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Supply barn and stable from horse era. Notice tall door for high hay wagon access. Easily clears trucks at this time. Gulf No-Nox for cars, bales for hay burners. Even an aluminum "chatroom" at left. West 7th St. at Ramsey, St.Paul,MN. circa 1970.
I Remember When My Boy Came To Me And Asked, "Dad, How Was I Born?"
I Thought For A Moment And Said, "Well Boy, I Guess You're Gonna Need To Know One Day Anyway."
"Your Mom And I Got Together In An On-Line Chatroom."
"Then I Set Up A Date Via E-mail With Your Mom, And We Met In A Cyber Cafe."
"We Snuck Into A Secluded Room And Googled Each Other. There Your Mom Agreed To A Download From My Hard Drive."
"As Soon As I Was Ready To Upload, We Discovered That Neither Of Us Had Used A Firewall, And Since It Was Too Late To Hit The Delete Button, Nine Months Later A Little Pop-Up Appeared That Said: "You've Got Male!"
La niña del bigote tomando una foto de flequillo tomándole una foto a Pankcho
Y por fin tengo una foto del sweater naranja más famoso de Flickr!!!
La niña del bigote taking a picture of flequillo taking a picture of Pankcho
And I finally have a picture of Flickr's most famous orange sweater!!!
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高山留影
除了深空及銀河外，星流跡也是每次外攝必拍的，容易設定及方便，只要考慮構圖便可，與一般風景拍攝無異。到過十多次陰那山，也是第一次跑上山拍攝，也很喜歡此畫面，心想如果有更加廣角的鏡頭便好了。
當時氣溫在零下 2 度及刮著大風，幸好在友人的陪同下才有毅力走上去，但最大難處就是令腳架穩定。除了星流跡外我們上山下山的燈光也形成了一條光軌路，與天上的星流跡作一個對比。
Photo by siuba @ 陰那山
相機：Sony NEX-3N
鏡頭：Samyang 12mm F2.0 NCS CS
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魚眼銀河
大家還記得早前上載的 35mm 視場銀河嗎？不同鏡頭會有不同效果，帶來另類的視覺沖擊。這張相片便用了魚眼拍攝，令地勢有接近對稱構圖，剛好銀河下方遇著金星跑出來，有畫龍點晴之效果，令畫面變得更有加趣。
Photo by Timmy Wong
Location：撿豬灣
Camera：Canon 6D (unmod)
Lens：ZENITAR 16/2.8 Fisheye
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撿豬灣銀河
除了之前張貼過的 35mm、魚眼視場檢豬灣銀河外，其實當時還使用了另一部 EOS-M + 14mm 超廣角鏡頭組合拍攝。因為 APS-C 的緣故，焦距大概變成了22.4mm (14*1.6)，視場會較為狹窄。再者，焦點是對著星星，所以當鏡頭接近地面先，石灘變得模糊，造成了空間感。相中的亮星並不是月亮而是金星，而月亮就在金星的左下方。
Photo by Timmy Wong
Location：撿豬灣
Camera：Canon EOS-M mod.
Lens：Samyang 14mm f/2.8
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夏天，日長夜短，這也令到真正黑暗的時間更為珍貴。在英國大約只有兩小時的黑夜，但前後卻有接近總共四小時的Blue hour。高緯度地區特色。只有真正的黑暗才能將星光和銀河的美態盡現。
Photo by - Timmy Wong @七姊姊崖
Canon EOS 6D
Samyang 14mm f/2.8
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龍骨星流跡
每次上陰那山都會設法用不同的方式拍下「龍骨」與星空。而這次，我趁著月亮還掛在天空的時候，將相機設置向東並用長曝光疊加方法拍攝星流跡。如我所料，月光製造的光影令「龍骨」較為立體，令相片更加有吸引力。
Photo by - Timmy Wong
Location：陰那山
Camera：Canon EOS 6D
Len：Samyang 14mm f2.8
Well, all I can say is...thank you :)
Thank you, to those who looked at my builds and/or faved them, to those who took their precious time to comment on it, and to those who even bothered following this someone-something of a builder. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!
