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Boyd, I found that 3200 F5 30sec is the best setting for the 15mm lens that I mostly use for longer exposures. I need to mess with the EV values to tweak that setting. I shoot in RAW and just convert the photograph in camera. I have Elements and can use it, but I have been focusing on learning...

Warren Grove was packed with people and their telescopes. I counted eight vehicles. We only stayed for a few and then headed to the shore at the end of Seven Bridges. Sandy made a mess of the area. Looking out over the Atlantic, it was a beautiful night from the shore. The winter Milky Way is...

Thank you for sharing your collection with everyone here. I look forward to seeing each new still. For me, it is similar to looking through the photographs in our old family albums. It is a joy.

I can't even begin to image what it took to take that photograph, either a bit of patience or a large amount of treats. Just an observation, on my part, but if I knew something about what was in fashion during the first decades of the last century, I think it would be very easy to loosely date a...

Tonight will most definitely be a stellar night to view and photograph the meteor shower. New moon, clear sky and chilly temperatures are a great combination for watching the night sky. Dressing warm and a thermos filled with a hot beverage will help while looking towards the heavens.

A true to life postcard of the Pine Barrens. It appears to be a very nice day. Back text: "This Burlington County scene near Route 530 in Lebanon State Forest is typical of the 3,000 square mile area in Southeast New Jersey which consists of a sandy soil covered with scrub oak, pine...

Look east as always and expect 120 meteors an hour in the early hours. http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2012/12/11/skymap_geminids.gif A great, free downloadable tool for the night sky that I found has helped me very much. http://www.stellarium.org/

Yes, the Oregon 450 has the option of auto archive when full. I had the default interval time for recording set at thirty seconds. I changed the setting to one second as you recommended. I may tweek the setting later to an interval that better suits my average time for a hike. I could always...

Instead of starting a new thread for a question about the 450, I will ask it here. Is it considered a problem when the Oregon 450 stops making tracks for a short segment? Twice I have lost a section of one of my tracks while I was hiking. Zooming in or out didn't recover the missing section...

46er, the designed lifetime of a wind turbine is around twenty years, which is the industry standard. Cost is cost, if that makes sense. However, in the long term turbines are clean and green, if you don't consider the by-products of their production. 20 years X 365.12 days X 24 hours X 0.40...

I read in the event of high winds that there are engineered safeties built into the design of these structures, such as decoupling and blade pitch change, but how did the wind turbines by AC fair after Sandy? Did they take the hurricane in stride? It is impressive that the turbines have a life...

They don't sound to bad now that Critter is back, but Willie had that old time quiver to his voice.

I haven't been on Hampton Road in over a month or so, but there was stock pile of sand along the side of the road close to 206. The state could have plans to do maintenance again. Is there a specific time of year that this is done? The last time I can recall seeing any work being done was...

Woodjin, there are some tips in this link that may help in increasing your chances of getting tenants in your bat house. http://www.batcon.org/index.php/media-and-info/bats-archives.html?task=viewArticle&magArticleID=585

Boyd, you should feel fortunate that bats can still be seen in your area. It isn't the "norm" for the state. Initially when the Syndrome was discovered in 2009 in New Jersey, ninety percent of the bat population was lost. In my neighborhood, I can recall seeing many bats diving and swooping...

For an animal, who's numbers have dwindled in the past years do to White-nose syndrome (Geomyces destructans), the GC should have a better understanding on how to deal with the bats, instead of comparing them to mice and labeling their roost as an infestation. The tavern isn't that large. Simple...

I have great friends like that too. When I returned from the store this morning, I found several white paper wrapped gifts in the garage fridge. It appears to a be a backstrap, a roast, and some sausage. We will enjoy all of the venison. I noticed some beer was missing, but what are friends...

I have no problem with temperatures in the sixties during the winter. I am all in for global warming, but just during the historic cold months.:D However, my wishes are quite the opposite during the summer. The plus hundred degree days during July and August take their toll. I have a picture...

Red and Dogg, did you get anything yet?

I don't mind the warm weather at all. It is nice to wear a short sleeve shirt and jeans in early December. The warmer temperatures may disrupt the natural cycle of things some what, I just saw daffodils I planted emerging along the house foundation. Soon enough, it will be cold again, so lets...