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Here is the Explore Scientific ED140 CF Triplet APO Refractor.
So far, I have been able to capture a handful of impressive deep sky astrophotography images through this telescope, including the Hercules Cluster and the Trifid Nebula.
For more information about this carbon fiber refractor, feel free to check my blog and video on the subject: astrobackyard.com/explore-scientific-ed140/
I hadn't checked Scout for some time, and when I had a look today, I found that all of these photos of mine were in Explore today! Because older photos are always being viewed, they can drop out and go back into Explore again ages after their first appearance.
1. Circles in the sun, 2. Trees in the snow, 3. Winter wonderland, 4. Christmas baubles, 5. A rainbow of colours, 6. We will remember them, 7. Summer colours, 8. Waning gibbous Moon,
9. Selfridges in Birmingham - curves and cirles, 10. Telephone boxes, 11. Boat at Goring, 12. Cream foxglove, 13. Waves on Chesil Beach, 14. Red tulip, 15. A bunch of Grape Hyacinths, 16. Happy Easter,
17. Christmas lights, 18. Foggy New Year's Eve, 19. Silver snowflake - HAPPY CHRISTMAS to everyone!, 20. Helter Skelter, 21. World War I medals, 22. Used tyres
In the spirit of celebrating Julia Child’s 100th birthday coming up on 8/15/12, I baked Madeleines.
Story available on my wordpress blog, Baking is my Zen.
bakingismyzen.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/cookforjulia-lemon...
Celebrate Julia Child’s 100th Birthday – August 5 -15 (2012)
www.pbs.org/food/chefs/julia-child/
PBS Food is celebrating Julia Child 100th birthday and you’re invited! Cook a recipe in August, watch never before streamed episodes of her classic shows, read tributes from celebrity chefs, and more. Bon appetit!
[EXPLORED, 8/13/12, #419]
The cobbled streets, quirky passageways and terracotta roofs of medieval Tallinn have earned a reputation as a pearl of Baltic Europe.
I'm not sure if I really like this photo, but I'm posting it anyway as a reminder to myself, and maybe a cautionary tale for others. Today's challenge was "BLACK, WHITE AND GRAINY" so I thought it would be a good chance to use the Film Grain setting in my camera. The setting worked great, but each shot needed, in my opinion, a bit of tweaking. Well, come to find out that using the built-in settings/filter in the camera prevents one from doing any kind of post processing.
The only way I could live with this one was to crop out alot of shadows that were on the right side of the photo instead of lightening them as I normally would, resulting in a rather cycloptic effect. Apart from the cropping and border/signature, this one is SOOC.
Overall, a great big "meh" on this one, but I did learn something about my 2 year old camera so there's the silver lining, and one of the many pluses of Our Daily Challenge group!
#172 on Flickr Explore October 21, 2011 <--shocking, I didn't even want to post this one! Thanks everyone!
1. __IGLESIA DE STA. MARIA DEL MONTE__, 2. __LOS PUENTES DE PARIS__, 3. __LOS PUENTES DE PARIS__, 4. ___PATOS, EN EL PARQUE DE FUENTES BLANCAS - BURGOS__, 5. __MANUALIDADES (Bordados)__, 6. __EL HERRERO__, 7. __MURALLA DEL CASTILLO DE MORELLA__, 8. __ESCALERAS Y MOSAICO EN EL PAIS VASCO__, 9. __MIS ÁRBOLES Y LA NUBES__, 10. ___ " PLATERO " ___, 11. __RUINAS DE POMPEYA__, 12. __CALLES DE SOS DEL REY CATÓLICO__
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Explored #313, thanks friends!
I shot a lot this week in Destin. I don't have much time to post but here's one I hope you enjoy!
a new little lego moc. wanted to keep it simple and use just a some pieces and a minifig and a little lego creature.
"Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast."
-- Alan Menken/Howard Ashman, Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Just got back from six day stay at Disney. From all the new (New Fantasyland, Test Track and Legend of Captain Jack) to all the Christmas Festivities (decorations and crowds), I need another vacation to recover.
Here’s Lumiere…part of the sign for "Enchanted Tales with Belle."
(Walt Disney World -- Fantasyland: Enchanted Forest -- Enchanted Tales with Belle)
Explored on December 20, 2012.
Thanks for stopping by!
Explore #332 on December 3, 2013... #224 on December 4, 2013
The Explore 500 is generated by an algorithm without human intervention!!
not the best picture (I know) but we went to see the crows fly in to roost and it was pretty dark and all I had was my p&s. This is only a very small part of the roost. There is alot more back where there are trees. There was thousands of crows there! Amazing sight to see!
On my walk to the Denver Botanic Gardens this morning I passed this lone tulip bud with a backdrop of already blooming tulips. Explore, April 17, 2011, #322.
Yay and thank you, my diptych with Vickie made the front page of explore!
Thanks to Bern@t for capturing it.
The Dublin Port tug DPC Tolka in unfamiliar waters, over at Dun Laoghaire on pilot duties for the Geoquip Saentis which was berthing on Carlisle pier.
The remains of the very specialised HSS dock in the background which served the Stena Explorer for many years at Dun Laoghaire.
Gull in Whitby
UPDATE MAY 2011 - #37 on Explore for 25.05.2011 - thank you very much everybody! :-)
Had a visit to Whitby few weeks ago, I forgot how nice this place is having not been there in a while but plan to have a revisit to get a photo of the harbour and pier hopefully when it s a bit quieter.
Anyway, whilst walking back off the pier noticed this chap just sitting on the wall. He was sitting there quite nicely and some nice person decided to give him their left over chips, he looked at them and just turned his nose up at it which I thought is very unusual, maybe the Gulls in Whitby must be well fed. Anyway, the Gull you see in the background flying away was sitting with him and then just flew off which he didn't seem happy about and then promptly started squawking and this photo was the result, he was almost playing up to the camera :-)
Hope everyone's week is going well.
Photo Details
Sony A700
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR
f/6.3
50mm
ISO200
1/1250s exposure
Software Used
Lightroom 3.0
Information
Gulls (often informally called seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until recently most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Gull species range in size from the Little Gull, at 120 g (4.2 oz) and 29 cm (11.5 inches), to the Great Black-backed Gull, at 1.75 kg (3.8 lbs) and 76 cm (30 inches).