Last night I realized that I was nearly centered on Polaris, so I adjusted my Irix 11/4 a bit and did a couple of exposures, one without astrotracer, and one with. Star trails: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55111629249/in/album-72177720332159977 astro tracer: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55111371996/in/album-72177720332159977 The sky kinda sucked, but here are the better photos, most with the 15-30/2.8 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720332159977 Taken at the hidden valley / Barker Dam parking lot The Gen 3 astrotracer works pretty well, and I learned a few things about photographing there, it's only about an hour and a half away, so I'll try to go back in better conditions. __ Larry Colen from Lothlorien lrc@red4est.com

Great pictures with that outer world landscape. Henk Op 23-2-2026 om 09:08 schreef Larry Colen: > Last night I realized that I was nearly centered on Polaris, so I adjusted my Irix 11/4 a bit and did a couple of exposures, one without astrotracer, and one with. > > Star trails: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55111629249/in/album-72177720332159977 > > astro tracer: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55111371996/in/album-72177720332159977 > > The sky kinda sucked, but here are the better photos, most with the 15-30/2.8 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720332159977 > > Taken at the hidden valley / Barker Dam parking lot > > The Gen 3 astrotracer works pretty well, and I learned a few things about photographing there, it's only about an hour and a half away, so I'll try to go back in better conditions. > > > __ > Larry Colen from Lothlorien > lrc@red4est.com > > >

Thanks Henk. I should also have some golden hour/sunset/blue hour photos to post soon. Unfortunately, while my job finances my photography habit, it also interferes with my having time to devote to it. On 2026-02-23 14:38, Henk Terhell wrote: > Great pictures with that outer world landscape. > > Henk > > Op 23-2-2026 om 09:08 schreef Larry Colen: >> Last night I realized that I was nearly centered on Polaris, so I >> adjusted my Irix 11/4 a bit and did a couple of exposures, one without >> astrotracer, and one with. >> >> Star trails: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55111629249/in/album-72177720332159977 >> >> astro tracer: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55111371996/in/album-72177720332159977 >> >> The sky kinda sucked, but here are the better photos, most with the >> 15-30/2.8 >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720332159977 >> >> Taken at the hidden valley / Barker Dam parking lot >> >> The Gen 3 astrotracer works pretty well, and I learned a few things >> about photographing there, it's only about an hour and a half away, so >> I'll try to go back in better conditions. >> >> >> __ >> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >> lrc@red4est.com >> >> >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Larry Colen LRC@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc

> On 24 Feb 2026, at 19:16, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: > > Thanks Henk. > > I should also have some golden hour/sunset/blue hour photos to post soon. Unfortunately, while my job finances my photography habit, it also interferes with my having time to devote to it. That’s how I knew it was time to retire - my job was getting in the way of everything else I wanted to do.