Type 1'stars R Us

[Fairygodmother]

Hello again.

Yes there is a tale but not now.

Oh good, you’re back - you got us all sad and worried - naughty boy!

 

[Robinredbreast]

Sensible lens explanations aside, I like the giant jellyfish idea

I am definitely with you on the Jellyfish image, love it

 

[Robinredbreast]

Giant jelly fish and it's coming to get us all
Its the light from the sun hitting the camera lens and putting an image on the sensor....as @evilclive has said "lens flare"......can sometimes cause amazing results in photos. Nice photos BTW

Thanks @porl69 i love the jelly fish image

 

[Fairygodmother]

I’ve been out, walking, driving, giving lifts, sitting in the cinema - just me and Hamish off to meet up with friends. Independent again

 

[Robinredbreast]

Alien invasion?

If it wasn't visible to you, it'll be the light from the sun in the camera lens going in non-obvious directions. Lenses have a lot of layers, and although the light mostly goes in the direction you want it to (think your classic picture of the light in Galileo's telescope), at each junction a little might reflect off rather than going straight through, and that results in effects like the one you're seeing.

It's called lens flare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare

The classic image in sci-fi films of a sun, star, or other bright light sun appearing not as a point, but as a very wide horizontal thing, is actually an artefact of the lenses used for widescreen cinematography - and since people are so used to it, these days it's often faked if different lenses are being used

This is very weird, but all of a sudden it looked like a parachute and my dad was a paratrooper in WW11, plus, my mum and dad's headstone was placed on their grave this week, spooky, but comforting too <3

 

[db89]

Hello again.

Yes there is a tale but not now.

Doesn't involve these bad boys then?

Welcome back

 

[Robinredbreast]

I’ve been out, walking, driving, giving lifts, sitting in the cinema - just me and Hamish off to meet up with friends. Independent again

You have done so well FG in your recovery, a real trooper x

 

[Robinredbreast]

Doesn't involve these bad boys then?

Welcome back

Have to ask, what are they, not florescent crop circles are they, or an extra, extra large pair of Elton John's glasses lol ?

 

[db89]

Have to ask, what are they, not florescent crop circles are they, or an extra, extra large pair of Elton John's glasses lol ?

Bit of a Captain Scarlet joke. In the series the green rings would appear whenever the Mysterons had killed or destroyed someone/something they wanted to duplicate and use to carry out their threats.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Bit of a Captain Scarlet joke.

I remember the original series of Thunderbirds, a great show for it's time. I downloaded in full the reincarnation of the series from a on demand tv station here in Australia which I have on a micro sd card in my old phone.

 

[db89]

I remember the original series of Thunderbirds, a great show for it's time. I downloaded in full the reincarnation of the series from a on demand tv station here in Australia which I have on a micro sd card in my old phone.

Yep, there was a resurgence for Anderson's series in the 90s in the UK when I was growing up. Content regulators appeared to be much more lenient in the 60s as they got away with including a lot in kids shows you would never see the like of now. That may say more about the world now as opposed to then though.

They are all available in HD now including his later work aimed at adults. UFO was a treat to discover when it was remastered a few years ago.

 

[Jaylee]

Doesn't involve these bad boys then?

Welcome back

Safe to say. No resemblance to "real life" in the slightest... No "strings" were attached...

 

[Cumberland]

Back home now, failed to stay on top of the BGs, gave up trying! But had a fantastic time skiing, great company, food and drink. My body is now broken, going to work tomorrow for a rest

Shocked to have seen knikki ‘vanished’ presumed gone, but glad to see him back!

I’ll have a proper catch up on the thread at work.

Night all.

Work oh crumbs how dreadful

Welcome back

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Yep, there was a resurgence for Anderson's series in the 90s in the UK when I was growing up. Content regulators appeared to be much more lenient in the 60s as they got away with including a lot in kids shows you would never see the like of now. That may say more about the world now as opposed to then though.

I would like to see a new series of Quatermass made, that would be something to behold with modern day graphics.

I remember one of the series "Quatermass and the Pit" scared the $#@& out of me in a couple of episodes.

 

[Japes]

Morning all!

Last day of Main Paid Work for 16 days, though I do need to do a few hours worth of "homework" at some point. Which may involve going in for a day next week, but that will depend on how much I manage to get done this afternoon once the little dears have been dispatched after lunch. I have a deep-rooted objection to accessing the on-line system at home and on my personal computer for Main Paid Work, but as some of my hours per week are as a tutor, rather than as support, I have less objection to a day working in what is technically holiday but really isn't as I'm working most of the week as an organist. Holiday really begins on 21st April 12.00 noon!

 

[WuTwo]

I had forgotten the green circles! How could I? My lad was obsessed with this series in the 90's. We watched, lived, breathed and played Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons all the time until the Power Rangers took over his brain. In those days the Power Rangers was a program where the violence was feet and fists, kpow! type. And the baddie was an amazingly easy to beat woman called Rita Repulsa. Such simple days. Flood of memories, and big smile to start the day - thank you!

 

[LooperCat]

Last day of term *dances around joyfully*



Not much to report here, hope you all have an easy day.

 

[Jaylee]

I would like to see a new series of Quatermass made, that would be something to behold with modern day graphics.

I remember one of the series "Quatermass and the Pit" scared the $#@& out of me in a couple of episodes.

The Pit was brilliant! There was a TV episode (BBC?) & a slightly later a Hammer horror movie? I managed to download the film..
Freaked me out too.. But then, I used to flick on the box whilst fixing a late hypos as a kid..

Dracula, you name it. But nothing got the mind thinking like the curious events of mass hysteria around Hobs lane..(or street?) lol, "get back I tell you. Get back!"

 

[becca59]

Have been sat catching up on this thread after a busy week due to in Bloom judging. So glad @Knikki has returned. Just need Kev back now.
Sunny but frosty here. A busy weekend in store having parents to stay, then tomorrow night, brothers and spouses over for parents diamond wedding celebrations.

 

[karen8967]

Hello again.

Yes there is a tale but not now.

Great to see you back x