u/Bandwidth_Bandito

Stick ya head out ya window quick if you want to see them, they are on their way down to the horizon.

Not sure if there's any interest in stereoscopic photography here but here's a quick teaser just in case. I have been interested in this for a while and started with the cha cha technique e.g. take a left image, move the camera about 6-7cm to the right and take another shot for the right. This obviously means you cannot capture dynamic scenes but it can work for static subjects. Then I got a small point and shoot 3d camera (Qoocam ego) it was ok but focus was very slow and it was, well... crap in low light conditions. I joined a stereoscopic photography forum and asked a few questions and I got a lot of great feedback and advice. From that information I went with a pair of Canon R50V's and fixed them on a rail side by side and rigged a shutter remote with a splitter so that I could trigger both shutters simultaneously. I now have a 3D rig with mirrorless camera quality and technology. I walked around Melbourne at Christmas last year to really test it out. So we have in order Left image, Right right, Side by Side, Side By Side CARD, Anaglyph. You can view the Side by Side on an oculus headset, the Side by Side CARD is designed for older stereo viewers and would be traditionally printed. The white dots are used to orientate parallel viewing if you don't have a mechanical viewer (basically tricking your eyes into looking only at one image per eye and creating the stereo image without any equipment, I have not had much luck with these but some people can do this). The anaglyph image uses a technique of color shifting, usually red blue but other combos exist. You may have an old pair of red blue glasses hanging around; if you do you can view the anaglyph image and see the 3d effect. Anyway as I said, just a teaser. If there greater interest I can go into more details.

Some very vocal visitors to my yard, I can hear them clearly from in the house. They have started dropping by daily as the weather improves. Canon RF 200-800mm lens at 800mm

It was a pretty good launch and I think they have done a great job refurbishing the lights.

The Library at Docklands offers a great view of the star. Feel free to drop any locations you know of that afford a good view. If you have a telephoto lens (400mm or higher), Quarry Park is also a good place and has a great cityscape view overall. I have heard the Star will not be in motion and that means you can grab a tripod and take a long exposure shot 10-15 sec from experience, depending on your F stop. more than 15 sec can get a little overdone, especially if they are flashing multiple colors during the exposure, in which case you get the good ol' RGB blend known as white.

Looks promising