The Photographers' Corner - 2021 to ?

[street]

Nice! I've never seen turkeys in the wild, they don't seem common in the Midwest. We used to see a lot of pheasants, but it seems something has changed in the habitat, I haven't seen one in decades. BTW, pheasants (the ring neck ones at least) were an import from China.

I passed some semi-rural areas on the way to work, and one morning I saw two peacocks crossing the road, Woah! I wasn't expecting that! Obviously pets. I'd see them from time to time after that.

-ERD50

I have a lot of pheasants at my place. I see them literally in flocks and they are a very common sighting anytime and everyday thing here. Sage grouse are an interesting bird to watch also.
I have a good friend that went to Wyoming a couple of days ago to photo and capture the mating ritual of the sage grouse. He texted and said he got great footage and early sunrise shots of them with sun shining through their feathahs.

 

[Ronstar]

Nice! I've never seen turkeys in the wild, they don't seem common in the Midwest. We used to see a lot of pheasants, but it seems something has changed in the habitat, I haven't seen one in decades. BTW, pheasants (the ring neck ones at least) were an import from China.

I passed some semi-rural areas on the way to work, and one morning I saw two peacocks crossing the road, Woah! I wasn't expecting that! Obviously pets. I'd see them from time to time after that.

-ERD50

I've had turkeys on our property dozens of times. Most recent a few days ago. No pheasants in our property, but in a nearby prairie. Did have a bald eagle in our back yard yesterday.

 

[donheff]

Here is an updated version of the comet Pons-Brooks after I aligned the comet only part from the sub exposures (i.e., separate from the stars). Still needs work but I am getting there.

 

[REWahoo]

Certainly nothing to compare to the professional level photos in this thread, but these blooming cacti along side my walk to the neighborhood mailbox caught my eye today. It's a shame the blooms only last for one day.

 

[braumeister]

these blooming cacti along side my walk

Oh, yeah! I love cactus flowers, maybe in part because I seldom see them.

A few from the last time I was in Phoenix.

 

[AudiDudi]

SpaceX launch from Vandenberg AFB - pic taken in Casa Grande about 3 minutes after launch.

 

[Ronstar]

Checking out some hiking pics on the new system

Clear Imgur link shows up until saved. Then a red x

This photo dragged and dropped from my computer shows up a tad blurry compared to original on my computer or to the Imgur link.

 

[Ronstar]

This morning’s dawn patrol

 

[Jerry1]

Interesting night last night. I live in southern Michigan and we saw the northern lights. The interesting thing is the photos, which is why I’m posting in this thread. To look in the sky, I could definitely see the lights. However, they were nothing compared to what a picture captures. Mind you, this is just an iPhone picture. No special filters or anything. It looks amazing. With the naked eye, it was cool, but not amazing. Wondering why.

 

[street]

Beautiful pictures, thank you for posting them!

Ronstar, is that a muskrat?

 

[Ronstar]

^^Yes street - it’s a muskrat. Several beavers in this canal too - taking out so many trees that state hired a trapper to thin the herd.

 

[donheff]

The new thread prompted me to post an image of the sunspot that is causing the coronal mass ejections that are resulting in nice northern lights last night and tonight. Unfortunately for me, last night was cloudy and tonight too. I did get a little sun this morning, so I dragged out my homemade telescope to try solar imaging. Like planets and other large nearby objects, good seeing conditions are needed for sun photos and I didn't have good seeing. But you can make out the big sunspot wreaking havoc. Eighteen earths would fit in there. This is a single snapshot, the video I took is black and white.

 

[donheff]

I was able to use stacking software I normally use on planet videos to stack about 100 of 400 frames I salvaged of the sun drifting through my telescope view. A set of sharpening algorithms called wavelets then brought out details. This is over sharpened but that's what it took. The sunspots are rotating out of view, so this was the last chance to get them. I was able to debayer the RAW images and got a touch of color. I flipped the image to reflect how it would appear to the eye. The mirrors on my telescope invert the image as seen in the photo I posted earlier.

 

[Ronstar]

Out for a hike - found this guy biting off more than he can chew