Hi All,
I've been to the outback WA this New Moon filming the dishes of the Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope. It took a while to process 19960 images done with 3 cameras during 5 nights. Finally the timelapse is online (put the sound on):
http://vimeo.com/terrastro/askap
It was an unforgettable experience - I stayed at the telescope during the day, helped scripting and testing the antenna movement for the night with CSIRO scientist Max Voronkov and just enjoyed the remote location with no mobile phones.
It is a very impressive instrument with 36 antennas (with only a handful connected yet) spread over 6 km making it somewhat difficult for photography but I tried hard to find good angles. The telescope is in testing phase and it may not be possible to film there in the future due to Radio Frequency Interference once the testing is complete. The central building looks very cool with the RFI shielded doors and no windows.
CSIRO might use the timelapse for publicity in association with the opening day scheduled for the end of next week.
Cameras: Nikon D700 and D3s, Sony NEX5N.
Lenses: Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8, Nikkor 14-24mm at f/2.8, Samyang 35mm f/1.4 at f/2, Sigma 8mm f/3.5 circular fisheye.
Some moves with Dynamic Perception Stage Zero, pans with Vixen Polarie.
Don't ask me how did I get all that stuff on the plane...
Some stills attached.
Cheers,
Alex