Scotland NG Gathering 2016: Projects

[Akira]

The  Falkirk / Stirling area has a number of unusual architectural structures - the boat-lift, the kelpies (horse-heads) - and The Pineapple. All are worth a visit.

There is also Stirling Castle (which I don't know very well) and the Wallace Monument.

Dave, thanks for the additional info.  Antonio Gaudi would have smiled when he would have chance to see this pineapple.

[Anthony]

I can bring a total of four walkie-talkie handsets.

[Jan Anne]

I can bring a total of four walkie-talkie handsets.

Cool, then I'll bring mine so we can communicate over 5 cars

[simato73]

I don't have a walkie-talkie but if you want to lend me one I will accept it gladly.

As for plans I hope to camp at the head of Loch Tay on Friday night then do the Tarmachan ridge the following morning. Check in at the lodge, rest and meet the group.
In the following days I would like to do the Ben Lawers circuit as already discussed.
Other things I am keen on are photographing Glen Etive / Buachaille Etive Mor,  Glen Coe,  Glen Nevis and beaches near Morar. The castle that Dave showed appeals too.
Obviously much will depend on the weather.
Another thing is timing. I expect the best time to shoot on the west coast will be late. I think eating an early pub dinner on site is probably the most practical option when venturing    far into the West.
I am sure that I will not fill all my bucket list; I have to go back on Wednesday.

[David Paterson]

I'll post a few images here from time to time, of some of the places around Killin which may interest participants.

This is one of the many forest trails around Killin, and starts from a car park (with sandwich bar) a few km out of the village.

[David Paterson]

Two views of Finlarig, our local medieval castle (and very near the oft-quoted "Head of the Loch")

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A location begging for an IR treatment ...

[Frank Fremerey]

A joint project. We brain storm a motif and then setup lots of different cams all with the "equivalens"
From the same perspective. I want the visual proof of my assumption that there is no equivalence because
there is no equivalens.

we should be able to get 10 different "35" setups or "50" setups

[David Paterson]

There will be young leaves on the trees, possibly, by early May. This changes the situation radically.

[simsurace]

A joint project. We brain storm a motif and then setup lots of different cams all with the "equivalens"
From the same perspective. I want the visual proof of my assumption that there is no equivalence because
there is no equivalens.

we should be able to get 10 different "35" setups or "50" setups

What is the question behind this experiment?

[Frank Fremerey]

Simone: Is there visual proof for theoretical equivalence? Or is it just chit chat?

[David Paterson]

The stones know the answer . . . but the stones never tell . . .

Part of the neolithic stone circle at Kinnell Farm.

[simato73]

Simone: Is there visual proof for theoretical equivalence? Or is it just chit chat?

Maybe... maybe yes, maybe not.
I'd leave it remain chit chat and use my time for something more exciting.
I don't get often time off from my family and using it to demonstrate some point with little consequence is not the best use I can make of this precious time.
YMMV

[simsurace]

Simone: Is there visual proof for theoretical equivalence? Or is it just chit chat?

My personal take is that if you managed to fundamentally disprove (e.g. get an opposite effect or be off by orders of magnitude) the predictions of 'equivalence' (within the narrow scope it was originally intended for, and written by experts on optics), you might as well rewrite everything which has been written about optics since Newton. Most of the time people get confused because they cannot keep track of all the assumptions. Plus, any practical use of the concepts will always be only a rough approximation because you can never get the 'ceteris paribus' part exactly right unless you design all lenses and sensors from scratch to spec. Therefore I would expect very little insight from this sort of experiment. Personally, if I find myself in the situation of having to take almost the same photograph with two different formats (this rarely happens) I know what I have to do, and it works to the extent that I can actually control every variable (I usually cannot). What more do you need? We could try to do that for one shot, it would not take too long. Actually you only need one zoom lens and one camera, and the crop feature and you are set.

[David Paterson]

Is it the wheel that turns, or is it the cosmos?

The Old Mill, Killin.