Kowa 883 arrives

Within the first hour some quick pictures

Straight out of box, attached 25 - 60 x wide zoom, time for a subject.
Subject is at 15m
The iPhone6s is set at same zoom setting as is the brightness level.
Focus is also set on the iPhone (AE/AF) locked
Very dull day, no sunshine
No birds were harmed in the making of this blog post

25x

30x

40x

60x

60x with 1.5 extender

Conclusion, what fun

Lets Start Blogging Again

Don't know what about yet

Moon Phase Digiscoping

January 13th Last Quarter, clearly seeing Eratosthenes at the end of the mountain ridge, then Copernicus then Kepler then Grimaldi.

Morning January 14th

Digiscoping Kingfishers

Early Morning Digiscope Moon and Bullfinch

Still trying to get as many phases of this moon as I can

However the best use for my Digiscoping set up is still wildlife, what you think?

Best selection of Digiscope Moons

One of these is from my DSLR?

Digiscoping the Moon the morning after

Moon clear in the sky this morning, so worth a shot just to see the different features on view with a sun rise.

So the crater to the left is our favourite Grimaldi, then inside Mare Foecunditatis could be Langrenus?
Thats on the right at 4

Always worth a look over your shoulder

Digiscoping the Moon Rising

Missed the full moon due to clouds on the 5th January, so this is a 98% Moon, still fun though

One of the problems I have not yet worked out, is focus on a distant object. the iPhone wants to focus on the nearest object, still this provides a nice effect?

It looks strange , looks like a window shot, but that is the moon

This is the time-lapse of the moon rise from the horizon past a hedge, I think it joins the moon and the earth, no focus on the time-lapse function, will work on it.

If I focus on the moon as it moves then that focal length appears to stay fixed

Digiscoping the Christmas 2014 Moon

What fun

Day v night, night winning



Great pictures nearly full 90% visible, so bright now

Grimaldi just coming into view around the 10 position
Fab Sunset this evening

More Christmas Moon digiscopes

All 3 Apollo landing sites on this side now in view, 11. 16, and 17

Above Apollo landing sites 15, 14 and 12, cool huh

Last nights moon 2nd January 2015

Christmas Moon Phases using my Digiscope

22nd December 2014 Mare Crisium

Thought just how good this looked, I think I need a book, just so I know what i'm looking at

So now I have a quarter moon, I now think I have the landing site for Apollo 17 and Apollo 11

Apollo 17

Apollo 11

My Digiscoping Setup

I've been asked "what do I use to take my Digiscoping Pictures?"
Well I have an old (20 years) Nikon ED Fieldscope
My iPhone 5
My holder from Phoneskope
A shutter release on Bluetooth

Thats it really

Ive had lots of practice as you can see from some of my bird slow-motion attempts, as previous posts.

Nothing you do is really photographic quality, but then I only take pictures.

New Videos and Testing

The world of Digiscoping

Just playing in the world of Digiscoping using a Spotting Scope and my iPhone5

Getting there but this is only the beginning

Stay tuned

Book2Look

Making an iTunes link

This is HTML

<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/literary-death-match/id411914745" target="itunes_store"><img src="http://r.mzstatic.com/images/web/linkmaker/badge_bookstore-lrg.gif" alt="Literary Death Match" style="border: 0;"/></a>

But you need to be in HTML mode to get this when you cut and paste

Neandersmall and the Egg Song

Neandersmall Series

Neandersmall and the Egg

Neandersmall and the Egg by Sam Walshaw

"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! This is fun" Shouted Baby Neandersmall

Bish Bash Books

Bish Bash Books was incorporated in New York in January 2012 with the simple vision to provide engaging, educational and entertaining eBooks, storybook apps, podcasts and classic paper books that will get children, wherever in the world they call home, hooked on the simple pleasure of reading

Bish Bash Books is proud to announce it’s first series of children’s eBooks which are being released during the Fall of 2012.

Each new children’s eBook provides an original kid friendly, parent approved reading experience. Our Bish Bash Books blend unique stories, bold colorful illustrations, read along narration and music that engage, educate and entertain.

It’s time to have some fun!

Sam Walshaw - Illustrator

Samantha Walshaw was born and lives in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, with her daughter Maisey.

Sam, an accomplished illustrator, works on a Mac, and is extremely skilled in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Indesign.

Sam is a new to publishing, and with her first three titles published by Rockpool Children’s Books in 2009, she has also seen two of those animated by Flix Facilities in Manchester. Her 2010 schedule is already decided, and Rockpool will be publishing two more Little Fairies, Daisy and the Dewdrops and Ivy and the Fireflies and Minnie the Minnow and Jasper the Jumping Jellyfish.