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Hi all,
I would like to share a few of my images. They were taken In Sydney.

Early morning...
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Time lapse photography
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Filtered image originally shot through a telescope
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One second exposures
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While they are cool looking pix, there is no reference point let alone decent focus ( I accept the time lapse ones).

They really could be anything, can you provide anything else? Or more information regarding your position etc.

Better yet read the thread on how to report a UFo sighting by Gazrok.

What is the line I see in this picture and why is it so dark? Most of them was very dark...
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Do you really think these are UFOs?

posted on 28-9-2006 at 02:22 AM

"While they are cool looking pix, there is no reference point let alone decent focus ( I accept the time lapse ones)".

Hi one small step...it's hard to get good focus with slow shutter speeds on moving objects, particularly in the early hours of the morning.

"They really could be anything, can you provide anything else? Or more information regarding your position etc".

They are what I said, and I will discuss one shot at a time if you are interested.
eg. The top one was shot 16 July,06 at 1/60sec with my Nikon Coolpix 5000 plus 3 x tele adaptor. Of interest with this particular image was the fact that I shot what seemed to be a very bright light, yet in the image itself there don't appear to be any lights on in the object. I think closer scrutiny would reveal a 'field' of sorts, which is also a reason for focus problems. I guess I was a few miles away...

"Better yet read the thread on how to report a UFo sighting by Gazrok"

I'm not into reporting ufo sightings....

posted on 28-9-2006 at 02:30 AM

"What is the line I see in this picture and why is it so dark? Most of them was very dark..."
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Apart from the 'scope pic that was made dark by filters to cut through the trail, the rest are shot at night without any flash or other additional light source. I need slow shutter speeds to gather enough light. Perhaps it's the heat from the bottom of the object that's leaving the line. The blinking of the object in the night sky coincided with my shutter opening...

"Do you really think these are UFOs?"

You might have something weird here, should get yourself a video camera and film some!

posted on 28-9-2006 at 02:53 AM

"You might have something weird here, should get yourself a video camera and film some!"

I did.... and even though it's dark as well, I like this short clip over the Ocean....

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Originally posted by cjb
posted on 28-9-2006 at 02:53 AM

"You might have something weird here, should get yourself a video camera and film some!"

I did.... and even though it's dark as well, I like this short clip over the Ocean....

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That is what we would call a boat sir...

I had a good look at this clip and I don't consider it to be a boat, although I won't argue with you. Of interest, the camera was fixed to a tripod...

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[edit on 28-9-2006 by cjb]

So by being fixed, how come the the "boat" is almost level with the camera right??

"So by being fixed, how come the the "boat" is almost level with the camera right??"

I'm not sure what you are saying? I can say that the camera was slightly above sea level looking down when this clip was photographed, and it was about 4am if I remember correctly.

Looks like a fishing boat to me.
Mast, top nav light and general lights for fishing.

mikell

Here's a couple of short clips shot through a telescope..

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My bet is that the pictures in the original post show an airplane. I don't know how the lights are called, but from the time lapse you can figure that they are flashing lights. A red one and a white one...on the tips of the wings...
The telescope picture could be a contrail (also, this can explain the line in the time lapse picture).

"My bet is that the pictures in the original post show an airplane. I don't know how the lights are called, but from the time lapse you can figure that they are flashing lights. A red one and a white one...on the tips of the wings... "

There are two objects in each of these pics and only one is a plane...

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Originally posted by cjb
Here's a couple of short clips shot through a telescope..

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And this to me looks like contrails from a plane with the sun shining at it, maybe sunrise?
The first one looked weird though, but it might be normal.