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Dug
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 9:38 pm Post subject: Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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Taken just outside the front door
Lights courtesy of a passing farmer and background lights the city of Traralgon about 20km away
Looking due south
Lots of tiny dust specks on the sensor so it needs a good clean before trying again but not too bad for a 1 hour exposure |
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Dug
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 10:38 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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Mk 2
I just walked outside and this is a 10 second exposure.
Pretty amazing when you think this is a tiny section of the sky.
I am feeling pretty tiny at the moment
It's 6 degrees outside now so I don't think I will take any more tonight   |
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petero
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 1:28 am Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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I miss seeing lots of stars in Melbourne. The increase of light pollution since I was a kid means that there are a lot less stars visible.
This pic reminds of a school trip we took to the Flinders Ranges - masses and masses of stars - just amazingly beautiful. |
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Jodi B
Joined: 25 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 7:46 am Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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 Very very cool |
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pugwash
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 10:35 am Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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| That's amazing Dug. You've even managed to pick up the different colours. Some are yellow, like our own sun, and some are white or blue. |
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Dug
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: Re: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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| pugwash wrote: | | That's amazing Dug. You've even managed to pick up the different colours. Some are yellow, like our own sun, and some are white or blue. |
There is a way of capturing the different colours of stars in a photo
I will have to work on remembering how it goes
it is based on changing the aperture during the exposure so I am not sure if you can do it with modern cameras |
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Rachelle88
Joined: 08 Apr 2009
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Location: New South Wales
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 11:38 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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| That is so amazing... Love just sitting there and watching the stars but yeah I don't think I would be sitting outside when it is 6 only lol |
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Jade
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Location: Mornington Peninsula
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:15 am Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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| That's so gorgeous Dug, it makes me miss the farm so much, and qld where it is warmer in winter LOL |
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The Pook
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:38 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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Nice. what lenses were you using? And what settings? Do you set it to a low ISO so it doesn't come out grainy?
We have great stars here, especially on cold winter nights - you can see the Milky Way really clearly. |
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Dug
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:39 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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A 1 hour long exposure at f10 with a 17mm lens on a full frame DSLR equivalent to a 10mm lens on a "normal" DSLR. ISO was 400.
The main problem is battery power as you need to remember it takes another hour for the camera to process the image before you can switch it off 
Apart from that a shutter release, a dark sky, no clouds and a good tripod and away you go ! |
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Devilbiss
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:55 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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| Amazing. |
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michael whillier
Joined: 26 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:48 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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I love the pictures
Well don
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The Pook
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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| Is that glow in the south the lights of Melbourne? |
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Dug
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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No it is 200km to Melbourne and to the East of us.
Most of the light is from the Loy Yang power station and the city of Traralgon. |
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The Pook
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Saturday night in beautiful cowwarr |
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| Dug wrote: | A 1 hour long exposure at f10 with a 17mm lens on a full frame DSLR equivalent to a 10mm lens on a "normal" DSLR. ISO was 400.
The main problem is battery power as you need to remember it takes another hour for the camera to process the image before you can switch it off
Apart from that a shutter release, a dark sky, no clouds and a good tripod and away you go ! |
I just bought a remote yesterday. But I don't have a 10mm lens for my normal DSLR. Lenses for the Nikon are just too expensive. May have to buy second hand wide angles and macros. At least Nikon's are backwards compatible so maybe I can afford an old one.
When I bought the remote I asked about a 2x ring and was astounded to find that it costs over $500! For a piece of metal with no lens in it! Outrageous! It's nearly half the price of a macro lens. Not worth it. |
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