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Posts Made By: James Benton

September 27, 2004 06:55 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Goofy Ducks

Posted By James Benton
Last weekend I went to the Zoo to get some shots of the ducks at the duck pond, I use this place for praticing my bird shots. as there is a lot of action and lets me pratice panning and teaches me patience.

These are just a small collection from that day, showing a different goofey side of the ducks

http://www.nightshooter.com/D60/Animals/birds/ducks/index.html

James

September 30, 2004 12:34 PM Forum: Refractors

Proper Refractor Mounting

Posted By James Benton
I am new to refractors, just coming from an LX-90, Im not sure I am mounting my refractor correctly on the mount.I have an AR5 and when it is in the mount and the scope is pointed above 45 degrees or so , Im almost laying on the ground to the look through the thing. I have the tripod fully extended, but I feel I should put the scope int he rings so there is more of it hanging over the counter weight.

here is a link to a pic on how I set it up.

http://www.james-benton.com/photography/astro/LXD75/page/image5.html

Thanks

James

October 28, 2004 01:15 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Eclipse from Houston, TX + animation

Posted By James Benton
here are my shots of the eclipse from Houston.

I didnt stay out for the entire event.

http://www.nightshooter.com/D60/Astrophotography/moon/eclipse102704/eclipse_800x600/index.html

here is a cheesy little animation I did as well

http://www.nightshooter.com/D60/Astrophotography/moon/eclipse102704/animation/slides/eclipse_04_10_27.html

James

October 30, 2004 03:33 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Meade LPI usb cable

Posted By James Benton
does anyone know if the Meade LPI cable is a standard USB cable? I think mine is bad and need to replace it. I have not had a chance to use the LPI, but did a quick test when I first got it to make sure it worked. It did work, but I wanted to try it out on the eclipse the other night and my PC would not "see" the LPI when plugged in. It would make the "bong" noise like it recognized that a device was attached to the PC, but would "bong" again 1 second later like the device was disconnected. The LPI power light would not come on.

James

November 30, 2004 04:48 AM Forum: Insects - Flowers and Other Small Stuff - Photos

odd Snail

Posted By James Benton
I saw these 2 snails out on the front porch a few nights ago. I have never seen ones like this with their weird mouth thing.

http://www.nightshooter.com/D60/Animals/bugs/slides/IMG_1258_snail.html

http://www.nightshooter.com/D60/Animals/bugs/slides/IMG_1280_snail.html

James

January 13, 2005 03:01 PM Forum: Meade

Meade LPI not working

Posted By James Benton
I got the Meade LPI with my LXD75 and I installed all the software on my laptop and had a hard time getting the PC to see the LPI.

I did get it to work and see the LPI and snaped a few quick pics (not connected to the scope, it was just laying next to my laptop).

Then I put it away and the next time tried to use it I had to re-install the software , plus some updates from Meades web site. And I got it to work.

Now I can not even get my laptop to see the LPI, reboot, reconnect, unplug, connect, have XP look for hardware changes on the USB port and every trick I know.

Does it sound like the LPI is dead or something

James

January 20, 2005 03:37 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Thoughts on the Orion AstroView 120ST EQ Refractor

Posted By James Benton
im looking for some opnions on the Orion AstroView 120ST EQ Refractor.

Any good points on ths scope

what are the bad things about this scope

Thanks

James

February 3, 2005 01:51 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Ha filter

Posted By James Benton
Can some one tell me what this filter is, i keep seeing images taken with an Ha filter, but not sure which one it is. Is it the same Ha solar filter or a much less expensive kind of Ha filter?

James

February 22, 2005 05:21 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Crows Nest

Posted By James Benton
I shot this out the window at work this afternoon. I have never seen a crow in a nest before. I have a great close view of the nest and since they cant see me I can just watch for a while. I will try to get some more decent shots with my 80-400 lens.

this was shot with the sigma 105 2.8 ex DG macro lens.

http://www.nightshooter.com/IMG_4873_crow.JPG

James

February 25, 2005 07:49 PM Forum: Wildlife Photography

Lightning 2/23/05

Posted By James Benton
Not sure where else to put this since its not really wild life

I took these shots the other night as a storm came though Houston, TX

All shots done with Canon D60, Tamron 24-70mm @ 24mm, ISO 200, other data below the thumbs
http://www.nightshooter.com/D60/Landscape_Nature/Weather/lightning4/index.html

James

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