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Shay Stephens said:
Ulysses said:
First of all, lovely, lovely shot, Shay!! Wow. Makes me want to
move out to the West Coast near Seattle!! I've got to come up with
a plan...
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hahaha, what? You don't have the moon in NY? hehehe
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HAH!!! You'd be surprised. I've actually talked with folks who have NEVER seen the moon from their apartment or penthouse in the City. Never...

Can you believe that? But seeing how it took six months for you to plan this precise path and wait for it to happen, you can imagine how that might happen for some in the hustle and closed in bustle of the City. That can't be a good thing.
Shay Stephens said:
hahaha, I'm coocoo for coco puffs!
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OK, and now I know the theory to be true. :)
Shay Stephens said:
Yes it has been, thank you so much for suggesting it to me. It has
made a world of difference
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Truly happy to help. Gazing up at heavenly things can be such a powerful and binding experience, even when separated by great distances.

I think it's one reason I enjoy seeing all of the astro-related posts and pics here. Looking at the same things through different eyes, yet all being in wonder and awe of it.

Cool stuff.

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Ulysses
 
The electronic button pusher would be easy to do. If I can use your idea, I just might try it. This is an interesting thought. I have added a jack to my wired remote that brings out power and the pushbutton contacts. It is a 1/8" stereo jack. I could use the power and make a module that plugs in with a programmable delay between button presses. I am getting too many projects though. I have prototypes working for a slave flash trigger that uses a regular flash for the F707 and a wireless remote. I will look at programmable timer chips.

Ogre
Shay Stephens said:
Yes, a stop watch is the only way to get the consistent spacing.
It's tough paying attention that long to a stop watch. I would
love to rig up an electronic button pusher to do it automatically
:-)

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Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
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Ogre - DSC-F707 - Just push the button and see what you get, it might surprise you.
 
I was thinking along the lines of a 555 chip triggering a solenoid that would depress the remote control shutter release button. quick and dirty would be some switches with some often used intervals, more difficult would be to have a continuously variable interval selection and still keep it accurate enough. I am leaning toward the hard wired version myself right now.

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Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
 
Member said:
HAH!!! You'd be surprised. I've actually talked with folks who have
NEVER seen the moon from their apartment or penthouse in the City.
Never...
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Wow, I am amazed. People need to get out and look up more often. It's good for the soul.
Member said:
Member said:
hahaha, I'm coocoo for coco puffs!
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OK, and now I know the theory to be true. :)
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hahaha opps, did I say that coocoo thing out loud?
Member said:
Member said:
Yes it has been, thank you so much for suggesting it to me. It has
made a world of difference
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Truly happy to help. Gazing up at heavenly things can be such a
powerful and binding experience, even when separated by great
distances.
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I agree with that.
Member said:
I think it's one reason I enjoy seeing all of the astro-related
posts and pics here. Looking at the same things through different
eyes, yet all being in wonder and awe of it.
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Makes the world seem more inviting when you know everyone sees the same thing up in the sky as you do that night.

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Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
 
Don't bother with a solenoid. Bring out the pushbutton contacts and using a fet switch to switch in a 68K resistor for 1/2 press and a 10K for full press. There is no vibration at all. The pushbutton switches to ground so one contact is ground, the other is a switch contact and you can bring out power as the 3rd connection on a stereo jack. Just a thought is a 3 button BCD switch that uses a 1 second clock with a BCD divide by N counter. Should be able to easily get from a few seconds to 999 seconds with a couple chips. I will find a data sheet.
Shay Stephens said:
I was thinking along the lines of a 555 chip triggering a solenoid
that would depress the remote control shutter release button.
quick and dirty would be some switches with some often used
intervals, more difficult would be to have a continuously variable
interval selection and still keep it accurate enough. I am leaning
toward the hard wired version myself right now.

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Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
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Ogre - DSC-F707 - Just push the button and see what you get, it might surprise you.
 
Fantastic shot Shay. Now there's one to be real proud of! I'm sure they be knocking on your webdoor for that one! Congrats.
Regards
...Wes
 
When is "lights out"?
Shay Stephens said:
The clouds threatened to ruin everything, but they drifted back at
the last minute, then it was a race against time as I didn't want
the lights on the space needle to go out before I had taken the
last cityscape image. I finished up about 10 minutes before the
lights turned out.
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Ulysses
 
Exactly what I do for my wireless remote. So I can build a module for programmable timer and just unplug wireless remote module and it is now a programmable timer. And the camera powers each module.
Shay Stephens said:
Good idea, I could mount a mini jack on the remote that I could
plug the timer into to control the switch. That would be full of
solid stately goodness :-)

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Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
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Ogre - DSC-F707 - Just push the button and see what you get, it might surprise you.
 
