Des
@desparoz.com
Landscape and Astro photography 📷 enthusiast from Canberra, 🇦🇺. #FujifilmX shooter.
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Views are my own.
https://desparoz.com
https://linktr.ee/desparoz
https://www.astrobin.com/users/desparoz/
Which country lies geographically closest to Australia?
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November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Probably my best result yet
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 575
I got 9/10!
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 575
I got 9/10!
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In the film Finding Nemo, Dory is mainly what colour?
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November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Probably my best result yet
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 575
I got 9/10!
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 575
I got 9/10!
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Happy Halloween 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Happy Halloween 🎃
A very informative course for laypeeps and practitioners
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Propaganda & Disinformation (Beginners)
Understand how manipulative propaganda and new technologies can be used to influence our world
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November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A very informative course for laypeeps and practitioners
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Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
A spectacular view of Darwin by Top End photographer Louise Denton. I spent a great (almost) two years living in Darwin, and it holds a special place for me!
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Darwin Waterfront Panorama (aerial)
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October 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A spectacular view of Darwin by Top End photographer Louise Denton. I spent a great (almost) two years living in Darwin, and it holds a special place for me!
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We just hit 1M+ daily queries on Kagi!
It might be a drop in the bucket by comparison, but with Kagi, each search is intentional, user-funded, free from ads and surveillance, and designed to serve you.
Thank you to our community. Here’s to many more milestones together.
It might be a drop in the bucket by comparison, but with Kagi, each search is intentional, user-funded, free from ads and surveillance, and designed to serve you.
Thank you to our community. Here’s to many more milestones together.
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We just hit 1M+ daily queries on Kagi!
It might be a drop in the bucket by comparison, but with Kagi, each search is intentional, user-funded, free from ads and surveillance, and designed to serve you.
Thank you to our community. Here’s to many more milestones together.
It might be a drop in the bucket by comparison, but with Kagi, each search is intentional, user-funded, free from ads and surveillance, and designed to serve you.
Thank you to our community. Here’s to many more milestones together.
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Do I write a lot about military stuff? Yes.
Do I copyedit specialist military pieces for a living? Absolutely.
Can I spell manoeuvrability (much less maneuverability) without help? Absolutely not.
Do I copyedit specialist military pieces for a living? Absolutely.
Can I spell manoeuvrability (much less maneuverability) without help? Absolutely not.
a woman is laughing with her eyes closed
ALT: a woman is laughing with her eyes closed
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October 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Do I write a lot about military stuff? Yes.
Do I copyedit specialist military pieces for a living? Absolutely.
Can I spell manoeuvrability (much less maneuverability) without help? Absolutely not.
Do I copyedit specialist military pieces for a living? Absolutely.
Can I spell manoeuvrability (much less maneuverability) without help? Absolutely not.
2025 Blood Moon
Composite image of the progression of the lunar eclipse on 8 Sept 2025, shot north of Canberra, Australia. Starting with the full mineral moon at top left, then progressing clockwise as the eclipse progressed, followed by the blood moon (centre).
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Composite image of the progression of the lunar eclipse on 8 Sept 2025, shot north of Canberra, Australia. Starting with the full mineral moon at top left, then progressing clockwise as the eclipse progressed, followed by the blood moon (centre).
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2025 Blood Moon
For the week leading up to the 2025 blood moon on 8 September, we were teased with a combination of weather forecasts predicting alternately clear skies and an overcast, wet night. As it turned out we experienced an overcast evening, followed by a mostly clear night as the moon rose,
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October 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
2025 Blood Moon
Composite image of the progression of the lunar eclipse on 8 Sept 2025, shot north of Canberra, Australia. Starting with the full mineral moon at top left, then progressing clockwise as the eclipse progressed, followed by the blood moon (centre).
www.desparoz.com/2025-blood-m...
Composite image of the progression of the lunar eclipse on 8 Sept 2025, shot north of Canberra, Australia. Starting with the full mineral moon at top left, then progressing clockwise as the eclipse progressed, followed by the blood moon (centre).
www.desparoz.com/2025-blood-m...
2025 Blood Moon: https://www.desparoz.com/2025-blood-moon/
October 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
2025 Blood Moon: https://www.desparoz.com/2025-blood-moon/
Is it just me, or is the word 'legacy' a recent change to the description of Lr Classic?
September 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Is it just me, or is the word 'legacy' a recent change to the description of Lr Classic?
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 567
I got 7/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 567
I got 7/10!
True or false: red pandas are closely related to giant pandas.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 567
I got 7/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 567
I got 7/10!
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 566
I got 8/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 566
I got 8/10!
The Great Victoria Desert spans parts of which two Australian states?
