Not personally being very techie with photography .. does anyone know what caused that blue edging on the petals, or how to avoid it ?

Kizuna and Sakura discuss how we tackle certain themes here at the Lab.

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Created for the Flickr Friday theme, PARALLEL, and the Crazy Tuesday theme, DIAGONAL.

This is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Lyra. Planetary nebula are so named because, they are small, round and look like planets.

A planetary nebula is a star entering the final phases of it's life cycle. The more massive stars go out in spectacular style as a supernova. The smaller stars, like that of our Sun. Enter their penultimate phase, that of a white dwarf star, with a little less pazzazz. Though they are no less beautiful.

Captured on 23rd of April from Rochdale, UK.

Boring techie bit.

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

EQ6 R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

6 exposures of 6 minutes each at ISO 400.

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker with darks, flats, dark flats & bias frames. All processing done with StarTools.

Secret Hideout for a Secret Spy Bunneh

shot @ Skrunda-2

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Known as a starburst galaxy due to it's intense star forming activity. Which is thought to be caused by interactions with it's close neighbour M81 Bode's galaxy, sometimes referred to as Bode's nebula. Bode was the German astronomer who didn't do the 7th planet in our solar system any favours, when he suggested the name Uranus. Johann Elert Bode discovered M81 & M82 in 1774.

M82 lies 12 million light years away from us. It is giving birth to new stars about ten times faster than our own Milky Way. It lies within the constellation Of Ursa Major (the great bear), and is visible along with it's companion galaxy M81 in a good pair of binoculars.

Boring techie stuff.

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 1100D with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter.

Best 75% of 60 light frames of 3 minutes each at ISO 800. Stacked together using Deep Sky Stacker along with darks, flats, dark flats and bias. All other processing done using StarTools.

Double Arch, Arches National Park. My Flickr friend Don Cook and I went out to do the night sky through Double Arch but we spent so much time uh trying to get the light painting down that I used up my hour I had planned to do a startrail. So I went back a couple of nights later. The sky had some light clouds passing through, accounting for the distortion particularly on the planet at the far left. All in all, it was still a lovely evening.

Techie stuff: Canon 5D Mark III, 14mm F2.8L, ISO 6400, 30 sec at F2.8 x 130 exposures stacked.

"The Poet's Apprentice" - www.createwithlightphotography.com

On rare occasions you meet someone by happenstance that has a profound effect on your life. Nathan Wirth is one of those people and my life is all the richer for it. Nathan took me under his wing as his Long Exposure apprentice in early 2011 and has played an instrumental role in the development of my art. His limitless patience, support, constructive feedback and friendship have been life changing for me and I cannot truly express my gratitude. Than you again my dear friend, you are a beautiful soul and this humble offering is dedicated to you!!

This image was captured on the evening before the San Fran Photowalk started. I spent an amazing evening on the side of this hill in Novato with my great friends John Kosmopolous , Athena Carey and Cameron Siguenza , staring in wonderment at Nathan's "Poet's Tree". What a treat that was!! It was great to finally meet John, Athena and Cameron in person...you guys and gal are the best!!

The techie Stuff:

ISO: 125

Aperture: f/8

Exposure: 75 seconds

Focal Length: 24mm

Filters: Lee Big Stopper 10 stop ND filter, Lee 3 and 1 stop hard grad ND filter

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I got my dad the mocha version of the n-series n7370 phone - the gold one is mine and the brown one's his. He's not exactly a techie, and while he's pleased with his new toy, has no idea what to do with it. Am going to have to explain to him how to bluetooth once he settles into its interface.

Taken in 1974, when I was a size 14, and I still kept the skirt till a few years ago!

And now it really IS my first pic on here, only appropriate, eh?

Just a bit of techie stuff, the pic was taken with a Werra V camera, a pretty rare device, and I still have it. I developed and printed pic myself as I had all the correct stuff to do, and back then it was a lot easier to do than risk getting the films processed elsewhere!

Per Wikipedia, Grosvenor Arch is a unique sandstone double arch located within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. It is named to honor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), a president of the National Geographic Society.

Techie stuff: 107 minutes of 30-sec exposures stacked with StarStaX, Canon 5D Mark III, ISO 2500, Canon 14mm F2.8L at F2.8. Light-painting on the arch compliments of a passing car. (Hard to believe: this is on a dirt road 10 miles from nowhere at 11 pm.)

Another beautifully turned out racer, with colour matched roll cage Porsche at the Boxengasse Bicester Event August 3rd 2025.

