This is a selection of photos I took at the Estill Springs Lions Club Summer Extravaganza that I took back at the end of June.
View of the whole setup
Almost every year, I try to select a fun project to do while off for Christmas. This year the project I selected was based on Raspberry Pi. Specifically I decided to build a device that would, when motion is detected, find the range to the motion using an ultrasonic rangefinder, take a picture using the camera module, and finally email me the results.
After just a few hours of work, I had separate proofs of concept working for each sensor written in Python. A short time after, I started combining all the proofs of concept into a consolidated script which I got working. Right now I am perfecting the classes for interfacing with the range finder and the motion detector and I am currently using picamera 0.8 for interfacing with the camera module. I’ve included a link to the git repository I’m using for source control below.
Equipment:
Source Code: https://github.com/chaddotson/PiPy
Took this picture of an awesome Halloween decoration in Tullahoma, TN this week… Complete with Kraken.
This weekend, I had a chance to tour the The Columbus Foundation’s replicas of the Niña and Pinta on one of its last days in port in Chattanooga, TN.
I took several photos, but I made a wallpaper quality version of one. This is the rigging and top sail of the Pinta at the docks.
“And all I ask for is a tall ship and a star to steer her by…”
I also took this 360 degree panorama of the area including the TN Aquarium.
They are worth seeing. You can find out more about them on the website below.
The Niña and Pinta – The Columbus Foundation – http://www.thenina.com/
This is a time-lapse of a lightning storm that I took back in July. The video consists of a series of images taken as a thunderstorm passed overhead. All pictures are taken with ISO 200, f/3.5, and an exposure time of 15 seconds. The audio is “Ritual Of Earth” by The Neon Judgement. I lucked out and found it in the audio swap library provided on youtube.
These pictures were taken during a flyover of the International Space Station on August 28, 2012. The one lesson learned from this set is that next time I want to take a series and stack them together for a picture that has the space station crossing the whole sky.
These photos were taken at the 2012 Fireworks show in Estill Springs, Tennessee. It was a really good show, one of the best I’ve seen.
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These pictures were taken from the Tullahoma, Tennessee airport June 5, 2012. I had a 200mm lens with a no. 14 welder’s glass in front of it to capture Venus and the sunspots.
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