Photography, astronomy, technology and more…
Well that was fun! Not quite the same as being with the ARISS team in a school, but able to hear the astronaut here quite clearly…
As I had the questions, I thought it would be fun to voice the question onto the phone recording of the contact!
Sorry about the shaky recording – last minute decision, and just an iphone! I also didn’t adjust the frequency on the radio duringthe pass, so it gets a bit raspy towards the end.
Received on the Yaesu FT736 and a triband vertical colinear aerial.
A friend told us about a field of poppies being grown to the west of Basingstoke. Having been cooped up for ten weeks (apart from essential shopping and local walks), we decided to venture over there in the afternoon to see the field for ourselves. What a sight! The field was cordoned off (it is a crop grown for harvesting, after all) but it was possible to walk up the field on two sides to view the flowers.
Very spectacular, and I managed to get a few photos (well, ok, I actually took just over 200!)… A little bit of photoshop to enhance the colours and crop the images, and I think the results are quite pleasing. Should keep me in photos for use for Remembrance Day for many years to come!
If you know of a local (North Hampshire) sight worth seeing, please do let me know – I’d love to photograph it to add to my portfolio!
More photos of the poppies in the gallery.