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[ha_banos]

Really must be something I don't see in fishing...

Now Clojure on the other hand...

[Stevo]

wow...love these photo's....how on earth do you take these...is a special camera or a camera connected to a telescope?

Hi Shamz, thanks! I connect my DSLR to a telescope which sits on an equatorial mount. The mount is calibrated at the beginning of a session by aligning it with certain stars. Add a bit of information to the system and then it will track the Earth's rotation which allows me to keep the shutter open for up to about 4 minutes. I take lots of photos with different exposure times and then compile them and use software to pull the information out. I was lucky in that I live in area with low light pollution but we've just had houses built behind us....and right up to our border!

[Stevo]

[MENTION=13372427]ha_banos[/MENTION]

Have you tried fly fishing? Just being outside and trying to outwit the fish is fun. Plus having lunch and a stick always helps! But I've fished for about 35 years anyway. Love it but I seem to hardly get the chance any more!

[Emaresee]

Really must be something I don't see in fishing...

Now Clojure on the other hand...

More of a cult than Lamp....


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[grumpybaldy]

@ha_banos Have you tried fly fishing? Just being outside and trying to outwit the fish is fun. Plus having lunch and a stick always helps! But I've fished for about 35 years anyway. Love it but I seem to hardly get the chance any more!

It's true. And totally immersive (although hopefully not in the water sense) - you forget about everything else. I haven't done enough of it so, in spored by these posts, I'm going to get my tackle out (now, now missus!) and give it a go again. Local to me are the Albury Estate fisheries and the (alas, now closed) shop of Peter Cockwill, another expert generous with his time and experience. I've never fished a 'proper' river or a loch and would love to do that sometime.

[grumpybaldy]

*inspired by these posts... (!)

[Vitola]

[MENTION=13447116]grumpybaldy[/MENTION] - photos if you catch anything....

[Stevo]

It's true. And totally immersive (although hopefully not in the water sense) - you forget about everything else. I haven't done enough of it so, in spored by these posts, I'm going to get my tackle out (now, now missus!) and give it a go again. Local to me are the Albury Estate fisheries and the (alas, now closed) shop of Peter Cockwill, another expert generous with his time and experience. I've never fished a 'proper' river or a loch and would love to do that sometime.

I?m beginning to see the perfect excuse for a days herfing and fishing....


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[ha_banos]

More of a cult than Lamp....


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But my first foray into functional programming.

[Simon Bolivar]

I spent almost 35 years in fly fishing and classic salmon flytying. Since 2006 though, I?ve spent most of my time in the air in my paraglider[emoji41]

Love the book & you're early photo, love that you still catch salmon of traditional fly patterns. Was the last photo taken in Arizona?

[grumpybaldy]

Was the last photo taken in Arizona?

Not Denmark or Belgium, then?

[Hookmaker]

Love the book & you're early photo, love that you still catch salmon of traditional fly patterns. Was the last photo taken in Arizona?

You mean the fish? That?s in Tierra del Fuego. The paragliding photo is from Porterville, SA.


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[Puro]

Wow glad to see so many 'fluff chuckers' on the forum!

I fly fish for trout but I must admit I'm usually a fair weather fisherman! Can't be bothered in cold wet weather because it ruins my lunchtime smoke haha. Cigars come first for me.

Other hobbies include hiking, collecting/listening to vinyl records, good wine or whisky, and well I guess anything else that enhances my smoking experience [emoji4]

Puro.


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[Specialized_j]

I enjoy target shooting and golf, the latter I haven't done for a while unfortunately.

[SHAMZ84]

Hi Shamz, thanks! I connect my DSLR to a telescope which sits on an equatorial mount. The mount is calibrated at the beginning of a session by aligning it with certain stars. Add a bit of information to the system and then it will track the Earth's rotation which allows me to keep the shutter open for up to about 4 minutes. I take lots of photos with different exposure times and then compile them and use software to pull the information out. I was lucky in that I live in area with low light pollution but we've just had houses built behind us....and right up to our border!

interesting.....sounds complex...but the outcome looks fantastic.

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