Astrophotography

Gary Bagshawe · 12-10-2007, 22:11

My 1st proper go at astrophotography, now depending on your monitor callibration depends on what you see.

Charlotte · 12-10-2007, 22:17

Yup, I see stars too

P-E · 12-10-2007, 22:18

I see the top of a tree bottom right

I like it

Gary Bagshawe · 12-10-2007, 22:26

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Originally Posted by P-E

I see the top of a tree bottom right

I like it

Just seen that myself too. bit of a tricky spot to be on a friday evening, apparently misbehaving businessmen and doggers hang about there on a Friday evening and then I turn up with my camera

many steamed up windows and people looking frustrated as I swanned about with my camera and tripod, had to stifle a giggle. (if you don't know what doggers are google it)

P-E · 12-10-2007, 22:28

Out of interest Gary......where is this place?

Gary Bagshawe · 12-10-2007, 22:37

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Originally Posted by P-E

Out of interest Gary......where is this place?

Out at a very empty redmires resovoir, very little light pollution unless you point he camera towards the city. straight up is fine or out towards the peak district, when I first got there didn't seem to be too many stars visible but after about 5 minutes the view was amazing. then some git put his/her headlights on and I couldnt see a bl##dy thing again.

silkstone · 12-10-2007, 22:51

I see stars and Mars - or is it the Milky Way.

Or the steam from the cars.....

Gary Bagshawe · 12-10-2007, 22:54

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Originally Posted by silkstone

I see stars and Mars - or is it the Milky Way.

Or the steam from the cars.....

Not sure if it's not a galaxy or some other kind of chocolate

Summerleft · 12-10-2007, 23:59

I see stars, some yellow fluff, a tree in the bottom right and George Bush on a broom stick top left and middling a bit.

Les Meehan · 13-10-2007, 11:56

And I thought Canon's were good with image noise!

mr cat · 13-10-2007, 14:28

whats the tenique for shooting the sky at night - I tried last night but the camera wasn't able to get any focus...400d with the nifty fifty...

Les Meehan · 13-10-2007, 15:11

If you don't have any foreground to worry about set the focus to infinity (i.e. anything over 30 metres distance). If foreground is included use the hyperfocal distance method (see thread/tutorial on this topic).

If you locate the Polaris (polar star), the rest of the stars will rotate around it during a long time exposure. Need to pick a clear night with as little ambient light as possible, i.e. deep in the country away from ANY source of light.

Les