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Someone once told me that the worst thing you can lose is the nature and love of creating more and more ideas. Mood can be brought back in time, but that is one thing you must not lose. That line stuck, and it got me out of a rut. And the only reason I could meet that person was because he was also in the same LUG.
The reason why I mentioned that is because I've had a long hard time honing skills on actual pen and paper, especially when I was on my own, and all I could see was how slow the progress was. It's not until MOCs came into play that I was reminded that the 'idea' is the core, and expressing it is simply a matter of choosing/learning the right tools.
I'm still working on the good ol' pen and paper until I can make something out of it someday, and in the meantime, these bricks serve as a constant reminder that yeah, I can create.
And it's only better–no. It's only possible with the amazing people and support from this community. It's all about the spirit of creation, and I'm glad as hell that I'm lucky enough to be a part of it. Here's to all of you wonderful folks out there.
If there's three buddies I'm gonna give a shout out to here, it's these guys: Kosmas, for bringing me into the game in the first place. Anton, for keeping my head in the game. And of course, Erwin, for the gajillion creepy bunny stickers flooding my chatroom every day.
Cheers :)
We got a hot tip about the White-eyed Vireo. (Top row photo, next to the King of Snakes.) Drive here, park there, walk a block or two.... Ca-Ching! New bird! And for the brief time it commanded the limelight, we were all mesmerized.
A smallish clot of polite birders gathered off the path. Everyone watching. Vigilantly listening and waiting. We compare equipment and notes. Who has seen what and where they saw it. We are envious of the Orange County birders. We meet Gabriel, a Santa Monica College professor and a Herpetologist. His wife jogs by us with their new baby in a stroller. I like this Gabriel and a smidgen of hope swells in my heart. This new baby will grow up to be a gifted scientist.
homepage.smc.edu/gartner_gabriel/AboutMe.html (Guess who’s holding the snake?)
We all get a little punchy after explaining to person after person what we are looking for. People walk by with whatever the current version of a boom box is called. Loud-music-to-go because the world without continuous or constant noise is obviously unbearable.
We take turns ignoring people. We size up the curious folk before we talk. Carrying binoculars or a camera gets you in. Clownish loudly patterned yoga wear merits a dumb answer. "We are watching squirrels." Gabriel snorts but I know I could have been kinder. I make myself a promise to be less mean. Maybe Gabriel's child will develop a cure for meanness.
W9 and Jerry got the Chat as a life bird at Malibu Creek State Park. We were on the lookout for the chat after using the ebird Explore the Hot Spot tool. He put on a song and dance show for us. Thrilling, but be quick if you want a photo.
And have a gander at the red crustacean deal in the second row. How can you scream and focus a camera at the same time??? Asking for a friend.
The green landscape we experienced a few months ago is rapidly fading. Birds have disappeared. Migration and nesting. They have left or they're hiding.
Slowly my bird list is growing.
The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like "Get more clay. Make better oven." David Viscot
Die Liste der alten Leute war vermutlich in Stein gemeißelt und vertreten längere Zeiträume. Sie enthielten Dinge wie "Holen Sie sich mehr Lehm. Machen Sie besseren Ofen."
La liste des personnes anciennes était probablement sculptée en pierre et représentait des périodes plus longues. Ils contiennent des choses comme "Obtenez plus d'argile. Faites un meilleur four".
고대 사람들의 명단은 돌로 새겨 졌을 것이고 오랜 기간을 대표 할 것입니다. 그들은 "더 많은 찰흙을 얻으십시오. 더 나은 오븐을 만드십시오."
La lista de personas antiguas probablemente estaba tallada en piedra y representaba períodos de tiempo más largos. Contienen cosas como "Obtener más arcilla, hacer horno mejor".
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銀河倒影
澳洲中部是不少天文愛好者的理想攝星地方，只要隨便找個地景，單張相片也可以拍攝出世界級的夜空。與一般的風景攝影一樣，與友人同行，大家的相片必定大致相同，想突圍而出就要靠構圖、顏色處理及剪裁去作出區別。不知道這張相片的口味又能否吸引大家眼睛呢？
Photo by siuba
Location：Australia
Camera：Canon EOS-M mod.
