Off Topic Nikon P900/1000

Overcast where I am so no chance to see much at all. Was a good sunrise, but didn't get a chance to take any pics of it.

Couldn't find the moon Adrian so i took this star almost straight above, might be some star system called Puppis according to Night sky 4 app on iphone .

First one i took while leaning against post


2nd one just freehand. (Not sure if same object)


The zoom is unbelievable. Back in the seventies i had a Canon F1 and used to dream of owning such a powerful beast of a lens.

A photo of the individual hairs on the kitten in normal mode..... crystal clear i think.



A piece of quartz from about 12 metres



What a great camera!

Yeah it is surprising what this cam can do from just hand held.

The auto focus does not work on stars or planets, not even if Spot Focus is selected. It is best to go to manual focus mode for star and planet shots. Yeah the manual focus is a tad clunky.It would be much better to have a focus ring in the lens.

Nice shot of the kitty. Now do another one to see if  the red eye correction works.

Got this shot of the moon tonight.



This of Jupiter and the moons but danged if I can get the cloud bands to show

You have steady hands grasshopper.

Took this one last week steadying against wall.
Tripod just arrived so hopefully images should improve.

Still an ok shot with plenty of usable detail. A very early new moon.
Cam was on a tripod for my pic.

Loving the moon photo's Adrian.

The Dark side is the interesting side, that's where most the activity is..
Apparently if you look towards the N.W. corner, that's where you might witness strange activity such as objects arriving and leaving.
The Dark side of the moon is divided up into territories where other beings have bases, very similar to Antartica.
However in the N.W. corner is a base very close to the lighted side, this is where people report strange activity, such as craft arriving and leaving.

Ever wondered why we don't go back to the moon? or why we don't have a base there? or why we don't do mining on the moon?...

Most the interest these days is about Mars.
That's because there is already a million human living there mostly in underground bases.
By 2030 all this will be exposed.

Call me crazy.. But in the future you can reflect back to this post.

Found these from last week as well





Took this using the tripod. Not too sure if the monopod is any help yet, might get steadier.

Almost got the bands of Jupiter tonight.
It seems that the only way I can get the cloud bands to display is to set the shutter speed or aperture to expose for the planet only, which means that the moons will not show.

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IR Remote Control for Nikon D750 D7200 D610 D7100 P900 D5500 D5300 D3300 = ML-L3

Handy info. The IR remote interests me.

What settings did you use for that moon shot?

Try ISO 200.
Moon Mode.
Zoom as high as you can go and still auto focus.
Hold cam veeeerrrry steady or use a tripod and set a 12 sec delay to let the cam settle after pressing the shutter button.
Take the shot and then crop the pic in the camera to how you want it.

Stay out of the digital zoom area  so as to obtain sharpest pics.

Make sure your view finder is focused for your eyes.

Previous shot was Trimmed from this.

Found this gecko, (The Thick-tailed Gecko ) in an old piece  of carpet. It looks almost tropical. Don't  know  how to macro yet, hate reading any manual ) but  it came out pretty good.

And some moon shots from last week no tripod.






The remote I mentioned last week arrived, works great.

eBay item number:200718532298
IR Remote Control for Nikon D750 D7200 D610 D7100 P900 D5500 D5300 D3300 = ML-L3

Cook'n with gas now mate. Tis a nifty cam hey! Like the lil get go.

Never too late to find a new planet Adrian, going to cost you $15K?
Considering the millions spent on high tech observatories this hobbyist has done very well, no doubt the planet will be named after him.
He'll need more than a cut lunch & water bag to make the journey. :-)



https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/backyard-stargazer-discovers-earth-like-planet-ng-b88449627z

Prof Brian Cox was in Aust last week and did an astronomy tv show. While here they had a series of photos set up where people could study the pics in such a way so as to spot possible planets orbiting stars in the Milky way.

A young chap spotted what looked like possible star eclipses and actually found 2 or maybe 3 planets orbiting a star. They have been confirmed and now the fellow is a happy chappy with mentions in scientific dispatches and at least one planet named after him. All he needed was his eyes. Of course someone had to take the photo's.

Yeah you be correct in that they are so far away as to be of zero importance to anybody. If we zapped a signal off to them now it would arrive in 40.000 years from now and 40,000 years from then if someone was able to answer we would receive the reply.

Here is some shots of my mates.

Very good picture's of the cockatoo

Here's mine.. taken with my iphone .. although i cheated with getting the photos as she is my pet cocky.. she is 38 years old
Lives with my daughter now, here she is helping my daughter in the garden

Well that one is pretty tame.
My mates will not let me closer than about 3 foot. although I am not actually trying to tame them, I just like to have them in the yard. A couple of them sit on the clothes line while Cecilia hangs the washing. She is a bit iffy about that but they just sit there eyeing her. Their wing span is as wide as Cecilia is tall....Well almost

Yeah mine is tame.. she loves cuddles as well..

My sister had a cockatoo that use to go over to the neighbors clothesline and pull all the pegs off
Neighbour wasn't too happy..
She had to keep re-washing the clothes

You snapped a awesome picture with the cockatoo in motion

He was about to land on the container coz that is where I keep bird seed and he tries to pull the lid off. Tipped the entire contents onto the ground once. I almost had cocky pie for breakfast that morning.

Here is another shot from a couple of days ago.

This fella was going crook at a cat on the lawn and then he went totally nuts.

Great pics Adrian, so much clear detail.

How dare that cat go into cocky's yard!
They can be very entertaining birds

Great photos.. keep them coming please

Fair dinkum! The way these bludgers carry on up on the power lines y'd reckon they were being electrocuted; but no, they are just acting totally bonkers.

Wow, I will be waiting for your post of the Moon with something movin like alien.

Some hand held moon shots from just a minute ago.


Notice the crater with the round dome in the middle.

Great shots there Adrian!

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Unusual looking shadow at 10 O'clock just below and to the right of centre of pic in the second largest  crater.....I could find the crater name but I am too lazy.
Must be just a play of light.