star trails

JonMikal · Jun 27, 2005

i've seen some recent posts showing star trails, so i dug waaaaaaaay back to 1981 and found this. not the best of quality (sorry...taken with a inexpensive Minolta). this was obviously pointed at the north star; exposure was 45 mins i think. taken at the appomattox historical battlegrounds, appomattox virginia.

spiralout · Jun 27, 2005

Whoa, looks like another drug test to me! :lol:

JonMikal · Jun 27, 2005

whatcha see?

terri · Jun 27, 2005

Ha, I totally dig this one, Jon. I couldn't care less about the quality, it's just a great jolt to the eyes. It's all grainy and neatly bottom-framed - very cool image!

Make a blacklight poster out of it. :mrgreen:

JonMikal · Jun 27, 2005

terri said:
Make a blacklight poster out of it. :mrgreen:

ahhh, on my way to spencer gifts to get flourescent paint :mrgreen:

clarinetJWD · Jun 27, 2005

These always remind me of the Nightmare Before Christmas. Man, a picture from 4 years before I was even born...sorry

terri · Jun 27, 2005

JonMikal said:
ahhh, on my way to spencer gifts to get flourescent paint :mrgreen:

See, I knew you'd dig that. :lol:

JonMikal · Jun 27, 2005

clarinetJWD said:
Man, a picture from 4 years before I was even born...sorry

that's just wrong! :er:

LaFoto · Jun 28, 2005

This is a neat picture.
Send me one of your posters once it is ready, will you?

And Joe (clarinet), there are photos taken BY me or OF me from 1981, too, and I was a year older THEN than you are now........

Yeah, right, JonMikal, it's just not right - we should all stay forever young, shouldn't we? (And actually, it's only the outside that is really changing... only the "shell").

spiralout · Jun 28, 2005

JonMikal said:
that's just wrong! :er:

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Sorry Jon, I apologize on behalf of Joe. He can be a bit immature at times.

PlasticSpanner · Jun 28, 2005

You even captured a meteor near the top right corner!
Very cool! Any idea what lens this was with?

Hertz van Rental · Jun 28, 2005

It's all blurred, Jon, and much too dark. You should have used a faster shutter speed - and flash as well.

PlasticSpanner · Jun 28, 2005

Blurred or is that camera shake? :lol:

JonMikal · Jun 28, 2005

Hertz van Rental said:
It's all blurred, Jon, and much too dark. You should have used a faster shutter speed - and flash as well.

somehow i knew that request a few days ago was gonna be a mistake :mrgreen: .

if i remember correctly, the lens was a 50mm.

hey Joe, i was 24 when i took it