Lens：Tokina 11-16 f/2.8
Not going to plan. Tonight I'd have liked to go on a girls' night out, but all my friends are busy. I got all dressed up anyway and tried to chat on webcam, but my usual chatroom is broken at the moment. This is what you would have seen. Sorry for the poor pic, but it's only a webcam.
Not going to plan. Tonight I'd have liked to go on a girls' night out, but all my friends are busy. I got all dressed up anyway and tried to chat on webcam, but my usual chatroom is broken at the moment. This is what you would have seen. Sorry for the poor pic, but it's only a webcam.
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銀河、天蠍、矩尺及半人馬
這部份的銀河在香港實際上也會看得到，但只會出現在南方天空較低位置，要拍攝確實有點困難。當你身在南半球時，則有很多機會看到她高掛夜空。
相片中靠左可見天蠍心宿二及漂亮的調色盤，左下最明亮的一帶是人馬座近銀河中心部份；右上的兩顆亮星是半人馬的南門二及馬腹一 (Alpha & Beta Centauri)，南門二更是離我們地球最近的恆星呢，距離大約只有 4 光年多。
Photo by - Michael Leung
Location: New Zealand - Tekapo
Date: 2015-04-16
Camera：Canon 650D mod
Len：Samyang 14mm/2.8 @ f/4
Tracker: Kenko Skymemo RS
Exposure ISO1600, 120sec x 75
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遠眺獵戶
獵戶座是秋冬百看不厭的星座，也蘊藏著不少的深空天體，幾乎每年均會多次拍攝，以測試每次轉變了的器材。今次拍攝遇上了是次冬天最寒冷的天氣，山上溫度曾達到負四度，再加上四五級的大風吹襲，感覺就在零下二十多度的環境中，實在有點吃不消，也只能拍攝廣角深空以對抗寒風。
在嚴寒低溫的環境下，電池的穩定性十分重要，幸好相機及追星儀也用上大容量的外置電池，以應付一整晚的自動拍攝。唯一擔心的是寒風將相機吹倒，所以將腳架的三腳盡量拉開一點，讓她長時間可以陪伴著獵戶。
Photo by siuba
日期：2015/12/18 @ 梅州陰那山
相機：Canon EOS-M mod.
鏡頭：Canon 22mm f/2 STM
追星儀：Vixen Polarie
設定：ISO 1600, 60s x180 (30s x1 地景)
處理：PI, PS CC
香港拍攝難度：★★ (五星最難)
適合鏡頭焦距：35 ~ 100mm
適合拍攝月份：2015/12 ~ 2016/02 (香港)
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踏入十一月，是深空拍攝的好季節，天氣也開始較為穩定，不同天區也有不少吸引的深空天體可以拍攝。除了 M31 外，M45 也是每年例拍的目標之一，雖然拍攝容易，但要「搾」出背後的暗塵雲氣還需要環境與時間所配合，現在再細看此照片，還有不少待改善的地方。
此照片是三年多前到清境拍攝的，還記得借了大師兄 Daniel 的雙筒望遠鏡一起目視此七姊妹星團，那種莫名其妙的興奮至今仍然歷歷在目，印象深刻。在遠方的大師兄，現在你好嗎？不知道你是否去找七姊妹陪伴著呢？
Photo by Toby Lo
Date: 2013-09-08
Location: Ching Jing, Taiwan
Camera: Canon 500D mod.
