out & about Ring 2

A "sun dog" and a contrail combine to make an otherworldly scene.

...an emotional high to live in the midst of experiencing one of these, is it not! Nice... and what a great catch with the contrail across. You might be interested in this site too. http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/halo/halosim.htm

Wow, what an expressionism. Don, this is positively cool. What's the red dot though?

Renny, I still like yours better, but I was grateful, indeed, to have observed it. Cool site; thanks!

Vi, it was cool! The dot? As far as I can tell, it's part of the faint, flower-shaped lens flare it's in the middle of. I don't normally shoot digital, and I know it has trouble with direct thermonuclear light sources and sometimes responds oddly. Perhaps my Capetown friend with flair (or anyone who understands flare & digital) will settle the question.

thanks for your explanation. Interesting effect - never had it so explicitly visible.... cool.

 

By the way, I made a little shot and dedicated it to you:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3531296

 

That's just cause you inspired me for this :) Hope you like it!

 

Greetings from across the ocean :) Vi

That is cool, Vi.

Thanks, Renny :)

... having two lovely, talented ladies chatting under my aegis (OK, at least under my photograph ...). And one of them's dedicated a shot-sequence to me? Yes, Vi, I like it, and am happy my pragmatic answer to "what to do with a sequence?" has an echo from la belle France so far off. "Don the Inspirer", eh? Cool. Not as powerful-sounding as "Charles the Great", I admit, but much friendlier. :-D

Mes mercis humbles.

Interesting

Don, this is magic! Saturn never looked so good ;)

 

And the red satellite... dunno if their pics could comapre to yours - they may be a little close.

 

next time you plan a trip, count me in!

 

cheers, El

Don,

I am impressed with just about every single photon that slammed into your charged couple device, an excellently composed, exposed and reproduced display of inter-celestial optics. PlanetArt with a jetwash twist.

Regarding that stray spot of red: in light of the fact that it is among the triangular grid of green 'flower shaped' flares which look like they may be a reflection from the digital autofocus sensor matrix, it must surely be something that was jettisoned from the passing airliner - a spot o' red flotsam from some jet...

Greetings from your CapeTown friend with flair.

R.

Donatas, concise, but welcome; thanks for stopping by.

Ellen, I'm happy you like it so well; yes, Saturn seems to be a favorite destination of mine. You'd be completely welcome to join me anytime (though this "trip" wasn't planned; if it had been, I'd have had an SLR with a real wide-angle lens).

Richard, since you're the one who's gotten me looking straight at the sun (though playing in traffic was my idea), I'm thrilled that you like this. I knew you'd have an explanation (or two) for the little dot.

I like that: "Too much reflection from the digital autofocus sensor matrix, Captain, we can't get a lock! Best I can tell, the alien's jettisoned ... um ... something red."

Thanks, O Sage of the South!

I love this one too!

Merni, you're too kind.

Original & very nice!

Don, interestingly composed with the red enigmatic dot. Can you tell some technical details how did you do it? original. Pnina

Don, friday's apod (a similar view)

Bob, thanks; appreciate your kind comment and rating!

Pnina, always a pleasure to have you visit; thanks for your kindness, too. Some of your answer is in Details, but here's the recipe for the pic:

Ingredients

1) 1 nearby sun (no more, no fewer),

2) A layer of ice crystals in the atmosphere, for refracting light from said sun into a circular rainbow ("sun dog"),

3) A condensation trail ("contrail") from an airplane,

4) A consumer digital camera with zoom lens.

Procedure

Point camera into sun, quickly compose image before camera's sensors get too annoyed (pay special attention to the lens flares from zoom lens), take picture. Repeat, for insurance. Repeat again, just for fun.

Later, look at picture full-size, wonder about enigmatic red dot. (I was truly sorry I didn't have a film camera with an actual wide-angle lens with me, as these suckers are big — a missed opportunity, and it wouldn't have puzzled me with the red dot.)

Richard, now that is cool, also: to be told my pic is "similar" to an APOD! Well, guess it is, kinda - with that enigmatic little moon, there. And neither of us would be helped by fill-flash. :-)

Hi Don, took me some time to come get the receiept...It looks that my pace is similar to Mr. turtle ....butI came again, and enjoy again, and you are a good cook...lol, Pnina

Hello Don, the earth is calling : I like the name, the execution, all that cosmic enigma like stuff, great ! cheers Jana

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3811332

 

Don... hope you like this little autumny present from me :)