The perpetual photography thread

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Well if you're ever in southern California I'd be happy to take you out there, but understand that it's quite a trip, I had trouble even with my modified Jeep.

This photo shows what I believe to be the exact spot where Manson was captured, there used to be a sink here with a cabinet underneath where he hid during the raid.

I sent a few good-natured comments to your Flickr page.

Another stop during my most recent trip, anyone recognize this place?

(Hint in the next post)

Hint:

Agreed. And this is why I love him, and why we'll be having dozens of babies (all named Jarvis). Take notes, fellas: ladies like adventure. And off roading. And rocks and s**t.

What's wrong with a packet of chilli crisps to go with your half of lager, isn't that adventurous enough?

Bedtime reading...

having an ipad on that sorta trip seems wrong

Thanks! I'd gladly take you up on that too - Death Valley is on my "places to visit" list but sadly, I barely have the funds to reach south London these days so southern California (also on the list) would be problematic.

The propane powered cappuccino maker is a little over the top, too. Manson disapproves.

Technically, it's a video, but it's comprised of over 1,500 stills. I got up at 3a.m. to do a time lapse of the full lunar eclipse.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXJPmKUA-nM[/youtube]

^^ Nice job!

Made it out to the "Racetrack" yesterday to see the famous sliding rocks, it was much more difficult to get to than I thought.



In other news, it's freakin' raining(!) I might have to cut my trip short...

^^^
I watched a Discovery Channel special on the sliding rocks and other strange things in the natural world. I thought it is simply amazing that they actually do move ! ! They had a time lapse of them moving.
I thought it was strange that the rocks aren't rounded off by abrasion from the wind. Scientists still aren't exactly sure how they move. They are thought to be moved by the wind as the direction is aligned to the prevailing winds and change direction as the wind direction changes. They are not sure if they move on ice or mud, or possibly a combination of both.

Keep those photos coming Grisha, really cool stuff ! !

woah. what camera do you use?

if you try to take moon pictures on normal cameras it just looks like a lampost:(

Any camera should manage it, but you need to be careful with the exposure.

Most cameras default to giving the best exposure for the whole image so if it's mostly a dark sky with a bright moon in it, the camera will try to expose correctly for the sky and since that's (practically) black, the moon will end up over-exposed as a result.
Result: an over-bright streetlight.

If your camera can have "spot" exposure mode selected (the default is usually called "matrix" or "area"), then it would attempt to correctly expose only what's right in the centre of the viewfinder and if that was the (relatively) evenly lit moon, then it would be exposed Ok. The advantage now is that the darker sky would be under-exposed so you'd also get a nice, dark background.
Result: a picture of the moon.