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Title: Jodrell Bank
Post by: Summicron on November 23, 2007, 09:03:58 PM
Another favourite night time shot, again sharing fellowship with a Christian friend, he was on a church erand, around Wilmslow, south of Manchester, I said, "Do you want to have a look up on Alderley Edge, see what the views are like," so we went, there were miles of fields with ripening grain, stretched out beneath us. Geoff was mightily impressed, with the scenery, and on our way back that summers evening we passed this view of Jodrel Bank, and as soon as Geoff saw this, it was a good job we were wearing seat belts, another screaching halt job.
   I took this using a 200mm lens, Geoff got a better shot with the 150mm setting of his zoom lens, but I like it, the detail in the structures and the soft blue grey of the twilight, it was this softness of the dusk colours which caught Geoff's attention in the first place. God does lead us into some of the most remarkable experiences, and we just have to be ready to notice them when He does.

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Title: Re: Jodrell Bank
Post by: SmokeytheDog on November 23, 2007, 11:19:16 PM
Cool! When Jodrell Bank was built it was the largest radio telescope in the world, and has made many ground breaking discoveries in radio astronomy.
Title: Re: Jodrell Bank
Post by: JudyB on December 02, 2007, 04:29:38 AM
that is indeed an amazing picture!
Title: Re: Jodrell Bank
Post by: Summicron on March 10, 2008, 08:31:29 PM
Take a good look at it folks, the powers that be are talking of closing it down in order to save a couple of million quid a year, so it says in one of last weeks newspapers. The grand old lady of radio astronomy is threatened with, I was going to say retirement, but its more like redundancy, and if redundancy, then the scrapyard could be the next step, some day you maybe driving around in a part of Britains history. What a government.
Title: Re: Jodrell Bank
Post by: ScottyBoy on March 11, 2008, 10:20:28 PM
  I like picture. :thumbsup:

Did you use a polarizing filter? It's really blue. If not, how did you do that? ???
Title: Re: Jodrell Bank
Post by: Summicron on March 11, 2008, 10:57:20 PM
No filter lad, just good old Kodachrome, and reciprocity failure due to several seconds exposure. No this  wasn't Kodachrome, it was Fujichrome, the blue tone is typical of Kodachrome, which I like a lot, but unusual with Fuji, must be the aliens again doing it. :ambu: Time to call out the men in their white coats.
Title: Re: Jodrell Bank
Post by: ScottyBoy on March 11, 2008, 11:08:02 PM
  Oooooooohhhhhhhh. I didn't know that because I don't use film. Thanks for telling me.! :)
Title: Re: Jodrell Bank
Post by: Summicron on September 19, 2009, 06:28:55 PM
Now they're trying to close it down as being redundant, try and find the picture again, its annoying when this happens.