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I WON!!!! - Great gallery of pictures from the Black Hills and Badlands See bold text at bottom of original post
April 02, 2022, 09:36 PM
bkmooneyI WON!!!! - Great gallery of pictures from the Black Hills and Badlands See bold text at bottom of original post
Thanks for sharing the photo, and for the link. As you said, lots of really impressive photos in that gallery. I voted for yours.
Good luck!
War Eagle!
April 02, 2022, 09:39 PM
nickmurWow! Amazing photo! I was in the Blackhills/Badlands back in 2019. Amazing part of the country! You've got my vote!
Nick
nick_mur
April 02, 2022, 10:22 PM
SeaCliffVery nice. Voted for yours.
April 03, 2022, 04:03 AM
flashguyI gave you a vote. There were some others I also liked very much, but we SF folks need to stick together.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth April 03, 2022, 05:27 AM
YooperSigsDone! Yours is excellent. Second choice would have been the Northern Lights.
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Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
April 03, 2022, 05:30 AM
valkyrie1Done, alot of great pictures, always thought the Badlands was more dramatic at sunrise and sunset, mid day sun always washed the colors out
April 03, 2022, 07:47 AM
smlsigMy wife absolutely loves the Badlands and we finally had a chance to go there a couple of years ago and I fell in love with it as well. We have been back 2 additional times. Your photograph truly captures the spirit of the land.
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April 03, 2022, 08:40 AM
bald1quote:
Originally posted by WildSig:
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Originally posted by bald1:
Beautiful Craig! You got my vote!
And I agree about star gazing. It is a most relaxing hobby.
bald1, I completely forgot I was out in your stomping grounds and thanks for your vote.
Here's one I'll share that I'm sure you are familiar with after spending hours behind your telescope setup. This is just a portion of the shot I took of Orions Belt on Christmas Night with my Sony A7R IV, 300mm lens mounted to a star tracker.
This is 60, 1-minute exposures stacked in Starry Sky Stacker and then processed in Photoshop. This was my second attempt at Orion and wanted to take another shot at it but the weather didn't cooperate and I'll have to wait until October to start trying again.
Craig, very very nice! Stunning! You certainly have the eye and touch.
I never got into astrophotography.
That said the closest was with an Astrovid StellaCam II with a Mogg 0.6x focal reducer. Here with an Intes-Micro MN56 5" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian on an EQ6.
It would stack 256 images and be fed into a 10" B&W 800 line monitor for group viewing. Haven't used it now in too many years.
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April 03, 2022, 08:47 AM
shoevbAbsolutely stunning. I got my wife to put it up on the big screen TV to enjoy it more. Thanks for sharing.
April 03, 2022, 09:45 AM
ggileYou definitely got my vote. What a beautiful photo!
I also liked 'Curious in Custer', but it lost something when I expanded the cropped version.
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April 03, 2022, 10:35 AM
bald1quote:
Originally posted by shoevb:
Absolutely stunning. I got my wife to put it up on the big screen TV to enjoy it more. Thanks for sharing.
Agreed. Beautiful on a 65 inch 4K HDR.
Craig, do you have a higher definition version of your image we might be able to download?
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April 03, 2022, 02:25 PM
Tooky13Very, very nice!! Got my vote.
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April 03, 2022, 03:36 PM
fiasconvaI usually don't follow links to other sites but I just went to this one. There are some amazing pics on there but yours is simply the best and you got another vote. It would make a great wallpaper for someone's computer.
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WildSigquote:
Originally posted by bald1:
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Originally posted by shoevb:
Absolutely stunning. I got my wife to put it up on the big screen TV to enjoy it more. Thanks for sharing.
Agreed. Beautiful on a 65 inch 4K HDR.
Craig, do you have a higher definition version of your image we might be able to download?
I do have higher resolution versions of the image but I would rather not distribute them or have them available online at this time for download. Just trying to protect the rights to the image.
April 03, 2022, 05:36 PM
bald1quote:
Originally posted by WildSig:
quote:
Originally posted by bald1:
quote:
Originally posted by shoevb:
Absolutely stunning. I got my wife to put it up on the big screen TV to enjoy it more. Thanks for sharing.
Agreed. Beautiful on a 65 inch 4K HDR.
Craig, do you have a higher definition version of your image we might be able to download?
I do have higher resolution versions of the image but I would rather not distribute them or have them available online at this time for download. Just trying to protect the rights to the image.
Completely understand. No problem at all. Thanks for responding though.
Looks like you're going to win BTW.
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April 03, 2022, 05:37 PM
WildSigquote:
Originally posted by sigfreund:
Curious to see how this shows up. (WildSig, if you prefer I not post this please let me know and I will delete it.)
sigfreund, I'm OK with this one you've posted.
I just got home and took a look and right now I'm sitting on top with a 58 point lead. Thank you to all that have gone out to the sight and voted even if it wasn't for mine. All votes are appreciated.
The contest ends sometime Monday morning. Hopefully I can maintain the lead.
Thanks again everyone
April 03, 2022, 07:47 PM
92fstechI gave you a vote, and not just to do it...yours is truly my favorite. Congrats on a beautiful capture and composition! Thanks for the link, too. We've done numerous vacations out in the Badlands and Black Hills and scrolling through the pics brought back a lot of great memories. I've stood right in that area where you took your photo....what a gorgeous place, especially at sunrise and sunset!
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April 03, 2022, 09:24 PM
mcrimmVote in. Good luck.
Mike
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SigfestUp to 267 I think. Nice pic.
April 03, 2022, 11:19 PM
SigSauerP226Well scrolled til I found yours and voted for it since you're a SF brother. I very much like your picture, but there are plenty of great pictures on there so it's interesting to look through.
ETA Realized I could thumb up whatever pictures I wanted to went back and slapped some thumbs on some of the other pictures as well haha but already thumbed yours.
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