Author Topic: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread  (Read 87708 times)

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #75 on: May 20, 2019, 02:01:24 AM »
Local park from a few weeks ago.

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #76 on: May 20, 2019, 02:02:34 AM »
...

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #77 on: May 27, 2019, 12:26:38 AM »
USB drive for photo geeks.


Sent from my SM-A510Y using Tapatalk


Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #78 on: June 30, 2019, 04:19:10 AM »
Photography weekend.
Friday night - Astro at Lake Tarawera
Saturday - Dawn shoot
Sunday - Swap meet - photos here - garagegazette.com/index.php?topic=1764.0
« Last Edit: June 30, 2019, 04:21:21 AM by Rural53 »

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #79 on: July 26, 2019, 03:04:02 AM »
Pretty impressive montage.

https://www.haldavisphotography.com/ took 4 hours worth of photos from the same spot and combined them to make this single picture featuring a bunch of the arrivals from this Sunday at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh.

Offline DeadNutz

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2985
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #80 on: July 26, 2019, 10:24:05 AM »
That is the most congested airspace I've ever seen. ;D
It is amazing to listen to the controllers sequencing and assigning landing instructions at Oshkosh during prime times for arrivals. They have painted an orange and a green dot at different location and distances on the main runway. They don't use "N" numbers as call signs and instead call out plane colors and high wing or low wing and sometimes manufacturer. They will call out land on the numbers or green dot or orange dot so several planes can land on the same runway at the same time. They have rolled the grass to compact it along between the paved runways and taxiways and they have planes turn off the runway onto the grass to clear the runway as soon as possible so more can land. It is amazing to listen to and watch as Wittman becomes the busiest airport in the world during Oshkosh.
Here is a link to the live cams and it will show you how amazing the place is.

https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-webcams/webcam-north

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #81 on: August 14, 2019, 02:45:05 AM »
Bay Of Plenty Radio Control Car Club is another member of the Te Matai Motorsport family, where we have our track. This is their latest promo video of their track.


Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #82 on: August 17, 2019, 10:29:30 PM »
Experimented with my new 70mm f2.4 lens yesterday.

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #83 on: August 17, 2019, 10:30:36 PM »
More
« Last Edit: August 18, 2019, 05:47:44 PM by Rural53 »

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #84 on: August 19, 2019, 04:59:37 PM »
Photo of last night's Rocket Lab Electron launch in Mahia, south of Gisborne, NZ. Rocket Lab's 8th launch. Photo by Jordan Perry of Royster Productions.



Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
« Last Edit: August 27, 2019, 01:45:43 AM by Rural53 »

Offline DeadNutz

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2985
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #85 on: August 20, 2019, 08:54:38 AM »
Good thing you told us it was a rocket launch or wouldn't of had a clue. Awesome picture.

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #86 on: August 20, 2019, 04:57:33 PM »
Looking at the foreground I would say it is a long exposure.

The payload was a rideshare mission placing another Earth-imaging satellite for BlackSky’s constellation, a satellite for a new maritime tracking constellation, and two United States Air Force research satellites into orbit.

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #87 on: August 25, 2019, 12:16:21 AM »
Another one. Brendan at NZ Stormchasers took this photo of Rocket Lab's launch on Monday night from Castlepoint, 230km from their launch site in Mahia.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 12:19:35 AM by Rural53 »

Offline Rural53

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1301
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #88 on: August 26, 2019, 04:31:54 AM »
August 26th I967 New Zealander Burt Munro set  the SA1000cc speed record on an 47 year old Indian Scout.



Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk


Offline jabberwoki

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2633
Re: Rural53's Off Topic and Interesting Photos Thread
« Reply #89 on: August 26, 2019, 08:29:44 PM »
Burt's my hero
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?