On 2009-05-21, (E-Mail Removed) (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Jeff R. wrote:
>> Yeebok wrote:
>> > Small screenie.
>> >http://tinyurl.com/ovxujg
>>
>> Yup.
>> At first I thought Mercury set too soon after sunset - so it was Sirius - but
>> Sirius set too far south... and nothing else big set on the ecliptic around
>> then, so Mercury it was. Â*(though t'was a full moon - Mercury might've been
>> a chore to spot... Â*hmmm)
>
> If only we'd had an astronomer there on the night to set us
> straight...

Nah, I'm a theoretician.

Why look at the sky when you can sit in the warm comfort of an office
and peer into tiny little pixels on a screen?

--
TimC
> So, what do *you* do for a living?
I sit in a chair, pressing small plastic rectangles with my fingers
while peering at many tiny, colored dots. -- Peter Manders

"sass_my_frass" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:410f48d5-b514-43ce-a461-(E-Mail Removed)...
> GREAT vid Marty!

Yep, magic!

betty

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bf7903a8-621a-45f4-9325-(E-Mail Removed)...
Jeff R. wrote:
> Yeebok wrote:
> > Jeff R. wrote:
> >> Loved it. Well done, and thanks.
>
> >> I especially enjoyed watching the star (planet?) sinking in the
> >> west... --
> >> Jeff R.
>
> > I had a peek in Stellarium - given how low the horizon is on the
> > video I suspect it's Mercury.
>
> > Small screenie.
> >http://tinyurl.com/ovxujg
>
> Yup.
> At first I thought Mercury set too soon after sunset - so it was Sirius -
> but
> Sirius set too far south... and nothing else big set on the ecliptic
> around
> then, so Mercury it was. (though t'was a full moon - Mercury might've been
> a chore to spot... hmmm)

If only we'd had an astronomer there on the night to set us
straight...


BTH

[applause]

betty

On Thu, 21 May 2009 02:48:26 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Jeff R. wrote:
>> Yeebok wrote:
>> > Jeff R. wrote:
>> >> Loved it. *Well done, and thanks.
>>
>> >> I especially enjoyed watching the star (planet?) sinking in the
>> >> west... --
>> >> Jeff R.
>>
>> > I had a peek in Stellarium - given how low the horizon is on the
>> > video I suspect it's Mercury.
>>
>> > Small screenie.
>> >http://tinyurl.com/ovxujg
>>
>> Yup.
>> At first I thought Mercury set too soon after sunset - so it was Sirius - but
>> Sirius set too far south... and nothing else big set on the ecliptic around
>> then, so Mercury it was. *(though t'was a full moon - Mercury might've been
>> a chore to spot... *hmmm)
>
>If only we'd had an astronomer there on the night to set us
>straight...
>
>
>BTH

Apparently there was an asstrologer there, but he wouldn't tell me my
stars, the rotten bugger.

Bill

"bill_h" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Apparently there was an asstrologer there, but he wouldn't tell me my
> stars, the rotten bugger.
>
Didn't wish to investigate uranus?
--
Clem

Yeebok wrote:
> Yes, I consider myself an amateur astronomer and I'd love to get a clear
> night like that. Just too far for me to travel to though what with work
> and stuff Where the horizon is here I can't ever see Mercury.

Fine, next year I'll arrange for a moonless night and retrieve the
little Newtonian from the shed...


BTH

On May 21, 10:42*pm, bill_h <bil...@mindless.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 May 2009 02:48:26 -0700 (PDT), b...@humbletown.org wrote:
> >Jeff R. wrote:
> >> Yeebok wrote:
> >> > Jeff R. wrote:
> >> >> Loved it. *Well done, and thanks.
>
> >> >> I especially enjoyed watching the star (planet?) sinking in the
> >> >> west... --
> >> >> Jeff R.
>
> >> > I had a peek in Stellarium - given how low the horizon is on the
> >> > video I suspect it's Mercury.
>
> >> > Small screenie.
> >> >http://tinyurl.com/ovxujg
>
> >> Yup.
> >> At first I thought Mercury set too soon after sunset - so it was Sirius - but
> >> Sirius set too far south... and nothing else big set on the ecliptic around
> >> then, so Mercury it was. *(though t'was a full moon - Mercury might've been
> >> a chore to spot... *hmmm)
>
> >If only we'd had an astronomer there on the night to set us
> >straight...
>
> >BTH
>
> Apparently there was an asstrologer there, but he wouldn't tell me my
> stars, the rotten bugger.
>
> Bill *

"You will make a long journey..."


BTH

On May 21, 11:29*am, Marty H <hyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> enjoy
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKNCu3Hj1s
>
> tip, press the HD button for better quality
>
> mh


thanks to all for your replies..

Camera is a Canon 400d on a tripod connected to a Remote timer
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....m=120396082812

Photos where taken at 5 sec intervals, stutter speed started at 1 to 2
sec but ended as high as 30sec in the darker scenes, this video had
about 1050 photos in it.

Post processing was done using Adobe Lightroom to colour and exposure
correct, done via batch (edit one frame, apply to all others)

then put together in Adobe Premier Pro, one pic per 2 frames with a 1
frame dissolve transition between pics to smooth it out.


Music, yup, picked because of length more than anything, a big bonus
that George disliked it thou
I am a massive Satch fan and his work seems to turn up as the
soundtrack in most of my time lapses.


Its still a massive experiment for me, cant wait to turn out stuff
like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t87TWp1Nxg
(veiw in HD and full screen, look out for 5:50 to about 6:10 for wow
factor)

mh

On May 21, 7:50*pm, b...@humbletown.org wrote:
> George W Frost wrote:
> > "Marty H" <hyt...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:1619ad2f-0e61-4dd2-b6d4-(E-Mail Removed)....
>
> > > enjoy
>
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKNCu3Hj1s
>
> > > tip, press the HD button for better quality
>
> > > mh
>
> > could have picked better music
>
> Better than Joe Satriani playing "Day at the Beach"? *I disagree, it's
> been a favourite of mine for many, many years.

that was The Forgotten Part 1(part 2 is one of my all time favs)

Day of the Beach I used here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqWde_Wr5yo

mh

On Wed, 20 May 2009 18:29:44 -0700 (PDT), Marty H wrote:

>enjoy
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKNCu3Hj1s
>
>tip, press the HD button for better quality

Good stuff - my daughter thinks so, as does her posslq (insert gender
non specific title of choice) (nice bloke - he's Irish).

--
George
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