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Originally Posted By FredMan: I hate when I run across cool stuff and all I have is the potato cam. But potato cam is better than no cam. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55429482004_850874da75_h.jpgAir Tractor Corn Fungicide by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55429318321_6f22f97e60_h.jpgAir Tractor Corn Fungicide by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55428345307_156f02c28a_h.jpgAir Tractor Corn Fungicide by FredMan, on Flickr I have been sitting at a telco ped and have those bastards sneak up on me and spray me with whatever they were carrying more than once. I miss the days of the radial engine biplanes you could hear five minutes before they got there. 
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Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants
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Some men are morally opposed to violence. They are protected by men who are not.
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Some men are morally opposed to violence. They are protected by men who are not.
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Nice and creepy, exactly as black and white photos should be. |
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Seeing as how it’s now helicopter season, and I find myself without a helicopter, you guys just get archives DSC_6426-Spray Cloud by FredMan, on Flickr FRE15013 N9677N Outbound by FredMan, on Flickr ORA18003 Inbound Selfie by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Seeing as how it’s now helicopter season, and I find myself without a helicopter, you guys just get archives https://live.staticflickr.com/5643/30033161605_a21f854d3b_h.jpgDSC_6426-Spray Cloud by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/4425/36475529924_92ba178d49_h.jpgFRE15013 N9677N Outbound by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48539031216_5139b02482_h.jpgORA18003 Inbound Selfie by FredMan, on Flickr Sending tots & pears in this your time without whirly birds. |
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Forgive the potato cam pic, but I made the final move from the old place today Got my workbench back, and my vise. That was my father’s vise before me, that he procured before he met my mother. I learned everything about what you might could use a vise for on this vise. Wood blocking has been swapped out who knows how many times but this solid piece of American engineering has been gripping tight and square for at least 75 years. It was a pretty big deal when he said “you take this”. 
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Forgive the potato cam pic, but I made the final move from the old place today Got my workbench back, and my vise. That was my father’s vise before me, that he procured before he met my mother. I learned everything about what you might could use a vise for on this vise. Wood blocking has been swapped out who knows how many times but this solid piece of American engineering has been gripping tight and square for at least 75 years. It was a pretty big deal when he said “you take this”. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/77154/IMG_8039-3808178.jpg They really don't make em' like they used to |
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: They really don't make em' like they used to I’ve also got a 1975 vintage Japanese small bench vise. It’s…serviceable. I remember the day dad bought it. It fit a need, and now it’s nostalgia for me. “This piece of junk!” But he still mounted it on the bench, and so have I. For you youngsters, before the late 70s, anything stamped Made in Japan had the quality we now assume from Temu chicom junk. If China ever gets their act together the way the Nipponese did, we’re in a world of hurt. |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: I’ve also got a 1975 vintage Japanese small bench vise. It’s…serviceable. I remember the day dad bought it. It fit a need, and now it’s nostalgia for me. “This piece of junk!” But he still mounted it on the bench, and so have I. For you youngsters, before the late 70s, anything stamped Made in Japan had the quality we now assume from Temu chicom junk. If China ever gets their act together the way the Nipponese did, we’re in a world of hurt. Originally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: They really don't make em' like they used to I’ve also got a 1975 vintage Japanese small bench vise. It’s…serviceable. I remember the day dad bought it. It fit a need, and now it’s nostalgia for me. “This piece of junk!” But he still mounted it on the bench, and so have I. For you youngsters, before the late 70s, anything stamped Made in Japan had the quality we now assume from Temu chicom junk. If China ever gets their act together the way the Nipponese did, we’re in a world of hurt. Japan at the time was targeting a market US citizens wanted, just like China now. Except of course China is using the whole slave labor thing. |
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 20260808_010 by Carl Peters, on Flickr 20260808_021 by Carl Peters, on Flickr
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55451355101_d45179f2cb_o.jpg20260808_010 by Carl Peters, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55450378187_a01e89890e_o.jpg20260808_021 by Carl Peters, on Flickr I know I’ve said I’m never getting married again, but holy smokes. Fantastic model, and that expression! |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: I know I’ve said I’m never getting married again, but holy smokes. Fantastic model, and that expression! She is an actress/Model with fantastic emotional access hence the great facial expressions. I’m sure if you got more into people photography, you could find numerous models that would gleefully ruin your life! |
