Physics Forums photography thread and image sharing

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just a picture i took randomly during a car ride. no preperation at all just with a camera on my phone :) though it looked rather nice.
 
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A photo montage of a recent ISS flyover. Tech: 800/5.6, 1/1600s ISO800. Maximum elevation angle was 60 degrees, and there is no motion blur.



It looks much cooler as an animated GIF, tho...
 
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The constellation Cygnus is in a favorable position now, and I took some interesting images of the galactic plane using my normal and wide-angle lenses- here are 100% crops.

http://imageshack.us/a/img841/6418/y4ll.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img9/7271/sv2w.jpg

Here's a crop using the telephoto for comparision:

http://imageshack.us/a/img46/5808/3dmm.jpg

Shameless self-promotion: full images and analysis on our lab blog.
 
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Beautiful, Andy - I especially like the second one, it's so sparkly.

Afraid I don't have enough imagination to see the goose though :redface:.
 
Beautiful ABD EL HAMEED. I don't know, but I would like to do captions for these photos;

3rd photo: One afternoon in the Middle East.
2nd photo: The sun is back.
1st: Shine on you crazy diamond. :biggrin:
 
Gad said:
Beautiful ABD EL HAMEED. I don't know, but I would like to do captions for these photos;

3rd photo: One afternoon in the Middle East.
2nd photo: The sun is back.
1st: Shine on you crazy diamond. :biggrin:

Thanks,but it was the sunset in the 2nd picture so I think it should be called "fare away sun" or something like that :p
 
Pardon my intrusion.
ABD EL HAMEED said:
The Lofty Diamond
Bright sun behind white cumulus clouds in a deep blue sky, with starburst rays and pink lens flare circles around the glare.

The Last Flash
Dark indoor scene with a bright white light source in a doorway or window at the center, causing orange and pink lens flare, with silhouetted shapes of a person and a hand in the foreground.

An afternoon in the Middle East
Sunlight glaring through the branches of a tree above a parking lot with parked cars, with a lens flare and a pinkish cast over the scene at dusk.


Or perhaps the third could be called 'The Eye Of Egypt'
 
lisab said:
Beautiful, Andy - I especially like the second one, it's so sparkly.

Afraid I don't have enough imagination to see the goose though :redface:.

Drakkith said:
Nice, Andy.

Thanks, guys. You can't see the constellation because it greatly overfills the frame using either the 85mm or 400mm; the brightest star in the 15mm is Deneb. The 400mm shows NGC 6910 while the 85mm is near HD 193702.
 
Enigman said:
Pardon my intrusion.Or perhaps the third could be called 'The Eye Of Egypt'

Ya you're right it would be awesome
Here's another one I took in a road trip I just came back from
Photo taken through a vehicle window of a hazy sunrise or sunset over flat land, with the bright sun low over a line of trees and buildings and a road in the foreground.
 
Gad said:
*inhales the air of that place*

Ya nothing's better than clean,fresh and cool sunset air
If only I had a better camera than my galaxy s2's...
I feel like there's lots of noise in the picture when I zoom in
 
It's humid and smells fishy out there, Borek. :biggrin:

Nonetheless, it's eye pleasant. :)
 
Borek said:
Looking for a sunset?

Sunset over calm sea with the lower half of the sun visible on the horizon, a sailboat with a mast and two small boats on the water, and a dark headland on the right.

It looks beautiful

Gad said:
It's humid and smells fishy out there, Borek. :biggrin:

Nonetheless, it's eye pleasant. :)

Where was it taken?
 
ABD EL HAMEED said:
Where was it taken?

I don't know, close by the sea? :biggrin: :wink:
 
Gad said:
I don't know, close by the sea? :biggrin: :wink:

Kinda figured that part out :rolleyes:
 
Another view of the ocean. Life was tough for me last week. :-p

A man in a cap and light shirt sits on a folding lounge chair under pine trees on a white sand beach, with turquoise shallow water to the right and a distant figure walking along the shore.
 
Dang, I would far sooner be there than here at the " salt mine"

turn off the phone and the computer ... pass me a Pina Colada and let me relax :smile:Dave
 
Borg said:
Another view of the ocean. Life was tough for me last week. :-p

A man in a cap and light shirt sits on a lounge chair under pine-like trees on a wide white sand beach beside turquoise water, with a distant figure walking along the shore.

Lol I'm sure it was...:p
 
lisab said:
Beautiful, Andy - I especially like the second one, it's so sparkly.

Afraid I don't have enough imagination to see the goose though :redface:.

<honk, honk>
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/3011/ycrf.jpg
 
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Andy Resnick said:
<honk, honk>
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/3011/ycrf.jpg
Taking pictures like this makes me jealous. Another fine shot Andy.
 
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On Saturday I went biking - and saw these people:

Photo of a blue road bridge over a path, with two people in orange high-visibility suits on and above it, one hanging from a rope beneath the deck, and two people in street clothes on the path below.


Outdoor rescue training scene under a blue road bridge: a white ambulance with blue and red stripes and the number 601 100 100 on its side, rescuers in red and orange gear, and a person suspended on a rope from the bridge deck.


Nothing extraordinary, but berkeman was on the EMT shift during SWAT competition, or he was training as a part of this competition, or he was doing both at the same time - so it was hard to not think about him :smile: