Hairlarious
by scalvert

Comment by Bosborne:
My pick for the Blue!!

Hairlarious
by scalvert

Comment by DigiFotoBuddy:
Good POV, very good lighitng and expressions.

Hairlarious
by scalvert

Comment by ursula:
This is cool. Shannon? If not, please take it as a compliment. :) (10)

Subway.jpg
by scalvert

Comment by Bealll95:
I am currently working on a blur project. This is a really great shot. What I like most is that you had to make a last second change and it still came out amazing!!! Great job!!!

Light Reading
by scalvert

Comment by J-Me:
LOL....just going through previous winning challenges for the "Deja Vu" challenge and remembered seeing this shot when I first became a member at DPChallenge. I remember being amazed at this shot and still am!

Of course, I don't have a beam that I'm going to suspend a bike seat from, but it suddenly struck me...........

You KNOW you're into photography so badly when you're willing to suspend your child from a ceiling and put a couch underneath as a "safety net"....."Just in case"! LOL

Andromeda
by scalvert

Comment by scalvert:
The camera was piggybacked to a telescope with an equatorial mount. This allows the camera to track along with the movement of the sky and keep the stars in focus. In order for that to work, the telescope mount has to be leveled and carefully aligned to the north celestial pole. I just eyeballed the alignment to the North Star, so the stars are slightly smudged in this shot.

They're all stars except for the smudge above and to the right of the Andromeda Galaxy, which is a smaller satellite galaxy. Bit of trivia- at about 2.2 million light years away, this is the most distant object most people can see with the naked eye.

Message edited by author 2007-09-11 13:56:13.

Andromeda
by scalvert

Comment by annig:
polar aligned?? is that like polar bears? polarizers? polar opposties? bi-polar personality disorder?

whatever the deal is with your tripod, this image is fantastic! good for you!! is the brightest a planet (I presume)~ any idea which?

Andromeda
by scalvert

Comment by glad2badad:
"...and a tripod that was only roughly polar-aligned..."

What's polar-aligned mean?

That galaxy is very cool looking.

Circus Camouflage
by scalvert

Comment by Marjo:
My top pick for blue. Excellent!

Circus Camouflage
by scalvert

Comment by Simms:
retire?!