I saw a tiny silver thread high in the air late yesterday afternoon. I shot it with 300 mm. This is what it looked like (cropped and original). (Of course I don't really know how high this was).
Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
The third one is a plane
I threw it in for comparison. They were in the sky at the same time. The first is a crop of the first image.
Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
Comparing the size of the area of shadow underneath the object with that of the jet, I would suggest that it was much lower than the airplane, or HUGE! No mention of direction of travel or speed. I would say a balloon of some kind.
(Jun 2, 2013, 06:45)Don Schaeffer Wrote: I saw a tiny silver thread high in the air late yesterday afternoon. I shot it with 300 mm. This is what it looked like (cropped and original). (Of course I don't really know how high this was).
Hi,
You haven't expanded on its flight characteristics, but this sort of thing has frequently been photographed before, though usually they're black...and not always bent!
They are Helium filled 'tubes' that have either broken free, otherwise escaped into the atmosphere or have been deliberately released in order to (hopefully) kick off a rash of 'UFO' sightings!...not unlike 'Chinese lanterns' in fact.
Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/