This car was constantly surrounded by people BUT there is new "distraction option" in Lightroom Classic does an excellent job in removing distractions such as people standing around a car !!

( For the techie types who use Lightroom - The tool is hidden under the spot removal group at the bottom of the listings there is a white triangle - click that and it selects all people, which you can deselect some if you wish using the Alt key on a Mac; It with use Ai I think to completely delete people in your image.)

An intermediate barred spiral galaxy first discovered by William Herschel on the 6th of April 1785.

At 41 million light years from us this stunning galaxy and it's neighbours, NGC 4747 bottom right of centre and NGC 4712 to the left and just above 4725, can all be found in the constellation Coma Berenices. There are a few fainter galaxies dotted about as well.

NGC 4725 is 100,000 light years across, a similar size to our own Milky Way.

All data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong UV/IR 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.

180s exposures.

34 light frames.

Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias

Stacked and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.

I love the smell of tropical ocean water in the morning, and I can't explain it, but there is a difference between the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii and the Oregon Coast. Both beautiful, but they have a different energy, smell, even taste to them. So, as the sea salt assaulted my senses, this is the sunrise that greeted me on the Lahaina Harbor breakwall.

Techie Sidebar: This is a 5-image pano stitch, merged in CS6. Graduated ND filter added in Nik Color Efex Pro.

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I managed to get three targets in this shot thanks to the little Asker FRA400 scope and the 533 sensor. Located in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

All data was gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/

They are: NGC 7635 the Bubble Nebula. Discovered by William Herschel in 1787 it lies about 7,100 light years away and spans about 7 light years across.

NGC 7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula is the bright patch to the lower left. This is a stelar nursery some 9,000 light years away. It is actively forming proto stars, many of which are 40 times the mass of our Sun.

M52 open star cluster.

Also given the NGC 7654 tag.

Discovered by Charles Messier in September 1774. Sometimes called The Scorpion cluster lies about 5,000 light years away and is the only one of these 3 targets that can be picked up in a pair of binoculars.

Boring Techie bit:

Telescope: Askar FRA400

Mount: EQ6r pro

Camera: ZWO 533mc pro

Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.

Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+

Best 80% of 138 light frames 120 seconds each.

Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias with DSS.

Processed using Graxpert, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.

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Futaba enjoys the dusty, dirty, dangerous game of urban exploration.

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Created for the Toy Sunday theme, EXPLORATION.

Thanks to Joyce van der Linden for the background.

IC 443 can be found in the constellation of Gemini lying very close to the star Propus, Eta Geminorum.

The Jellyfish nebula is a supernova remnant some 5,000 light years away from us.

Data captured at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/

Boring Techie bit:

Telescope: Askar FRA400 with .7 reducer

Mount: EQ6r pro

Camera: ZWO 533mc pro

Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.

Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+

Best 75 light frames 180 seconds each.

Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats using WBPP in PixInsight.

Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2 & PixInsight.

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Uhhh OK yeah really this could've been my April Fools post or something. Four versions of Killer Moth. Techie, Alien-y, Space-y, and Ninja-y. Enjoy.

This is the second part of my video blog (vlog?) recorded on Tuesday 23 May 2017 when I finally had my first experience of venturing out in public dressed as a woman. I had christened myself ‘The Terrified Tranny’ as I will admit to several doubts about the whole idea, the prospect of stepping out in public was as mortifying as it was exciting.

In the first video flic.kr/p/V7xZgc my thoughts as I headed out in the car were recorded and it ended with my supportive and wonderful female friend gently persuading me to step out of the car. This video starts later that day in which I recorded my thoughts and feelings about how it unfolded.

I was a bit nervous about heading into a shop and being filmed so asked my friend to use a small GoPro camera which she held at waist level to hopefully make it less obvious. The resulting video is a bit wobbly and the camera angle far from flattering but it did the job and my first moment out as a woman was recorded.

There were further technical issues with this second video in that I was so elated about what I had done as I sat down to record my thoughts I forgot to turn on my microphone and ended up only having the distant audio recording from my phone. I was outdoors near a busy road and the traffic passing is somewhat intrusive on my dialogue.

So all in all a bit of techie disaster but in essence a special moment for me a a transvestite, I had got over my barrier and actually ventured out. Even today, I ca still hardly believe I did it, the video proves to me I did, it was quite an emotive experience but one I m thrilled to have had.