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Attached File Triangulum Galaxy 383x60 seconds Celestron C6 with ZWO ASI585MC Air Stacked in ASIAIR and processed on my phone. |
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Originally Posted By DM1975: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/F5D24CB6-DA22-45ED-A12A-48A51B16AD87_jpe-3809128.JPG Triangulum Galaxy 383x60 seconds Celestron C6 with ZWO ASI585MC Air Stacked in ASIAIR and processed on my phone. This is pretty awesome. Definitely makes me want to do more Astro, sadly the last couple years work has kept me near cities. |
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: This is pretty awesome. Definitely makes me want to do more Astro, sadly the last couple years work has kept me near cities. Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Originally Posted By DM1975: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/F5D24CB6-DA22-45ED-A12A-48A51B16AD87_jpe-3809128.JPG Triangulum Galaxy 383x60 seconds Celestron C6 with ZWO ASI585MC Air Stacked in ASIAIR and processed on my phone. This is pretty awesome. Definitely makes me want to do more Astro, sadly the last couple years work has kept me near cities. Thanks. I’m brand new to it. Been doing visual for years though. Here’s M31 and M32 stacked and processed through Affinity Attached File |
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Originally Posted By DM1975: Thanks. I’m brand new to it. Been doing visual for years though. Here’s M31 and M32 stacked and processed through Affinity https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/IMG_6005_jpeg-3809247.JPG Originally Posted By DM1975: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Originally Posted By DM1975: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/F5D24CB6-DA22-45ED-A12A-48A51B16AD87_jpe-3809128.JPG Triangulum Galaxy 383x60 seconds Celestron C6 with ZWO ASI585MC Air Stacked in ASIAIR and processed on my phone. This is pretty awesome. Definitely makes me want to do more Astro, sadly the last couple years work has kept me near cities. Thanks. I’m brand new to it. Been doing visual for years though. Here’s M31 and M32 stacked and processed through Affinity https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/IMG_6005_jpeg-3809247.JPG Is this from one of those smart telescopes with the tiny lenses? If so this is just amazing. |
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Is this from one of those smart telescopes with the tiny lenses? If so this is just amazing. Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Originally Posted By DM1975: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Originally Posted By DM1975: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/F5D24CB6-DA22-45ED-A12A-48A51B16AD87_jpe-3809128.JPG Triangulum Galaxy 383x60 seconds Celestron C6 with ZWO ASI585MC Air Stacked in ASIAIR and processed on my phone. This is pretty awesome. Definitely makes me want to do more Astro, sadly the last couple years work has kept me near cities. Thanks. I’m brand new to it. Been doing visual for years though. Here’s M31 and M32 stacked and processed through Affinity https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/IMG_6005_jpeg-3809247.JPG Is this from one of those smart telescopes with the tiny lenses? If so this is just amazing. No. It’s a Celestron C6 6” Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with a .63x reducer/flattener and an ASI585MC AIR cooled camera on a Celestron CGEM mount ran with ASIAIR. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By DM1975: No. It’s a Celestron C6 6” Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with a .63x reducer/flattener and an ASI585MC AIR cooled camera on a Celestron CGEM mount ran with ASIAIR. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/IMG_5814_jpeg-3809392.JPG I need this in my life |
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: I need this in my life I would suggest a refractor over a Schmidt. They work but a good triplet or quadruplet is much better. The Schmidt’s have an issue where the mirror can shift from gravity during the night as it tracks. Also they’re pretty slow at f/10. Even with the reducer it’s f/6.3 unless you add a hyperstar which brings you down to an f2 but also drops the focal length down from 1500 to 300mm in a C6. |
Eclipse tomorrow. Here’s the path. Now we know why Trump was so adamant about Greenland.  I get 1.8% coverage, so it’ll probably look like this (from 2017)  Eclipse2017-Begin by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
It was even less amazing than expected  Eclipse 2026-08-12 by FredMan, on FlickrETA we had a district meeting today. I received special dispensation to duck out and shoot the shot. First time the guys I work with saw my big gun gear. Suitably impressed. Here’s the picture of a picture of a picture as it began 
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
 CVN 69_Eisenhower by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55483401664_cf450504fd_o.jpg20260823_002 by Carl Peters, on Flickr I have GOT to get me the 2.8. |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: I have GOT to get me the 2.8. Originally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55483401664_cf450504fd_o.jpg20260823_002 by Carl Peters, on Flickr I have GOT to get me the 2.8. Gen-II 70-200 2.8 just came out I think. If you go mirrorless the new Z teleconverters are fantastic as well |
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Be patient, my friends, there is indeed a method to my madness… Might take a couple days, might take a couple weeks. But if you can hang in there you won’t be disappointed.  
