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Weather Station Hardware => Other Weather Station Hardware => Topic started by: SlowModem on December 02, 2008, 10:27:43 PM
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My wife complainied that besides the bad picture my weather webcam was producing, there wasn't anything going on in the picture. After much serious consideration, I decided to put a wind sock in the picture so there would be some movement (well, as long as the wind was blowing). It was pretty easy to make one. All you need is a fence post (or a long stick) and a plastic grocery bag or a garbage bag. Step 1: Place fence post into ground. Step 2: Attach plastic bag. Step 3: Adjust camera. Hint: a black bag shows up in my picture better than a white bag. This may vary depending upon the background and lighting. Hint 2: A black bag does not show up well at night. I posted a picture of my masterpiece: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28973905@N04/3076801835 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28973905@N04/3076801835)
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Gotta love ol Piggly Wiggly! ;)
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....If bag disappears, it was really windy.
LOL
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Hint: a black bag shows up in my picture better than a white bag. This may vary depending upon the background and lighting. Hint 2: A black bag does not show up well at night.
You could do like the airports do with their windsocks, and put a light in the bag for night viewing...