Telescope: Takahashi FS-60CB w/ Flattener (374mm f/6.2)
Mount: Astrotrac TT320X-AG
Filter: None
Setting: ISO 1600, 300s x65
Process: PI, PS CC
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心臟星雲 (Heart Nebula, IC1805) 在仙后座尾部近英仙座位置，緊接其旁的是靈魂星雲，因為它們相對較亮和大，鄰旁還有容易辨認的雙雙星團，對於新手來說也是十分容易尋找的，是這天區很受歡迎的拍攝目標。
這次做了個星點移除版本，大家可以欣賞一下這個發射星雲和黑暗塵帶的結構，也算是練練手，順道熟習一下遮色片和多通道混合的技巧。
Photo by Michael Leung
Date: Nov 2016
Location: 廣東從化
Camera: ASI 1600MM-C @ -10c
Telescope: Borg 90FL w/ 0.72x Reducer (360mm f/4)
Mount: Sky-Watcher AZEQ6 Guided ASI120MM-S
Setting: Ha 10mins x15, RGB 3mins x15 per channel
Process: PI, PS CC
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期待著的夏季銀河
踏入春季，除了時雲海季節外，亦是夏季銀河初昇時間。由二月開始約早上五時便會見到夏季銀河由水平線上昇起，之後每隔一個月提早約兩小時，三月底約一兩時便可以在同一位置拍到。上年三月底四月初有數天清天日子，不知道今年會否有相同景況呢？
Photo by siuba @ 大坳門
Camera：Sony NEX-3N
Len：Samyang 12mm F2.0 NCS CS
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颱風前夜
早前到台灣一遊，計劃是要到外島蘭嶼去，但剛巧遇上超級颱風船都停駛了，只得滯留墾丁。颱風登陸前一天趁還沒風雨跟友人四處走走，半夜走到鵝鑾鼻公園，沒想到雲全然退去，喜見從南到北都清晰的銀河。
棕櫚樹間銀河最光亮的部份轟立天空，不遠處的鵝鑾鼻燈塔給前方的樹林勾出輪廓，讓亮麗的天蝎橫臥其上。慶幸沒太早躲回酒店睡覺，才能拍到這幅心感滿意的照片。
Photo by Michael Leung
Location：台灣鵝鑾鼻
Date：2016 Jul 7
Camera：Sony A7II
Lens：Vogitlander 21mm/1.8
Setting：ISO1600, 20s x10
Process：PI, PS CC
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星流跡的極致
在北半球地方向北面拍攝星流跡，大家均知道會是呈圓形狀，構圖上亦會較為美觀。但其實向不同方向拍攝，也可以出現有趣的星流跡畫面。如此相片就是向正東面構圖，可以見到星流跡向左走向右走的局面，再加上只有好天氣才能見到的密密麻麻星流跡，不知道大家有否出現了密集恐懼感覺呢？
Photo by siuba @ 陰那山
相機：Sony NEX-3N
鏡頭：Samyang 12mm F2.0 NCS CS
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星月流跡 / 陰那山
拍攝這天是農曆初八上弦月，月亮到半夜才下山，等待月亮下山時也沒什麼可拍，便抱著試試的心態去看看星月流跡的效果如何。因怕月光太亮過曝，把平常拍星流跡的設定相應調低了些。
幸好天色十分清朗，月光掛著也沒把星光全蓋掉，拍出來的效果倒有點像星球大戰的死星光炮襲地球的模樣…
Photo by - Michael Leung
Location: 梅州陰那山
Date: 2015/12/18
Camera: Sony A7 II
Len: Sony FE 35mm/2.8 ZA @ f/4
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百影不厭的小仙女
仙女座大星系 (M31, Andromeda Galaxy) 是百影不厭的深空天體之一，容易找尋及吸引，是不少新手入門的拍攝目標。在好天的環境下，M31 也可以約略用肉眼見到，用上雙筒望遠鏡觀看更會令你「回味無窮」。
此相片同時被外國著名的網上天文雜誌 Amateur Astrophotography (astrophotomag.com/issue22/#/20) 收錄，大家有興趣可以看看其他同好作品。
Photo by siuba
日期：2013/09/07-09 @ 台中清境
相機：Canon 500D
望遠鏡：Takahashi FS-60CB w/ Flattener (374mm f/6.2)
追星儀：Astrotrac TT320X-AG
設定：ISO1600, 300s x39, 30s x1 Core (Dark, Bias)
香港拍攝難度：★★ (五星最難)
建議鏡頭焦距：200 ~ 400mm
適合拍攝月份：9 月 ~ 12 月 (香港)
Chatroom problems continue but so many friends responded to my lonely plea yesterday that today I must raise a glass to friendship. You really cheered me up. Wish you could join me!
