Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Night Sky November 17, 2009


Night Sky November 17, 2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

The photo secession was taken at a place around Lake Sam Rayburn on the road to the new State Fish Hatchery. We like to call it “Little Tunguska” because of the look the environment has. The area has no lights or ambient light from the surrounding area. While were out, we saw 25 of the Leonoid Meteorites in the night sky.

It was taken using the Sony 18-70mm Lens and made using the program called Startrails. I took 64 different photos that were 45 seconds long at ISO800. The focal length was 18mm at f/3.5 from 10.39pm to 11.09pm CST facing the North Western Sky. I used the Opetka Programmable Wired Shutter Release to accomplish this photography set . This photo is the equivalent of a 48 minuet timed exposure.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Alton Illinois 1.11


Alton Illinois 1.11, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken with the "Sony 18-70mm"

Often called the "Super Bridge," the Clark Bridge links Highways 367 and 67 in Missouri to Alton, Illinois. It replaced the old Clark Bridge that served the area from 1928 to 1994. Design work on the new cable-stayed bridge was started in 1985, and construction began in 1990.

The bridge, which has four traffic lanes and two bike lanes, spans 4,260 feet across the Mississippi River. It is made of 8,100 tons of structural steel, 44,100 cubic yards of concrete and more than 160 miles of cable wrapped with four acres of yellow plastic piping. Pilings that support the bridge were driven more than 140 feet below bedrock.

Design criteria based on wind testing and geological studies were used to help make the bridge earthquake resistant. Total cost of the bridge was 118 million dollars, including the demolition of the old bridge.

Exposure: 10 sec (10)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 26 mm
ISO Speed: 100

DSC04313: Light Set 2.6


DSC04313: Light Set 2.6, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Some Christmas lights on a tree taken at night!! A little reminder that Christmas is just around the corner... Ho Ho Ho!!

Tony Restaurant 1.3


Tony Restaurant 1.3, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken All Around Houston Texas on Friday Night, August 14, 2009.

Austin Power Plant


DSC01612 Power Plant, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Austin Road Trip starting in Jasper on 7-24-2009 and ending on 7-25-2009 back in Jasper. Jimmy Freeman, Forest Jones and Myself...

I love this photo but i want to go back and do it from another angle. The colors and the night sky are just wonderful. The red hue is from the big sign on it.

Exposure: 10
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Alton Illinois 1.6


Alton Illinois 1.6, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken when i lived in OFallon Illinois.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009


Mushroom Walk 11-14-2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All photos taken today were taken using the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro lens. The Mushroom Walk was held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We left the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas s on the west side of FM 770 in the small town and it is marked with a brown, Park Service sign.

We went into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collected and recorded species. This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. The mushroom walk will be lead by President David Lewis (http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/cc/461_3243.htm), who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader. Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, was also present for this event.

Mushrooms

More to come!
RMStringer

Friday, November 13, 2009

Photography Tech Tip: Minolta/Sony solution against hot pixels, stuck pixels

Solution against hot pixels, stuck pixels.

 

I noticed this tonight on a photo shoot while doing very long exposures at night.

 

Once a month, when switching off, the SLR camera will shoot a black image (not even opening the shutter) and look for stuck pixels to update the “dead pixel map” of the camera. The switching off appears slower when this happens (the red light will blink a little longer), but after this step the problem is automatically corrected.

 

If you want to correct it by yourself, the only thing that you have to do is to change the date in the camera menu, move it forward at least further than the next 1st day of the next month, switch off the camera (let it do its little game of red light), switch it on again, shoot one picture, go to the menu and change the date back, then switch off the camera.

 

After this, your Sony camera updated its hot pixel mapping and knows where to expect them. It will automatically remove them from the picture and just interpolate values from the neighboring pixels. Instead of having an ugly white spot, you’ll get a microscopic and all-but-invisible loss of resolution (one-pixel resolution loss out of 6 to 20 million is still acceptable, isn’t it?)

 

It works with all Sony SLR cameras (and older Minolta or Konica/Minolta cameras). To be kept somewhere in the back of our memory.

 

 

Thursday, November 12, 2009

320 Second Exposure


320 Second Exposure, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Long Exposures at Nigh taken with the Sony 18-70mm Lens. The temp was about 50 DegF and it was a very clear sky. Location is on the New State Fish Hatchery road located on FMR 255, Southern tip of Lake Sam Rayburn.

Exposure: 320
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

465 Second Exposure


465 Second Exposure, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Long Exposures at Nigh taken with the Sony 18-70mm Lens. The temp was about 50 DegF and it was a very clear sky. Location is on the New State Fish Hatchery road located on FMR 255, Southern tip of Lake Sam Rayburn.

Exposure: 465
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

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