I feel sure my next time out in public as a woman will be more relaxed and I can settle in a bit more to being Helene the woman, but that’s all for the future. I confess I am excited and very much looking forward to the next trip out as a woman.

Better known as the Pacman Nebula.

This emission nebula can be found 6,500 light years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

Do you think it looks like pacman chomping his way across the Galaxy?

All data gathered at the Astronomy Centre 12th of August 2024.

www.astronomycentre.org.uk/

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.

60s exposures.

Best 75% of 100 light frames.

Darks, Flats & Bias.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.

Also known has the Whale galaxy.

Just above the Whale can be seen a small elliptical galaxy, designated NGC 4627.

The whale galaxy lies approx 25 million light years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

Data captured at The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK. 30/03/2024.

www.astronomycentre.org.uk/

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 100, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.

180s exposures.

Best 70% of 54 light frames.

Darks, Flats & Bias.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools & Affinity Photo.

This photo was taken with a less ideal lighting condition and with a relative slow shutter speed as I was shooting with Portra 160 pushed 1-stop. I even had to open up the aperture on my Letiz Summitar lens to get enough light for the shot handheld. In the end, it was still a bit blurry due to motion and shallow depth of field. I was tempted to use Topaz AI in order to reduce the bluriness due to motion. The result looks a bit funky. I am facing with this paradox that by applying AI to compensate the shortcomings of film would actually defeat the purpose of shooting film in the first place. I have seen street photos from famed photographers that are blurry. However, my inner voice was telling me that I am not one of them. I am just a techie with a camera.

By the way, we should be alarmed by the rapid pace of AI development recently. There are certain companies that do not seriously implement ethical guard rails to prevent wrongdoings and unethical practices. This is both exciting and scary at the same time. Once we reach singularity, AGI, or whatever you call it, we would be at a point of no return.

Film: Kodak Portra 160 + 1EV

Camera: Leica IIIF

Lens: Leitz Summitar 50mm F2 LTM

View On Black and Large. They type F11, and F11 again to exit.

What do you see when you look at the water? Boats on the water? Twlight reflections and lighting?

I often walk my dogs to this park, where I can see this lovely view of Coconut Grove harbor, as well as the lovely park grounds and other vistas. It's such a peaceful spot, and many people pause here to take in the lovely panorama across the water. This photo is my first somewhat successful twilight shot. I'm trying to learn more about twilight and night-time photography and welcome all tips. I let my camera rest on a railing, and then I followed a tip given me by Terry Grealy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33113103@N03/) to use either a remote shutter device or self-timer feature. So, I tried my self-timer feature--and this came out much better than others I've tried. I don't have a tripod- and don't really want to carry one around. I still have much to learn-- but this is light years beyond where I was before, and did not even bother to post- so bad. I set my Cannon Powershot 630 for a night scene (think it provides a longer exposure-- I'm not a techie here), and used the timer-- to delay the picture-- and voila. Less movement in the photo. I love the twilight- and it's nice to be able to capture some of the beauty I see at twilight.

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Also known as NGC 7822, The Teddy Bear Nebula. Found in the constellation of Cepheus and lies about 2,500 - 3,000 light years away.

Can you see the 3D?

Stare at the middle of the image and try to go cross eyed. You should see a third image start to appear in between the two, whilst going ALMOST cross eyed, try to focus on the middle image.

Any luck?

Still struggling to see it?

Try moving a little further away from your screen.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 100, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.

Darks, Flats & Bias.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools.

This is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Lyra. Planetary nebula are so named because, they are small, round and look like planets.

A planetary nebula is a star entering the final phases of it's life cycle. The more massive stars go out in spectacular style as a supernova. The smaller stars, like that of our Sun. Enter their penultimate phase, that of a white dwarf star, with a little less pazzazz. Though they are no less beautiful.

Captured on 10th of February in Newhey, UK.

Boring techie bit.

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

15 exposures of 180 seconds at ISO 800 (perhaps over exposed it).

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker with darks, flats, dark flats & bias frames. All processing done with StarTools.

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A planetary nebula found in the constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Also known as the Oyster Nebula.

A little under 5,000 light years distant from Earth, it's another one of William Herschel's discoveries in 1787.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

Copyright Susan Ogden

I have no idea what these are, but i love that they felt the need to pose in the same position in height order for me as i was walking by! So cooperative these dried curly grassy things!!

have a lovely Thursday....i am trying to figure out how to get photos that were backed up, out of my Time Machine backup, because doofus that i am, i believe i accidentally just trashed the newest sets i took this past week....sigh.....i have no time for this nonsense!! i need to get a techie brain installed SOON!! i want to cry or say some very naughty words about now......