Not going to plan. Tonight I'd have liked to go on a girls' night out, but all my friends are busy. I got all dressed up anyway and tried to chat on webcam, but my usual chatroom is broken at the moment. This is what you would have seen. Sorry for the poor pic, but it's only a webcam.
Please use red/cyan anaglyph goggles, for anaglyph glasses ask your local optician.
Erika Fuchs, née Petri (7 December 1906 in Rostock – 22 April 2005 in Munich), was a German translator. She is largely known in Germany due to her translations of American Walt Disney cartoons, especially Carl Barks's stories about Duckburg and its inhabitants.
Many of her creations (re)entered the German language, and her followers today recognize her widely quoted translations as standing in the tradition of great German-language light poetry such as by Heinrich Heine, Wilhelm Busch, and Kurt Tucholsky. Unlike the English originals, her translations included many hidden quotes and literary allusions. As Fuchs once said, "You can't be educated enough to translate comic books".
Many of her creations as translator of Carl Barks comics entered or reentered the German language. The phrase "Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör" - "nothing is too hard for an engineer" but with the vowels (umlauts) at the end of "Ingenieur" and "schwer" altered to make them rhyme amusingly was often attributed to Fuchs, as she had made it Gyro Gearloose's German catchphrase. However, it was originally based on a song written by Heinrich Seidel. A somewhat more clumsy version of the phrase was the first verse of "Seidels Ingenieurlied" ("The Engineer's Song") and had been used by fraternities at technical universities for the German equivalent of The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer. Fuchs had heard it from her husband, who was an engineer himself.
A classical Fuchs is as well to be found in her translation of Barks's 1956 story "Three Un-Ducks" (INDUCKS story code W WDC 184-01), where Huey, Dewey, and Louie speak the oath "Wir wollen sein ein einig Volk von Brüdern, in keiner Not uns waschen und Gefahr" ("We Shall be a United People of Brethren, Never to Wash in Danger nor Distress"), thereby parodying Friedrich Schiller's version of the Rütlischwur from his 1804 play William Tell in a suitable way.
She also used verbs shortened to their stems not only to imitate sounds (onomatopoeia), such as schluck, stöhn, knarr, klimper (gulp, groan, creak, chink), but also to represent soundless events: grübel, staun, zitter (ponder, goggle, tremble). The word for these soundwords in German is now an Erikativ, a tongue-in-cheek word utilizing Fuchs's first name, made to resemble grammatical terms such as Infinitiv (infinitive), Indikativ (indicative mood), Akkusativ (accusative case), etc. Erikative are commonly used in Internet forums and chatrooms to describe what people are doing as they write, which has become the common German form of the Internet slang behavior known in English as emoting. English examples: *ducks*, *runs away*, etc. The Erikativ is the German form of those (*duck*, *weglauf*, respectively).
Erika Fuchs, née Petri (7 December 1906 in Rostock – 22 April 2005 in Munich), was a German translator. She is largely known in Germany due to her translations of American Walt Disney cartoons, especially Carl Barks's stories about Duckburg and its inhabitants.
Many of her creations (re)entered the German language, and her followers today recognize her widely quoted translations as standing in the tradition of great German-language light poetry such as by Heinrich Heine, Wilhelm Busch, and Kurt Tucholsky. Unlike the English originals, her translations included many hidden quotes and literary allusions. As Fuchs once said, "You can't be educated enough to translate comic books".
Many of her creations as translator of Carl Barks comics entered or reentered the German language. The phrase "Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör" - "nothing is too hard for an engineer" but with the vowels (umlauts) at the end of "Ingenieur" and "schwer" altered to make them rhyme amusingly was often attributed to Fuchs, as she had made it Gyro Gearloose's German catchphrase. However, it was originally based on a song written by Heinrich Seidel. A somewhat more clumsy version of the phrase was the first verse of "Seidels Ingenieurlied" ("The Engineer's Song") and had been used by fraternities at technical universities for the German equivalent of The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer. Fuchs had heard it from her husband, who was an engineer himself.
