Cynosura

@cynosurae.bsky.social

32/queer, she/it, professional space nerd

I've had a bunch of people ask me why I lug around twelve pounds (5.5 kg) of camera gear rather than just using a cell phone. Some people have even argued that "cell phone cameras are just as good". No, this is why:

The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (SM-G781U) cell phone has three cameras with three lenses. This is the 1.74 mm "wide angle" lens camera, taken about fifteen minutes before the fireworks photo taken with the Nikon D850.The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (SM-G781U) cell phone has three cameras with three lenses. This is the 5.4 mm "almost normal" lens camera, taken about fifteen minutes before the fireworks photo taken with the Nikon D850.The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (SM-G781U) cell phone has three cameras with three lenses. This is the 7.12 mm "telephoto" lens camera, taken about 2000 feet (600 meters) north and about a year before the fireworks photo taken with the Nikon D850. This is the best image I can get out of my cell phone. I think I was even using "night mode" for this photo which is stacking multiple exposures or something undocumented.This is the Nikon D850, with the MB-D18 battery grip, and a GPS and stuff. This combination of parts is the most physically massive, heaviest, camera that Nikon has ever built, and I know BlueSky is going to compress the fuck out of this image so you can't see it here, but in the original raw image data, you can see inside some of the offices through the windows in those buildings, eleven miles away, in San Francisco.

I didn't realize it at the time, but I was standing almost directly on top of the Caldecott Tunnel when I made this photo. If you know where that is, then you know how far away from San Francisco I was.

I feel like it’s been long enough since the premiere to talk about this- I adored watching Wildwood, I think it’s an absolutely incredible piece of modern animation and I hope it gets its ribbons for that. That being said, uh. The lack of Indigenous culture is noticeable.

‘WILDWOOD’ has reached #1 at the domestic box office for the first time, bringing its total to $29M through Tuesday. It overtook ‘Clayface’ and ‘You Can See Everything,’ which had kept it from the top spot for 10 days.

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Hi folks! I know things have been tough but ive been struggling a lot with debt and big life expenses and have lost some supporters over the months. If you would like to help support me and get early access to art and music im working on, check out my patreon or subscribestar! linktr.ee/dirtsecret

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since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42