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PXL_20250621_155750522 by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

 

Looks like he's gotten into the cheesy Doritos too.

 

Yep, all the aaaaRGeeBees captured.
Unicorn puke in all its glory!

 

Is that the new Raspberry Pi 500+?

 

Out hiking with my wife yesterday in the Pass of Glencoe. Small weather window turned out to be smaller than anticipated, but we did get spectacular views when below cloud level (couldn't see shee-at when on the summit). This is just one exposure at f/11 (iirc) with a mask over the sky (thank you, Camera Raw) so the blown-out clouds have been corrected, plus a little boost to contrast and saturation to really sell the autumnal colours. There must've been a bit of drizzle on the front element because the camera really struggled to focus, but I'm pleased with the capture. It'll never be as good as the real deal, but it's acceptable!

 

Nice.

I love that place. Sadly now, it will always remind me of the wrong person. Maybe I'll go back and make some better memories with someone else.

 

We all went out for a wee drive this evening to Glenshee, a more remote part of the southern highlands with very little light pollution. It was far too cold to spend any time there but while the rest of them sat in the car drinking hot chocolate, I managed to get a few decent shots of the Milky Way, much to my surprise. This is a single exposure of 10 secs at ISO 2500, 24mm, f/3.5, with a fair bit of enhancement in PS to correct white balance, colours, contrast etc. etc.

 

Holy Cow...that's amazing.

 

@ModSquid thank you - I'm a pure novice when it comes to astrophotography, so it's good that the subject itself does most of the work!

Here's the first image that I took with my "new to me" Sigma 15-30mm ultra-wide zoom. This was taken from the garden facing North-ish, and it was a really, really clear night (quickly spoiled by that band of cloud obliterating everything within minutes). I can only imagine how many more stars would be visible from my previous location...

 

That is another great shot - and I think that band of cloud adds to it a bit...obviously before it obscured the whole sky!

 

Ah, laser! I initially though someone had launched a bean pole over your fence.

Anyway, you're doing it wrong. No way a cat is gunna chase after it up there.

 

News just in
Bradford police looking for a local resident blinding helicopter pilots...

 

I bought a laser for our cat, as soon as he realised he couldn't catch the red spot, which was only after about a minute, he just stopped and completely lost interest...

 

This is a flaw in your laser skills.

Your powers are weak, old man. /Vadar

 

The real problem, is the cat's smart...