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Gen-II 70-200 2.8 just came out I think. If you go mirrorless the new Z teleconverters are fantastic as well That reminds me. I’ve been rocking this D500 for a decade now, and I’m thinking upgrade time.  D500 by FredMan, on FlickrConsidering I’m planning a 2028 trip to Sydney to grab the solar eclipse totality, and remembering I’m a Nikkor lens guy, what new body for my primary? I can see this being a minimum 3 camera setup; I would give a kidney to grab the sequence over Sydney harbor and the opera house. I have one minor in; my bestest childhood friend’s brother actually lives in Melbourne, only 450 miles away. I can’t wait. July 22, 2028. Be there or be square. |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Be patient, my friends, there is indeed a method to my madness… Might take a couple days, might take a couple weeks. But if you can hang in there you won’t be disappointed. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/77154/IMG_8105-3816629.jpg focus stacked macro? |
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Originally Posted By FredMan: That reminds me. I’ve been rocking this D500 for a decade now, and I’m thinking upgrade time. https://live.staticflickr.com/433/31161997413_ffc1e6fe78_h.jpgD500 by FredMan, on Flickr Considering I’m planning a 2028 trip to Sydney to grab the solar eclipse totality, and remembering I’m a Nikkor lens guy, what new body for my primary? I can see this being a minimum 3 camera setup; I would give a kidney to grab the sequence over Sydney harbor and the opera house. I have one minor in; my bestest childhood friend’s brother actually lives in Melbourne, only 450 miles away. I can’t wait. July 22, 2028. Be there or be square. I really like the Z7ii, I made the switch because I was shooting people more and the eye AF is such a time saver. I was hoping for a Z7iii with increased resolution, but gave up late last year got another Z7ii but full spectrum with a stack of filters. It seems like recent advances at Nikon (and others) are all shifting to global sensors, but implementation slightly degrades image quality since each photo sensor is smaller to make room for a tiny cache next to it (instead of under). I just couldn't justify the cost for a Z8 or Z9 it won't help the kinds of photos I mostly take. It would be a different story if I shot a lot more sports or fast moving animals. |
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55483401664_cf450504fd_o.jpg20260823_002 by Carl Peters, on Flickr  
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I bought all this equipment. What do you mean that the dead AREN'T coming back to life?
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Originally Posted By metalsaber: Got a few penguin shots this past Friday. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/_84A0245-3817033.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/_84A0322-3817032.jpg they are photogenic little guys, if a bit stinky |
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: focus stacked macro? Not even close! |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Taking pictures of bats is hard. Cats are easier.Attached File |
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Originally Posted By NaCl: Taking pictures of bats is hard. Cats are easier.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/350207/DSC_7492_jpeg-3821790.JPG Orange cat doing orange cat things. That one braincell is working overtime. |
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Originally Posted By bulldog1967: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/6755/IMG_5643-3823839.jpg Never knew our log rack was that comfortable. Maybe he is really tired after a long night of eating chickens? |
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 20260909_001(IR850) by Carl Peters, on Flickr |
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Originally Posted By DM1975: NGC 7380 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/WizardHP8_jpg-3825033.JPG Wow 
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Originally Posted By DM1975: NGC 7380 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/WizardHP8_jpg-3825033.JPG well hello there |
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Originally Posted By DM1975: NGC 7380 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/53155/WizardHP8_jpg-3825033.JPG When I look at pictures like this I wonder what NGC 7380, the Wizard Nebula, actually looks like today. As any photo of it is what it "looked" like 7,000 years ago. EBR |
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Originally Posted By EBR666: When I look at pictures like this I wonder what NGC 7380, the Wizard Nebula, actually looks like today. As any photo of it is what it "looked" like 7,000 years ago. EBR Probably not too terribly different. 7,000 years is a pretty short time on the cosmic scale but yeah it’s definitely changed. Just think, it’s been up there for around 5 million years already. Either way we can only experience it at the speed of causality. What blows my mind is the sheer distance and size itself. It’s over 100 light years across and one light year is roughly 5.88 trillion miles. Absolutely huge. |
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Deer Lick Galaxy Group, inside the large galaxy in this image (NGC 7331) near the galactic core is Type Ia supernova SN2026aaiv (looks like a bright white star nearest the core) ten days after its initial appearance. 216 x 60 second exposures. Attached File |