April 17 Cool, Tom. I really like aurora1.jpg, and would like to know more about the details surrounding this event. How did you get the shots? If you've already described it, please point it out to me and I'll look for the posts. Doug but where