A classical Fuchs is as well to be found in her translation of Barks's 1956 story "Three Un-Ducks" (INDUCKS story code W WDC 184-01), where Huey, Dewey, and Louie speak the oath "Wir wollen sein ein einig Volk von Brüdern, in keiner Not uns waschen und Gefahr" ("We Shall be a United People of Brethren, Never to Wash in Danger nor Distress"), thereby parodying Friedrich Schiller's version of the Rütlischwur from his 1804 play William Tell in a suitable way.
She also used verbs shortened to their stems not only to imitate sounds (onomatopoeia), such as schluck, stöhn, knarr, klimper (gulp, groan, creak, chink), but also to represent soundless events: grübel, staun, zitter (ponder, goggle, tremble). The word for these soundwords in German is now an Erikativ, a tongue-in-cheek word utilizing Fuchs's first name, made to resemble grammatical terms such as Infinitiv (infinitive), Indikativ (indicative mood), Akkusativ (accusative case), etc. Erikative are commonly used in Internet forums and chatrooms to describe what people are doing as they write, which has become the common German form of the Internet slang behavior known in English as emoting. English examples: *ducks*, *runs away*, etc. The Erikativ is the German form of those (*duck*, *weglauf*, respectively).
To all you lovely people, if on May 1st my pictures on here are deleted .... you can find me on TV Chix as Vjordon(if you see me in the chatrooms, please come and say hello), also on Fetlife, again as Vjordon.
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半人馬座 A 星系的挑戰
到南半球如澳洲等地方拍攝深空，當然要選擇一些在香港難以拍到的目標為首選。其中半人馬座 A 星系 (Centaurus A, NGC 5128) 是一個熱門的南天深空天體，比起北半球的 M101 星系還要細小。半人馬座 A 星系距離地球約 1200 ~ 1400 萬光年，位在半人馬座方向，據科學家估計其核心內有高達 5500 萬倍太場質量的超級黑洞，恆星數量亦多達千億顆，加上其獨特的噴流特徵，所以就算只使用入門級天文鏡頭也要嘗試拍攝得到。
網上見到大部分拍攝的半人馬座 A 星系均用上 1 米級別或以上鏡頭，所以我只用上 6cm 口徑鏡頭拍攝細緻度亦相差甚遠。另外沒有太多人會像我一樣使用 Astrotrac 追星儀及人肉 GOTO 方式找尋此星系，所以在南半球拍攝深空確實是一大挑戰，幸好我幸運地找得到南天對極竅門，每次對極只須花上數分鐘便可，令拍攝的成功率大增，省下不少寶貴的拍攝時間。
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美麗的風車星系
M101 風車星系是一個朝向地球的星系，是冬季至春天較為熱門的拍攝目標，位置於北斗七星附近。 還記得 Catalina 彗星在今年一月中旬時的位置在哪嗎？它就是在這個星系旁邊「擦身而過」，不少拍攝愛好者就藉著這個機會拍下了這次的「有今世無來世」的畫面。M101 雖然容易拍攝，但也需要較為長焦鏡頭才有看頭。
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Location：Xingming Observatory
Camera：QHY9
Telescope：Vixen R200SS + MPCC
