robb

Bad ass George I like it!

Legal Bill

Looks good on you George. Keep on keepin' on!

The Raptor

Thanks, all. 8/21/17, come on!

MsPerky

I want to know what that thing is hanging next to your head. Not gonna say what it looks like.

boltonblue

The observant person would guess you also got the T-shirt too. Silkscreen is too pristine, hasn't been washed yet.

S2KRAY

Nice hat Cowboy.

The Raptor

It's a quiver for poison (Curare) darts. It's hanging from a blowgun that I acquired when we visited Yagua tribespeople on the Peruvian Amazon.

The Raptor

Actually, it's been washed several times. It's just good quality silkscreen.

skunkworks

An awesome hat and shirt!!

Also ’gonna shoot the eclipse on 8/21. Only being a neophyte with astronomical photography I plan on using a DLSR with a 10 stop ND filter, 400mm-600MM lens, f/32 aperture, 100 ISO, for some partial sun images. All will be in white light without accommodating narrow wavelengths.

I’ve found that from the expert’s opinions that a person can’t spend enough on celestial hardware, so I’ll stick to what I have.

BTW, I was honored to be publicized in Sky and Telescope’s 75th Anniversary Issue pp. 74 and 75.

Gary

The Raptor

That's a great composite panoramic wide angle shot of the Milky Way and that funky old barn, Gary. Congrats! Where are you going the see and shoot the eclipse? Be sure to shoot at a wide range of shutter speeds, particuarly at totality, where you can make the corona big or small. The faster speeds pick up the prominences better.