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Animated water bombing of Signal Hill

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Astro-photography

Nearly Full Moon

Taken just before Christmas.

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Christmas night was full and full south easter was blowing. I couldn’t get any better than this:

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Photography Travel Western Cape

Diesel and Creme – Barrydale

Diesel and Creme is a restaurant and pub on Route 62. The decor, is quirky to say the least and it seems to work. The place is hugely popular.
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The manequins are a bit unsettling I must admit.

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And some of the dolls are kinda different.

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Tractor seats for the bar. Different.

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No, she did not get a shave or a cut.

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Those mannequins…..

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Astro-photography Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse – Blood Moon

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Astro-photography

Astrophotography tips

Learnt over a long and hard period.

Choose dark of the moon and a place with low humidity and no mist or aerosols.
Mount the camera on a sturdy tripod.
Focus the camera using auto focus then switch off auto focus. If it is really dark focus the camera before it is too dark to see as the auto focus refuses point blank to focus on stars.
I use a Canon EOS 60 d with a settings display.
Set the exposure time to 500 / focal length. I use an 11 mm wide angle so 500/11 = 45 second exposure. Any more and the stars will start making trails.
Set the ISO the absolute maximum – mine was 6400
Set the aperture to max f stop. I had F5.6.
Hit the button and then keep your fingers crossed no one switches on a torch at the critical moment.
Repeat till you are frozen, then go inside and drain the heat out the bed which will infuriate your wife and ensure you are never allowed out the house at 3 am ever again
Simple.

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Photography Travel

Photographs of Citrusdal Geothermal Baths

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Star Photographs – Citrusdal

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Animated GIFs

Hot water meeting cold air makes pretty patterns.

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Reflections off water make pretty patterns.

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Astro-photography Cape Town Photography

Load Shedding has its benefits

The local electricity utility Eskom has supply problems and they drop various parts of the country to ease the burden. There are some benefits.

Living in the middle of the city reduces the chances of good astro-photography till Eskom get it wrong, then the stars come out.

Table Mountain and Lions Head make wonderful back drops.

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Birding Photography

Black Shoulder Kite

I love this picture. It looks like the flying bird has really aggrieved the perched one.
“I told you not to kick off so hard.

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