Mount：Sky-Watcher NEQ6
Exposure：L: 900s x13, Ha: 1800s x10, R:600s x4, G: 600s x4, B: 600s x4
香港拍攝難度：★★ (五星最高)
建議鏡頭焦距：400mm+
適合拍攝月份：12月 ~ 3月 (香港)
大概方向：北斗七星附近
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蒲公英之夜
近排被大量的花海相片洗版，但大多數是日出日落為主，利用星流跡作襯托，同樣別有另一番風味。記得當時是考試季節，天氣不怎麼樣，但面對著此花海環境，儘管常有薄雲來襲，也依然無損我對星空的熱誠。
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獵戶座大星雲 Great Orion Nebula
冬夜王者獵戶座是每年也要拍一下才安心。本在十月的時候拍了一輯，但未到心中的效果只好先存著。幸好今個月再到山上遇上好天氣再繼續補了些光子，今次算是滿意了。
除了主角 M42 獵戶座大星雲及其旁邊的 NGC1977 走佬人星雲外，這次還希望演示一下週邊暗一點的星雲。如相片右邊很漂亮的連串IC428 / IC427 / NGC1999；走佬人上方的 IC420；還有 M42 上方的那一抹 VDB42。
M42 的顏色動態很寬，在處理上有很大彈性。我個人偏好 M42 中央光亮耀眼一點，顯出這個造星區的威力。不知大家喜歡那一種風格呢？
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日期：2015-10-18 / 2015-12-18
地點：梅州陰那山
相機：CentralDS 600D @ -10c / -22c
望遠頭：Borg 90FL w/0.72x reducer 360mm f/4
赤道儀：iOptron ZEQ25 / Guided QHY5LII Mono
設定：ISO1600, 240s x58 (Core 30s / 10s / 2.5s x15) (Dark, Bias)
香港拍攝難度：★ (五星最難)
建議鏡頭焦距：200 ~ 400mm
適合拍攝月份：10 月 ~ 2 月 (香港)
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春季必拍星系
春天是一個適合拍攝星系的季節，而 M81 和 M82 是熱門拍攝目標之一。除了星系本身其獨特的吸引力外，視場中其實彌漫著塵埃，這些塵埃需要累積更多光子才能顯現出來。此相片只用上年代久遠的 350D (800 萬像素) 拍攝，細緻度確實還是差了一點，雜訊亦十分可怕，唯有在後制上花一點功夫...
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Location：Xingming Observatory
Camera：Canon 350D mod.
Telescope：Tamron 300/2.8 mod.
Mount：Vixen GPD (+SS2K)
Exposure：240s x 132
香港拍攝難度：★★ (五星最高)
建議鏡頭焦距：400mm+
適合拍攝月份：1 月 ~ 5 月 (香港)
大概方向：北斗七星附近
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9 小時星流跡
星流跡拍攝時間愈長，所畫出的線條便會不斷重覆，形成密密麻麻的圈圈，視覺上會更為特別。數年前在澳洲拍攝的 10 小時 Time-Lapse 短片，最近抽出可用作疊合的約 9 小時重新製作，是目前自己拍攝過最長的星流跡相片。
回想起當時所採用的 Sony NEX-5 相機沒有快門線設計，需要用上紅外線搖控器，要每次均能觸發快門真的要花上不少心思；10 小時共拍攝了近 1500 張相片，但忘記了使用 JPG 設定，中途需要換上兩張記憶卡，還有四次更換電池的時間，令星流跡出現移位及斷續問題唯有靠後期處理。所以一張星空相片的前期及後期處理同樣重要，缺一不可。
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可能會有人用計數機計算，每張相可能不是完整的 30 秒.. 原因是拍攝用的 NEX-5 只能以紅外線觸發 B 快門，這個特別設計真係考起不少人，要到 NEX-3N 之後至可以插快門線.. 由於紅外線要對準位才能觸發，亦會受環境影響，所以拍攝時本來是 30 秒一張變成了後來的 22 秒甚至乎 20 秒一張，就是這樣..
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在繁盛的道路上輕易看到車軌出現，同時間星星也在天空上照耀著我們。車軌與星流跡就以相同步伐留下了光的蹤影，形成了一張有趣的光影流跡相片。
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It's the same old thing as yesterday
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
That's my soul up there.
