Emu on the march.

[RB (Andrew)]

I had the tracking platform out the other night for the ISS so I thought I'd experiment and have a bit of fun with the fisheye lens.

Here's the Emu rising late at night.

Hope you enjoy.

[Dennis]

Wow - is it that time of the year already! Nice photo RB.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful image, RB. I love this type of shot.

[erick (Eric)]

Yes, nice image Andrew.

I've always wondered what footy colours the emu would have on that scarf he wears around his upper neck!

[Garyh]

A great Emu Andrew! really stands out nicely...looks like she`s still sitting one her eggs!
cheers Gary

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

RB

will you please re-do that shot when you get to Ilford

geoff

[h0ughy (David)]

Hey that big chook is chasing your feed bins RB, lovely image, though the lit part on the right is detracting?

[Kokatha man]

Originally Posted by RB

I had the tracking platform out the other night for the ISS so I thought I'd experiment and have a bit of fun with the fisheye lens.

Here's the Emu rising late at night.

Hope you enjoy.

Ha - Ha's: bein' a biased blackfella I'sa jist luvs dat shot RB! Dat ol' man emu, 'e jist looks so fantastic silhouetted with da milky way, whichus wots iz called down 'eres da "wodli parri" - da "great river," runnin' throughs dat "womma" or great celestial "plains."

What was your gear bro - the "tracking platform" (dis 'mosts sounds likes youse pinchin n'udder of me's mobs inventions!) and what was the gear, and exposure details; and lastly, what's the illumination you've picked up there down on the right hand side?

Questions, questions....cheers, Darryl.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looks like she is running up over that hill....get ya spear and woomera!

Nice shot Andrew

Mike

[Kokatha man]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looks like she is running up over that hill....get ya spear and woomera!

Nice shot Andrew

Mike

Dese days Mike, Ize actuallys preefers me pair of "whitey's eyes" - I calls 'em "Long Tom" an "Fat Henry" - an jist looks at all dat lovely "game" up in the skies.

But whens I gits the feelin for a bit of tucker, I must 'fess I likes to cracks a "red" - an' make a spread o' the cheeses an' home brewed olives an' fresh baked breads wif me own olive oils an' other delights I creates - taint nuffin like a good, friendly gatherin' of blacks an' whites an' reds an' yellows etc!

Cheers, Darryl.

[Matty P (Matt)]

Lovely shot of the Emu Andrew. I really like these kind of images.

Well done.

[RB (Andrew)]

Thanks Dennis, Mike, Eric & Gary, glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

RB
will you please re-do that shot when you get to Ilford
geoff

I'll certainly give it a try Geoff.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Hey that big chook is chasing your feed bins RB, lovely image, though the lit part on the right is detracting?

Cheers mate, yeah I know it's a little distracting, the fisheye lens is so wide, I couldn't avoid getting part of the house in there too. I suppose it adds to the dimension of the image though.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looks like she is running up over that hill....get ya spear and woomera!

Nice shot Andrew

Mike

Thanks Mr Mike Strongbow, maybe we can hunt it down at SPSP.

Originally Posted by Matty P

Lovely shot of the Emu Andrew. I really like these kind of images.

Well done.

Cheers Matty, there's so many aspects to this hobby of ours isn't there !

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Kokatha man

Ha - Ha's: bein' a biased blackfella I'sa jist luvs dat shot RB! Dat ol' man emu, 'e jist looks so fantastic silhouetted with da milky way, whichus wots iz called down 'eres da "wodli parri" - da "great river," runnin' throughs dat "womma" or great celestial "plains."

Glad yah liked it K.man and thank you for the cultural lesson, I love the aboriginal lore and names.

What was your gear bro - the "tracking platform" (dis 'mosts sounds likes youse pinchin n'udder of me's mobs inventions!) and what was the gear, and exposure details; and lastly, what's the illumination you've picked up there down on the right hand side?

Questions, questions....cheers, Darryl.

The gear I used was made from an old bull roarer flattened out to be a platform.

It's a tracking platform (Johnsonian) which I bought ready made.
It tracks the sky for around 30 min from mem, see attch photos.

I just put the tripod on and take a long exposure.

The illumination on the right are the house lights, unfortunately unavoidable since I don't have native blood only european blood so I'm as blind as donkey in the dark.

the details of this photo are:

Canon 5D
Canon 15mm fisheye lens
ISO 800 @ f/6.3
210 sec exp.

Cheers

[beren]

Very nice RB makes you want got out to a dark site

[Alchemy (Clive)]

nice.

[Kokatha man]

Thanks for that RB - I only got my Round Table Platform (Brian's new motor version) out of customs/freight yesterday arvo: have hooked up with a fella that's doing lectures at our local planetarium on Aboriginal sky mythologies and hope to develope something down the track; and utilizing sky images from outside of the planetarium stuff.....

Your picture that captures terrestial landscape as well has got me thinking.....

That EQ platform gots me thinkin' that mebbes it was a shield you done gone converted: that an' the mention of food in this thread, reminds me of a time ages ago when I was visitin' distant rellies out in community; and was tellin' a coupla uncles about all this telescope business: Uncle Lester says to me, "tell you what, why don't we put summa this new and old stuff together and get real sophisticated like: you get them telescopes you've bin talkin' about out and find out where them marlu (kangaroo) are - then we'll get in the Toyota and go out and shoot 'em!"

Thanks for the info, cheers, Darryl.

[Ric]

Lovely image RB, the fisheye gives it a great effect.

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

lovely shot andrew. Was this from just 1 sub?

Canon 5D
Canon 15mm fisheye lens
ISO 800 @ f/6.3
210 sec exp.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

What a great shot Andrew. It looks fantastic.

[RB (Andrew)]

Thank you Stuart, Alchemy, Ric and Paul.

Glad you liked it too, I was surprised how it turned out as I was only toying around late at night while I was working on the farm, so only had time for a quick shot.