Shay Stephens said:
It turned out to be a lovely evening in Seattle. The clouds stayed
away for the most part, and after much planning (6 months really) I
finally got the kind of moon shot photo I have been wanting to get:



It is a composit of over 50 individual images (most detail, but
some to reduce noise) and spans more than two hours. This scene
wont repeat for another year, so I was glad to get it tonight!
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Amazing! It really is amazing! I'd suggest entering some competition / uploading the photo to photosig, because it's really a GREAT shot (or 50 shots :-P). Since I joined the forum I've always regarded your work as outstanding even in comparison wit other great photographers in this forum. Maybe it'll sound weird if I said the following sentence, but I must do it:

"Keep up the good work, Shay! You're the one that expands horizon of the DA capabilities!"

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Woyteck
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S0NY DSC-F7O7
no sign of BFS, LEVBFS or DLS ... yet!
 
Shay,

It is an absolutley beautiful shot! I know you must be very proud to see that all that hard work paid off. Thanks for sharing!
wildbill
 
I think I will use a programmable kitchen timer to keep it simple. Should cost around $10 and have very good accuracy and range of adjustment.
Ogre said:
Shay Stephens said:
Good idea, I could mount a mini jack on the remote that I could
plug the timer into to control the switch. That would be full of
solid stately goodness :-)

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Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
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Ogre - DSC-F707 - Just push the button and see what you get, it
might surprise you.
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Ogre - DSC-F707 - Just push the button and see what you get, it might surprise you.
 
Shay Stephens said:
away for the most part, and after much planning (6 months really) I
finally got the kind of moon shot photo I have been wanting to get:
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As you already know, it is an awesome shot, Shay, awesome and more.

Pardon me if I've missed it, but I don't recall seeing what zoom level you utilized for the moon portion. It seems like you're using a 2 or 3 zoom level. Am I imagining that or is the moon is simply bigger in Seattle than it is in Detroit? :-)
 
Wow and double wow!!
Shay Stephens said:
Shay Stephens wrote:
It turned out to be a lovely evening in Seattle. The clouds stayed
away for the most part, and after much planning (6 months really) I
finally got the kind of moon shot photo I have been wanting to get:
It is a composit of over 50 individual images (most detail, but
some to reduce noise) and spans more than two hours. This scene
wont repeat for another year, so I was glad to get it tonight!
--
Shay
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Tigadee
Keep On Snappin'!
http://www.pbase.com/tigadee
 
Shay,

That's TOTAL AWESOME shots!!! Let me guess, you must be taking these picture from the Queen Ann Hill?
Shay Stephens said:
It turned out to be a lovely evening in Seattle. The clouds stayed
away for the most part, and after much planning (6 months really) I
finally got the kind of moon shot photo I have been wanting to get:



It is a composit of over 50 individual images (most detail, but
some to reduce noise) and spans more than two hours. This scene
wont repeat for another year, so I was glad to get it tonight!

--
Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
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Tom
 
Hey Thomas. Click on the link below for my temporary site:
http://bones666.homestead.com/studio819.html

Lots of Seattle and Seattle area stuff.
Thomas Locke said:
I also live in north of Seattle. Do you have photos of Seattle
where I can see them online? I have yet to take Seattle photos
since I bought my f707 two month ago. Shame on me;-) (btw, I have
taken lots of flower photos. They turned out pretty good:-)
B0nes said:
Where else do you recommend?
Shay Stephens said:
Hehehe there are quite a number of us in the Seattle area.

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Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
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Tom
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I forgot to say great photo Shay in my other posts. Good Work. I am figuring out my 4th fireworks plan now. Only one more week to master fireworks.

Ogre
Shay Stephens said:
It turned out to be a lovely evening in Seattle. The clouds stayed
away for the most part, and after much planning (6 months really) I
finally got the kind of moon shot photo I have been wanting to get:



It is a composit of over 50 individual images (most detail, but
some to reduce noise) and spans more than two hours. This scene
wont repeat for another year, so I was glad to get it tonight!

--
Shay

My Sony F707 Gallery: http://www.shaystephens.com/portfolio.asp
Click to expand...
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Ogre - DSC-F707 - Just push the button and see what you get, it might surprise you.
 
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