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小鏡星系拍攝大作戰
年春初基本上是星系拍攝季節，沒有長焦鏡頭 (實際 300mm 以下對於天文攝影來說仍是廣角) 確實會失去拍攝動力，每張相片也只有丁點大小的深空天體，再多的曝光時間也沒有高的分辨率。是次旅程可以拍攝的目標不多，今次就以新的組合嘗試拍攝 M81 及 M82 星系。幸好高山環境加上高透明天的天氣令拍攝過程順利，只是拍攝時間不足。星空除了星系、星雲等外，在漆黑的背景實際也彌漫著不少暗星雲或暗塵，正式學名是 Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN)。IFN 星際雲的一種，其高密度可能會遮蔽發射星雲或反射星雲的光，如馬頭星雲。IFN 看似是一堆灰塵，不知道的還以為會是天空有雲層走過。
以往單反相機單張拍攝看不見的 IFN 也借助了 Sony A7S 的高 ISO 拍攝能力可以約略見到，需要較長的總曝光時間並經過疊合後才稍為清楚看見。實際上 IFN 在星空上十分常見，只是亮度問題，較為容易見到的是 M45 昂宿星團。不過 IFN 拍攝是地方先決的，希望今年天氣容許有更多拍攝。
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Location: Yinna, China
Date：2016/03/02
Camera: Sony A7S
Telescope：Takahashi FS-60CB w/ Reducer (264mm f/4.2)
Tracker：Skymemo RS
Setting: 300s x 58
Process：Photoshop CC, PI
香港拍攝難度：★★ (五星最高)
建議鏡頭焦距：400mm+
適合拍攝月份：1 月 ~ 5 月 (香港)
大概方向：北斗七星附近
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三家村星流跡
日落過後，大夥兒可能會趕在天黑前離開，但對於我們來說，迎來另一段拍攝機會。當天在三家村迎來美好的日落，雖然天底有點煙霞，也有來自對岸小西灣的城市光害，但抬頭還是看到不少星點。簡簡單單的放好腳架，找好構圖，只花約半小時拍攝，就可以得到一幅不錯的星流跡相片。
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星流跡 / 北天極
因朋友想要一張沒地景的星流跡作為影片素材之用，遂而拍了這張。回想起來倒是頭一次拍這樣子正對北天極的星流跡，出來的效果十分吸引吧？
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很多時有初拍星流跡的朋友問及一些問題，我們也簡單解答一下。
Q：很多時打算拍一個個圈圈的那種星流跡，應該向那方向拍？
A：簡單而言，在北半球向北，在南半球向南。 不清楚北在那邊可在電話安裝一下指南針的程式。
Q：星星都是繞著北極星轉嗎？
A：實際上是偏了一點點的。 像這圖近圓心比較粗的那條就是北極星，並不是正正在圓心的。但作為廣角攝影的指標夠用了。
Q：星星要多久才轉一圈？
A：其實星星沒在轉，是地球在轉。所以一整圈就是差不多 24 小時。
Q：那我要拍多久才能拍到一個個圈圈？ 沒可能拍 24 個小時吧…
A：像這圖是 6 個多小時曝光，大概就四份一個圓。因星點密，首尾相接，錯覺看起來就是一個全圓。在香港星空沒這麼清朗，拍起來星星會疏落一點，建議拍個兩三小時也可有點看頭。
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P.S. 如果你看這圖有很多摩爾紋，可能表是時候換支高解像屏幕手機了…若因而被家中老闆討伐，小弟恕不負責…
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時間：2015/12/18
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設定：f/3.2, ISO1600, 60s x400
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早兩天難得半晚天清，來試試每年秋季也要拍一下的M31。 M31（仙女座星系 Andromeda Galaxy） 是我們的一個鄰居星系，距離我們約250萬光年，大小約是銀河系的兩倍。因相信跟我們銀河系很相似，而常常被作為研究比較之用。
曝光訊號不太夠細節有點粗，留待日後好天再增加一點曝光時間吧！
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日期：5/9/2015 @ 北潭涌
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鏡頭：Borg 90FL w/0.72x reducer 360mm f/4
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蟹洞銀河
上月底難得香港有數天清天，雖然抱病在身，但仍帶著疲倦的身驅走到另一個攝星聖地鶴咀，找尋傳說中的蟹洞。當晚遇見了不少師兄師姐，早在四五時已在前排找到有利位置，一心想拍攝的蟹洞內銀河唯有等稍等，少一點人才走到洞內拍攝。雖然鶴咀位於港島較南端地方，地理上較不少地方黑暗，但仍受到墨魚船的影響，另外研究所本身的光害也十分嚴重。幸好大氣透明度不錯，銀河仍可以清晰可見，真的不枉此行。
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