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September 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 566
I got 8/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 566
I got 8/10!
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 565
I got 7/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 565
I got 7/10!
When straddling a valley, what is the difference between a viaduct and an aqueduct?
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August 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 565
I got 7/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 565
I got 7/10!
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 564
I got 6/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 564
I got 6/10!
Which country was RMS Titanic’s last port of call before it sank?
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August 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 564
I got 6/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 564
I got 6/10!
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 563
I got 8/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 563
I got 8/10!
What is the nationality of the creator of the puzzle video game Tetris?
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August 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 563
I got 8/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 563
I got 8/10!
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OTD 1925, Svalbard became Norwegian as the Svalbard Treaty and the corresponding Norwegian legislation went into effect.
Here we see the ceremony and raising of the flag in Longyearbyen.
HNoMS Heimdal and her crew had a prominent role.
Photo: Norsk Polarinstitutt
Here we see the ceremony and raising of the flag in Longyearbyen.
HNoMS Heimdal and her crew had a prominent role.
Photo: Norsk Polarinstitutt
August 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
OTD 1925, Svalbard became Norwegian as the Svalbard Treaty and the corresponding Norwegian legislation went into effect.
Here we see the ceremony and raising of the flag in Longyearbyen.
HNoMS Heimdal and her crew had a prominent role.
Photo: Norsk Polarinstitutt
Here we see the ceremony and raising of the flag in Longyearbyen.
HNoMS Heimdal and her crew had a prominent role.
Photo: Norsk Polarinstitutt
In Feb—Mar this year we visited Norway for spectacular landscapes, to experience a different culture and to get a chance of seeing the northern lights.
I am finally getting around to writing about the amazing trip & sharing some of my photos.
The adventure starts:
I am finally getting around to writing about the amazing trip & sharing some of my photos.
The adventure starts:
August 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In Feb—Mar this year we visited Norway for spectacular landscapes, to experience a different culture and to get a chance of seeing the northern lights.
I am finally getting around to writing about the amazing trip & sharing some of my photos.
The adventure starts:
I am finally getting around to writing about the amazing trip & sharing some of my photos.
The adventure starts:
Norway 2025: https://www.desparoz.com/norway-2025/
August 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Norway 2025: https://www.desparoz.com/norway-2025/
Super interesting video from Mark Denney about his results in leaving IBIS on in a camera when on a tripod.
Anecdotally I have found the same for #landscapephotography from dawn-to-dusk, although for #astrophotography with long expsures, best to keep IBIS off!
Anecdotally I have found the same for #landscapephotography from dawn-to-dusk, although for #astrophotography with long expsures, best to keep IBIS off!
Image Stabilization on a TRIPOD? Surprising Results!
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If you’ve ever been told to turn off image stabilization when shooting on a tripod, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common pieces of camera advice you’ll hear, but is it actually true? In this video, I put this long-standing tripod myth to the test to see if leaving image stabilization, also known as IBIS, on really causes blurry photos.
I"ll walk through what IBIS is, why some photographers believe it should be disabled for landscape photography, and show my side-by-side results with stabilization on and off when shooting on a tripod. Whether you shoot with Nikon, Sony, Canon, or Fuji, this real-world test will help you decide if you need to change this setting for sharper photos when using a tripod, and the results might surprise you—especially if you’ve been following this “rule” for years - like I have!
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🔘 Experiment 00:55
🔘 IBIS Explained 02:00
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August 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Super interesting video from Mark Denney about his results in leaving IBIS on in a camera when on a tripod.
Anecdotally I have found the same for #landscapephotography from dawn-to-dusk, although for #astrophotography with long expsures, best to keep IBIS off!
Anecdotally I have found the same for #landscapephotography from dawn-to-dusk, although for #astrophotography with long expsures, best to keep IBIS off!
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Valley Highlights - Te Mata Peak, Hawke's Bay, NZ.
A collaboration between the rising sun and moving clouds to highlight the Tukituki river and green valley.
#photography #landscape #nz
A collaboration between the rising sun and moving clouds to highlight the Tukituki river and green valley.
#photography #landscape #nz
August 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Valley Highlights - Te Mata Peak, Hawke's Bay, NZ.
A collaboration between the rising sun and moving clouds to highlight the Tukituki river and green valley.
#photography #landscape #nz
A collaboration between the rising sun and moving clouds to highlight the Tukituki river and green valley.
#photography #landscape #nz
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 562
I got 6/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 562
I got 6/10!
According to the Stevie Wonder song “Master Blaster (Jammin’)”, nobody ever told you that you would be jammin’ until [when]?
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August 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 562
I got 6/10!
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 562
I got 6/10!