u/Bandwidth_Bandito

800mm lens and cropped Birds seen in Melbourne, Australia.

Had a review of my images form the Bolte Bridge Moonset and with all of the layers just sitting there in Photoshop it was easy enough to drop in the scene from just after the full moon set to show the literal contrast from the start of the sequence to the end. At the end (start?) of the day it's an artistic choice to show the scene fully in darkness (start) or as it was at sunrise (end) in this case I choose both. Same setup as last time except the background image is now at 1/8 sec SS. Oh and i did adjust the exposure settings on the moon sequence just a tad (about 1/2 stop to 1/3 stop along the sequence) this gives it a cleaner look for the transition.

21 Shots composited

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.