Day 49 - February 18, 2010

Third Installment of my Boy Behind The Lens Series.

The love affair began when I purchased my first iPod. It was one of those iconic white ones, with a scroll wheel, a mono-chromatic screen and twenty gigabytes of disk space. Five iPods, 2 iPhones, and about half a decade later here I am an Apple evangelist, fanboy, or whatever else they call people like me.

But more than just being a lover of all things Apple, at heart, I am a true blue techie, a lover of all things that have to do with technology and gadgets. From pocket video cameras, gaming consoles, gizmos and what have you, I love it all, these are my toys and my passion.

I have dabbled in web and graphic design, blogging, micro blogging, podcasting, and non-linear video editing. Nowadays I bring that knowledge in multimedia into my own profession with work in Digital News Gathering (DNG), social media and hosting a tech segment on TV. Its really great because I get to do something related to what I love and am passionate about.

Some friends call me the "tech guy", you can do the same if you want. And as part of the package if you have a tech question, need buying advise, or my thoughts on a particular device, or Internet service don't hesitate to send me Flickr-mail, I love to teach and help people out.

PHOTO NOTES: I've always known that I wanted to do an Apple themed shoot and earlier today while trying to figure out how I would implement my concept, my red iPod nano caught my eye. I've always loved the color of my red nano and today it really has served as the inspiration for this diptych. I knew I needed color since my keyboard was black and the apple logo on my MacBook Pro is white on silver.

To add red to the keyboard I basically made a large white canvas on Photoshop, enough to fill the screen and then filled it with red, also placed a large red bag against my laptop so the color would reflect on the backlit keys.

To add red to the Apple logo I basically shot this in the dark, waited till the logo dimmed from full brightness (it does this for a few seconds before the screen eventually goes black to save power), and then added the red tint using my iPhone (again opening up a white canvas and filling it with red).

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Halloween comes only once a year, and it is a BIG deal for us at XRadio! This year, XRadio will be hosting a party in Second Life at our very own club, Club Aquarius. Join us as we rock the house down for ten hours of pure Halloween havoc with FIVE LIVE DJs for the party of the year!

It all starts off with a Special Edition of Music Mayhem with DJ Mantle at Noon from Club Aquarius. XRadio’s resident zombie techie will be mixing it up from rock to pop to EDM!

House of Rock with DJ Ennie follows at 2PM at Club Aquarius. Come dressed in your best Halloween costume and get down with the hottest rock music filling your earholes with candy!

The party continues with the 5th Annual Halloween Spooktacular on Magic Carpet Ride with Jude Connors immediately afterwards. Jude will rip it up with rock, rap, rave, and spooky remixes as he navigates you on a haunted magical musical tour. There will be contests and prizes and giveaways… oh my!

Up next is Pandora’s Box with DJ Siouxie! She’s gonna mash up your brains and show why she is the Goddess of Mashups. Will your brain be able to handle it or will you become a dancing zombie as she opens her box for all to see!

Closing out the ten-plus hour extravaganza is the X-Rave with DJ Bass Queen. The live mixing shape-shifter will have you purring like a black cat as she spins her unique style of hardcore and drum and bass... mesmerizing you with her macabre mix!

So mark your calendars and clear your schedule! XRadio's Halloween 2020 awaits you, if you dare! Good times, spooky music and great people! LIVE from XRadio: Club Aquarius from 12PM Noon to 10PM-ish! Be there!

chinatown - san francisco, california

Engagement session of New York photographer Ryan Brenizer and fiance' Andrea.

Ryan is an awesome photographer known on flickr as Carpe icthus

Ryan and I try to do lunch when he comes to Arizona. This time he asked me to create some portraits for him. When you have the task of photographing a photographer, a lot is on the line....are they critiquing you every second? Will they like it? .....I think I did OK, what do you think? ;-)

*Strobist* (techie and lighting info)

-White Lightning x1600 w/ 22" Beauty Dish - fired via PW.

-Powered by a Tronix Explorer 1200 Battery Inverter

-sb800 (optically triggered) behind 2 ft wall & left of the couple. Fired into the ceiling.

-AcmeEdit (medium) using the actions AcmeMagic and AcmeGlam

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Arizona Studio Portrait Photography on Location

PS: Thanks for the link love Ryan. Congrats on your wedding!

