Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave - I'm not familiar with that image. You might try to find further info on it here: http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/ or Google on "photographs san joaquin valley" or something similar and see what comes up. Good luck. Dick Boston MA >Richard, > >I like space shots, but one of my favorite telescopic photographs is a >panoramic terrestrial, The images were shot from Lick Observatory. (For >some reason 8" refractor sticks in my mind, but I don't know much about >telescopes.) > >The photographs show the Coast Range in the foreground, the Sierra >Nevada in the background, and the San Joaquin Valley (where I grew up) >in between. Amazing DOF for a long tele. Lots of interesting things are >visible, but you have to look closely. It's not obvious where the pano >series was taken, but it blows people away when I point out Half Dome. > >It's a really clear, crisp panoramic. I think they used a tripod. Just >as impressive, the images were stitched the old fashioned way, in the >darkroom. I've had the photograph (12"x48" silver print, not litho) for >years. I wonder if you can still buy that particular print. >DaveR > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard S. Taylor [mailto:r.s.taylor@comcast.net] >Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:58 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Sometimes robots make great snaps > >Adam - Having worked on the Spitzer Space Telescope for many years I >love to hear enthusiasm for astronomical images. I agree with you. >That Saturn shot is a real winner. > >"Astronomy Picture of the Day" has shown many Spitzer images but if >you'd like to see more, checkout the following link for the latest >results. > >http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer/index.shtml > >You find all the released images at: > >http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/mediaimages/index.shtml > > > >>This shot, from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn, should earn points >from >>Ted since it's shot from the shadow side. >> >>It's also a heck of an image. >> >><http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0512/thinring2_cassini_big.jpg> >> >>I saw this on Astronomy Picture of the Day - my default browser page.: >> >><http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html> >> >>Adam >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >-- >Regards, > >Dick >Boston MA > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information