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Spot The Dot
- norwichmike
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Spot The Dot
Morning all from a wet Norfolk.
Took a few high level shots last weekend at 2400mm so thought I would post up a couple up....
TC-JOL A330 THY
TC-JOL by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
PH-CKB B747 KLM Cargo
PH-CKB by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
D-ALPI A330 Air Berlin
D-ALPI by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
And a sneaky one
05-5144 C17 USAF
05-5144 by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
Still need to get more practice in to make these better.
Cheers
MB
Took a few high level shots last weekend at 2400mm so thought I would post up a couple up....
TC-JOL A330 THY
TC-JOL by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
PH-CKB B747 KLM Cargo
PH-CKB by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
D-ALPI A330 Air Berlin
D-ALPI by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
And a sneaky one
05-5144 C17 USAF
05-5144 by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
Still need to get more practice in to make these better.
Cheers
MB
Mike B
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Re: Spot The Dot
Hi Pig Hunter.pig hunter wrote:how do you achieve 2,400 mm please?/
camera??
thanks
ph
Well lets start with the easy bit shall we..........
Camera is a Canon EOS
Now to achieve the 2400mm I have a Sky-Watcher Telescope which when I connect my camera to it equals 1200mm. Which allow shots like this....
A7-AED by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
I then decided to purchase a 2x Barlow to make the telescope 2400mm and allow shots like this...
PH-CKB by Mike Burdett, on Flickr
It is all manual focus and with the air conditions you will end up deleting many images and saving a few.
Hope that helps a bit?
Mike B
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Re: Spot The Dot
Mike, I am amazed at just how sharp the images are. How do you keep the telescope steady as I assume it does not sit on a tripod. I find the concept of photographing aircraft at altitude fascinating.
Paul
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Paul,Paul Zietsman wrote:Mike, I am amazed at just how sharp the images are. How do you keep the telescope steady as I assume it does not sit on a tripod. I find the concept of photographing aircraft at altitude fascinating.
Paul
The scope is in a stand on the ground
Once you connect the camera it's hard to find the aircraft and the manual focus makes getting a sharp image difficult. I have only used this a few times and the panning and keeping the aircraft centered in the screen is hard work and will take lots of practice to get better.
I enjoy taking the photo's of the overflights it brings a different side to the hobby.
Mike B
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Re: Spot The Dot
I have a smaller version of that telescope for astronomy. It's difficult enough keeping stars, planets etc. in the frame as they move across the sky, so I can imagine how difficult it is to track an aircraft, plus keep it in focus and take the shots!
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Thank you
that is pretty amazing
very clear shots for such an arrangements....
well done
ph
that is pretty amazing
very clear shots for such an arrangements....
well done
ph
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Re: Spot The Dot
Mike,
Thanks for the answer. It makes your images even more remarkable, you must have patience to have developed the skill.
Paul
Thanks for the answer. It makes your images even more remarkable, you must have patience to have developed the skill.
Paul
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Thanks all for the comments. Hope to share some more soon.
Mike B
I have only used the 2x connection this once and It was all test work but happy they came out half decent. Hoping the weather gets better soon so I can practice some more.Paul Zietsman wrote:Mike,
Thanks for the answer. It makes your images even more remarkable, you must have patience to have developed the skill.
Paul
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