August Photo Challenge - Comments

[iceman (Mike)]

Love it Phil, beautiful! Would look even better in dusk or dawn light.

[h0ughy (David)]

yes Mr iceman is partial to a few jetties and Pelicans - he'd vote for yours Phil except you have no birds

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

Beautiful shot h0ughy, I love how you've captured detail both in the sky and the foreground.

Thanks RB I setup this one and Paul and myself played around the scopes a bit

[iceman (Mike)]

I love a good jetty shot Pelicans/birds are a bonus

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by iceman

I love a good jetty shot Pelicans/birds are a bonus

Great shot Phil, they look like they go on forever !!!

[Astro Girl (Elizabeth)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Excellent image, Elizabeth! It was nice to see you again the other day. I hope you get a nice image of the Eclipse with your Dad next Tuesday!

Thanks Mike it was good to see you I am glad you like the photo.
Good luck tomorrow with the eclipse.

[erick (Eric)]

A question re RB-Andrew's impressive welding photo which we might have to move elsewhere? Can something as bright as a welding arc damage a CCD or CMOS chip? It's the blue "patches" that made me wonder cause I wasn't sure what they were caused by. I guess if the Sun can be photographed, no, but I wondered?

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by erick

A question re RB-Andrew's impressive welding photo which we might have to move elsewhere? Can something as bright as a welding arc damage a CCD or CMOS chip? It's the blue "patches" that made me wonder cause I wasn't sure what they were caused by. I guess if the Sun can be photographed, no, but I wondered?

I did exhaustive search on the net beforehand and the consensus was that it doesn't hurt it.
What I'll do is check my camera from last night and see if it still works ok and get back to you later.

[erick (Eric)]

Thanks Andrew. I meant of course - move the question, not the photo

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by erick

Thanks Andrew. I meant of course - move the question, not the photo

Ok just did a test and it's all fine.

[erick (Eric)]

Thanks Andrew. I know it's a long time ago, but I remember Apollo XII crew having damaged a video camera (obviously well before CCDs etc.)

Here's a report:-

"After Conrad had collected the contingency sample Bean joined him on the surface, bringing the television camera with him. A few minutes later, Houston reported that the camera was not working. Cursory attempts at troubleshooting (including hitting it with a hammer) were fruitless, and television coverage for the mission - desirable but not essential - had to be written off. Later examination determined that the image-tube target in the camera had been damaged by exposure to intense light. Apparently Bean had inadvertently pointed the camera at the sun or a reflection off the lunar module while helping Conrad set up a directional antenna."

And here's a great story of video communications from Apollo. Fascinating:-

http://www.russelland.com/speaking_o.../moonwalk.html

OK, I'll get out of this thread now.

[sheeny (Al)]

Just FYI we have a number of CCTV cameras around the factory, and the UV from welding does damage the sensors, so we go to great pains to cover them when welding. But I suspect the occasional short exposure is not going to be too much problem... several minutes might be!

Al.

[RB (Andrew)]

Mike (Sharnbrook), now THAT IS IMAGINATIVE !!!
Wow great shot !!!

[ving (David)]

wow! top shot elizabeth!
i know who's getting one of my votes already

hope you dont mind but i brightened your shot and did some noise removal. if you dont like it just tell me and i'll take it back down again

[Sharnbrook (Mike)]

Thanks Andrew, the sunnies weren't as reflective as I would have liked, but they had to do.