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Archives for November 2009

Nikon D300s Astrophotography Video Test on the Moon

November 30, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

As promised here is the video I shot with the new Nikon D300s camera. Same subject as yesterday, the moon. Shot at 990mm with my Vixen Refractor Telescope, and processed in Final Cut Pro, saved as a Quicktime file and uploaded to Vimeo. The zoom into the crater Tycho was done in Final Cut Pro, and not the telescope. Quite impressive in my opinon. Enjoy! [vimeo 7895705] … [Read more...]

Lunar Photography With The Nikon D300s

November 29, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

It was a great night tonight to have another round of testing the Nikon D300s. With temperatures in the low 50's, and a 93% Waxing Gibbous Moon shining outside I gave the camera another workout. Be sure to click on the image to get a larger view of it. First the image below is at 990mm taken at 200 asa/iso. The second Image is taken at 2770mm at 400 asa/iso. So … [Read more...]

Three Telescopes and One Crab. What do you get?

November 25, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

You get this first if it's kind from NASA. It is an image the Crab Nebula with combined information from the Chandra X-Ray Telescope, Hubble, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. This very deep image  shows that the Crab Nebula is producing energy equal to 100,000 suns. Photo courtesy of NASA. … [Read more...]

Neon Turkeys are back in Guilford, Ct.

November 24, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

"Are you kidding me?" I say as I pull into Gozzi's Turkey Farm in Guilford, Connecticut. In front of me are 15 of the brightest most colorful turkeys I have ever seen in a pen. Gozzi's in the 1970's sold more than 150,000 turkeys shipping many of them overseas. Now they sell about 18,000 turkeys, with most of them sold before Thanksgiving and Christmas. Located on Route … [Read more...]

CtCameraeye images on featured on FOX61

November 23, 2009 by CtCameraEye 1 Comment

[vimeo 7776993] I was lucky enough to have a few images on TV last week! Check out the video of the morning weather forecast by Joe Furey. … [Read more...]

Astrophotography with the new Nikon D300s

November 22, 2009 by CtCameraEye 1 Comment

At work we got a few Nikon D300s cameras in this past week, and I thought I would take one out for a test ride. An astrophotography test ride. On the "normal" photography side this camera is unique in it can shoot video and still images in the same body with interchangable lenses. That's a HUGE jump in technology for cameras. I was interested in the high asa/iso of the new … [Read more...]

Leonids Make A Nice Local Appearence

November 17, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

It was touch and go all morning starting at about 2:00am when I woke up to see if I could capture some Leonids. When I first went out there was about an 80% coverage, but a half hour later it was 100% clear. Since I was up anyway I might as well give it a shot. I set up two cameras and started shooting at about 3:00am. Series of low layer clouds came and went, wiping out a lot … [Read more...]

Funnel cloud spotted at sunset above Wethersfield, Connecticut

November 16, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

While driving home I noticed a very different cloud formation in the west above Wethersfield, Connecticut. After getting off the hiway and finding a safe shooting location I took several shots of the nice sunset and cloud formations that were rapidly changing. Within seconds I saw this funnel cloud form inveloping other clouds around it, and carrying it upwards. Below is what I … [Read more...]

Fall is ending all to fast

November 14, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

Sorry I have not posted in a while. Major computer failure prompted me to go out and get a new one, and you all know how much fun that is. I am back. Slowly but surely!  Here's the post! Fall is ending fast. Almost all the leaves around here have left the trees to park themselves on lawns, gardens, underneath windshield wipers, and tracking themselves into your house. I … [Read more...]

The day after the full “Frosty – Beaver” Moon

November 4, 2009 by CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

I was on my way to work this morning when I managed to grab another picture of the "almost full" moon at about 7:00 am. It's a day after the full moon and it is getting a lot colder out early in the morning now. I managed to capture this shot from State Street in Hartford, making it's way between the buildings looking west. This months moon is known as the "Frosty" Moon, one of … [Read more...]

New Britain Walnut Hill Park Book

I have a few dozen copies of my latest Book "The Life and Times of Walnut Hill Park" from its second printing still available.

Please contact me at achaniewski@comcast.net for more information about ordering the book!

Welcome

You have found the new CtCameraEye website. Updated from my old blog site that I had for over six years. A lot has changed over that time, and the new site here will show you many of the new places where I have been and what I have accomplished. A better blog site to keep in touch with you all, and finally, a new project that I have been working on for the past year which I will be announcing in the next few months. Stay tuned a lot of neat stuff will be happening!
Alan

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Mercury Transit

May 10, 2016 By CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

        It was about 10 years since I saw the last Transit of Mercury across the face of sun. The last time I had a lot of time to get set up and practice my exposures on the sun. This year I was working and was only able to get the last hour […]

Checking out the moon

April 26, 2016 By CtCameraEye Leave a Comment

Abry Jordan looking at the moon at a Sidewalk Astronomy session held this month in Marlborough, Ct.

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