The best part of these long nights is sharing a cozy meal out with a cherished friend. This is along the Mendocino Coast in Northern California, on a chilly winter evening.

TECHIE NOTES:

8 second exposure @ f/11 and 100 ISO.

Lighting this shot with its strong contrasts, took some ingenuity:

~ Natural light from outside.

~ Natural light from the candle.

~ A bounce flash through a diffusing white umbrella pointed at the ceiling to brighten the interior.

~ My trusty little LED flashlight to 'paint' the plates with light for just a second or so during the 8 second exposure.

~ A little ambient light from incandescent lamps about 20 feet away, behind where I was standing.

Photo taken in RAW. Sunset was at 4:52. I took this photo at 5:29. But I had set up the shot earlier. When the scene was set, I bracketed and tested every several minutes as the daylight decreased and dusk approached, to ensure a good final shot. Because of the different kinds of lighting, the white temp in camera was set at 'overcast'. White temp was adjusted in RAW converter very slightly. Dodged the table area in post processing a little to bring it forward to the eye. Adjusted color balance slightly. You can see where I 'light painted' the plates. They got a tiny splash of LED light from my flashlight during the exposure to bring up the details of the food.

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With an autumnal mist in the air class 73 no. 73111 stands at Waterloo with the 10.52pm service to Southampton on 14th October 1977.

More of a parcels working than passenger service there was plenty of opportunity en route to get off, set up the tripod, and take a couple of night shots. It was even easier if you were able to sneak a cab ride as I was lucky enough to on a couple of occasions.

For the techie minded I shot this on Agfa CT18 for 24 secs at f8 with an 80B filter

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....and Granma's iphone!

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Wifey is away for the weekend... Winner! What's a man supposed to do with himself on a Friday evening? Get nekkid of course! At least I'm honest gents ;)

So I have the living room to myself and out comes 'the gear'

Two light stands and an office chair mat courtesy of Ikea suspended between them. Gelled 'Medium Blue Green' YN560IV fired from below 1/16 @ 24mm. Gelled 'Rust' YN560IV fired from above and slightly behind me 1/8 @ 105mm. Ryus Lightworks MkII torch gelled 'Quality Street' orange and then a quick swap to a 'Quality Street' blue for the background faffery. These had the LPB black fibre modifier attachment. Exported to PS for some fartnarkling and lots of 'Liquefy' to hone the torso!! Then into LR for the RAW conversion.

Enough 'techie' Mark D :)

Thought I best make an effort after last nights quickie! Many thanks to all you folks who commented on my No1 :)

Robot sculptures combining polymer clay, wire woven into coil springs, varnish and (sometimes) a little heart handmade by HerArtSheLoves. www.theawesomerobots.com

I know I've not long since imaged this but, I'd setup in hope of the clouds clearing over my local observatory.

Just as I was about to pack everything away, we got a gap in the clouds. M27 was ideally placed right in the gap, so I managed to get 30 exposures of 2 minutes each and some calibration frames with them.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 110, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.

Darks, Flats & Bias.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools and Affinity Photo

I will now translate the expression the woman behind Daisy is wearing here. "OK...now that tears it. These two are definitely up to SOMETHING! Nobody...but nobody takes pictures in the checkout line at Walmart just for the hell of it!" 😜

I just had to post this one first. Daisy and I had a very nice evening yesterday. Nothing special, just stopped and shopped at a couple of places before doing a pretty big Walmart run. We were getting low on a bunch of stuff, and I figured it was as good a time as any to knock it out. Afterwards, we had a nice dinner before heading home. And before you ask, yes I had a little fun with Daisy's little backdoor vibrating toy along the way. Not as much as I would have liked however. Technical difficulties kept me from realizing it's full potential. (It would be so nice to have a knowledgeable techie to walk me through this stuff...) But it was a good test run. I'll figure it out soon enough. 😉

Hikikomori (shut-in) Futaba Sakura was afraid to go out even before COVID-19. To overcome her anxiety, she wears this outrageous mask. Unfortunately, it causes anxiety in everyone else.

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Created for the Toy Sunday theme, STEPPING OUT.

Captured at The Astronomy Centre near Bacup, UK.

www.astronomycentre.org.uk

Boring Techie bit:

Askar FRA400, ZWO AM5, ZWO 533mc pro, Asiair. Optolong L'eNhance filter.

Several videos strung together using PiPP and processed in AutoStakkert3 & Registax6.