Noise is a ubiquitous feature for all images, which we take. It’s expressed by random speckles present on our image, which we can compare to the film grain for analog cameras. Unfortunately, noise can...
Address geocoding is a very desired tool nowadays. This is because we might need to know the location of many places at once. If for example, you want to have about 500 exact coordinates...
There are quite a few ways allowing us to create the .kml file for Google Earth and Google Maps. The solution presented here is not quicker, but for sure quite convenient for someone, who...
My third remote observation of the solar eclipse was aimed at the fleeting lunar shadow when the Sun was already below the horizon. Previously I hadn’t had occasion to see a similar effect, as...
This article presents the result of the longest distance observation in my life. Because it was an effect of the light phenomenon, not widely discussed by myself so far I decided to develop this topic, because of its influence on the far realing views during some specified conditions (tick haze trapped in low-level of the […]
Everyone, who owns the DSLR camera, knows the pain. There is no universal lens, which would cover all our needs. Even if you pick up the most versatile kit, you might suffer some inconveniences...
The contrast issue has been mentioned in this article, and either during the description of the role of horizontal visibility in long-distance observations. Because the information is not sufficient enough for my further studies...
The Magicplan is an Android application, by which we can quickly draw the floorplan of any building i.e. camera scanning or corner defining. The spectrum of options looks wide, even in the free bundle...
Well, we are entering the last year of this decade according to the Gregorian Calendar. However, the forthcoming year begins somewhat the new decade, which is the 20s of the XXI century. Wow! The...
I would like to show you some pictures taken at night in Cambridge – the city, where I have been living for nearly 5 years. Cambridge punting – Scudamore company flat-bottom boats are...
It’s been about half a year since Windy.com launched an option to upload .kml, .gpx and .geojson files into the weather map. It happened thanks to the Leaflet-kml plugin, available here. Apart from the...
This week commenced with a rare celestial event, which is the transit of Mercury across the solar disk. Unlike the last event such as this, what occurred exactly 3,5 years ago, I had no...
Probably you heard a lot of sentences and conclusions from your kids or friends, that if you have a very small baby is hard to take it somewhere. In fact, when your baby is...
Nowadays smartphones are able to take good pictures. I know it, after testing both Xiaomi devices Mi 8 and Mi 9. You have your own opinions, once you owe another model. My examples will...
Recently I was dealing with geotagging single addresses in Google Maps and other easily accessible tools. However, the stuff, that I focused on is playing around with single placemarks only. I believe, that this...
Astronomy / Astrophotography / Astrophysics
by Krukarius · Published 2019-09-19 · Last modified 2024-06-12
In this short post, I would like to share with you my ideas, on how can we use the Hydrogen-alpha filter for solar observations during exceptional situations. The situations, that I am going to...
Recently I described my amazing experience with the highest skyscraper in the world – Burj Khalifa. Today I would like to share with you my stopover in Dubai, where I was planning to see...
The United Kingdom addresses are specific because usually, a single postcode applies to a single building or at most a compact group of properties. It means, that these objects can be found very quickly,...
Another part of my photography test of the Xiaomi Mi 9 6GB 128GB (Global Version) refers to the low light conditions. Frankly speaking, likewise daytime photo & video facilities there is no big difference...
Late July is usually the hottest period in Europe, especially in the countries located further from the Atlantic influence. Unless we are talking about the areas, that lie close to the western shore, then...