Good Old Days
Apr 14, 2016 18:22:59 #
Here are some shots I took 2 yrs ago when I first started Astro Photography.
1. Running Man M43
2. Jupiter with the Great Red Spot and 4 Moons.
3. The Comet Lovejoy
4. The Orion Nebula, not sure why it's so Blue coming out of DSS.
1. Running Man M43
2. Jupiter with the Great Red Spot and 4 Moons.
3. The Comet Lovejoy
4. The Orion Nebula, not sure why it's so Blue coming out of DSS.
Running Man M43
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Jupiter with the Great Red Spot and 4 Moons
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The Comet Lovejoy
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The Orion Nebula
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Apr 14, 2016 20:41:24 #
Apr 14, 2016 20:52:18 #
astroturf wrote:
:) :thumbup:
Thank you for the thumbs up Darren.
Craig
Apr 14, 2016 22:25:28 #
Yes, it has been a learning experience.
Here is my first attempt at Orion Feb 10, 2012. This looks like the first attempt. A 45mm, 4 sec shot at ISO 800. I had a Minolta 35-70mm f4 zoom lens and I gave it a try and realized that I could do it. It has always been easy focusing with the Sony camera. Its all the other stuff I have had to work on.
Here is my first attempt at Orion Feb 10, 2012. This looks like the first attempt. A 45mm, 4 sec shot at ISO 800. I had a Minolta 35-70mm f4 zoom lens and I gave it a try and realized that I could do it. It has always been easy focusing with the Sony camera. Its all the other stuff I have had to work on.
Apr 14, 2016 22:32:46 #
JimH123 wrote:
Yes, it has been a learning experience.
Here is my first attempt at Orion Feb 10, 2012. This looks like the first attempt. A 45mm, 4 sec shot at ISO 800. I had a Minolta 35-70mm f4 zoom lens and I gave it a try and realized that I could do it. It has always been easy focusing with the Sony camera. Its all the other stuff I have had to work on.
Here is my first attempt at Orion Feb 10, 2012. This looks like the first attempt. A 45mm, 4 sec shot at ISO 800. I had a Minolta 35-70mm f4 zoom lens and I gave it a try and realized that I could do it. It has always been easy focusing with the Sony camera. Its all the other stuff I have had to work on.
It's there, it's there I see it.
Craig
Apr 14, 2016 23:14:05 #
CraigFair wrote:
It's there, it's there I see it.
Craig
Craig
I do too, barely. Three years ago, I was barely aware of what was lurking there.
Also in 2013, although not immediately, I used my Sony 18-250mm walk around lens to shoot the moon at f6.3. First picture.
The 2nd picture is taking the original and using Lightroom (tonight) to warm it up a bit. I had no idea about adjusting WB in 2013. Nor did I have Lightroom. But I did have Photoshop Elements.
And of course, there has to be a first M31 attempt, 3rd picture. It is only 4 sec, and done at ISO 12800. I had no means to track. There is no EXIF info on this shot, so it must be my old Asahi Pentax Takumar 300mm f4 m42 lens. I remember taking many test shots trying to find Andromeda since I couldn't see it on my own. I had the tripod and would take a shot. Look and see if I had it, and if not move over a bit and try it again. Took a lot of trial shots to find it.
Apr 15, 2016 01:02:38 #
"A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away.... "
Just look at what you can do today. Vast improvements....
Now gimme 10 squat thrusts. :shock:
Glad you are improving, Craig.
Just look at what you can do today. Vast improvements....
Now gimme 10 squat thrusts. :shock:
Glad you are improving, Craig.
Apr 15, 2016 11:25:42 #
SonnyE wrote:
"A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away.... "
Just look at what you can do today. Vast improvements....
Now gimme 10 squat thrusts. :shock:
Glad you are improving, Craig.
Just look at what you can do today. Vast improvements....
Now gimme 10 squat thrusts. :shock:
Glad you are improving, Craig.
Thank you Sonny.
The Squat Thrusts would be a killer alright.
I can squat 1/2 way though.
I will be ready for the big desert get together this year.
Craig
Apr 15, 2016 11:27:08 #
JimH123 wrote:
I do too, barely. Three years ago, I was barely a... (show quote)
Amazing what you were able to do with such minimal equipment Jim H.
Nice shooting.
Craig
Apr 15, 2016 22:50:42 #
Going to go back in time a little farther. This is an Olympus C720Z I bought in 2002. This is a 3M pixel camera, my 2nd digital camera, the first being a 1M pixel Olympus bought in 1998. (I did try a star image with this camera too, but I don't see it any more, so I probably didn't save it -- it is worse than the one I am including!)
This picture is an 8 sec, ISO 400 at f2. (pretty easy for Olympus to make an f2 lens with such a tiny sensor!)
I remember looking at this image and thinking how many stars I was seeing. What I didn't know about at the time was this thing called "Hot Pixels". As I look at this picture, I think I can actually find 5 or 6 stars. All the rest are not stars!
And to think that I actually thought this was a good picture!
This picture is an 8 sec, ISO 400 at f2. (pretty easy for Olympus to make an f2 lens with such a tiny sensor!)
I remember looking at this image and thinking how many stars I was seeing. What I didn't know about at the time was this thing called "Hot Pixels". As I look at this picture, I think I can actually find 5 or 6 stars. All the rest are not stars!
And to think that I actually thought this was a good picture!
Apr 15, 2016 23:17:29 #
Adding another beauty from 2008. This time from the top of Haleakala in Maui. Using a beast of a camera, the Panasonic DMC-FZ18, which at the time was considered an extreme bridge camera (although I don't think the term bridge had been used yet).
This is a really dark sky. And this is a 60 sec, ISO 1600 at f2.8. The EXIF info says this image was 6mm, but it is equivalent to 28mm full frame. (A 1/2.5" sensor) This is an 8M pixel camera.
With a little imagination, you can actually make out a portion of the Milky Way taken at about 3AM (and was it ever cold there! -- And I'm sure the temperature helped improve the picture).
The view was much more spectacular than what the camera was recording -- But I tried.
I am also adding a shot from the top of Haleakala showing the sunrise with a thick morning cloud cover, but it was totally below the lookout point. It was truly dark on top of that old volcano.
This is a really dark sky. And this is a 60 sec, ISO 1600 at f2.8. The EXIF info says this image was 6mm, but it is equivalent to 28mm full frame. (A 1/2.5" sensor) This is an 8M pixel camera.
With a little imagination, you can actually make out a portion of the Milky Way taken at about 3AM (and was it ever cold there! -- And I'm sure the temperature helped improve the picture).
The view was much more spectacular than what the camera was recording -- But I tried.
I am also adding a shot from the top of Haleakala showing the sunrise with a thick morning cloud cover, but it was totally below the lookout point. It was truly dark on top of that old volcano.
Apr 16, 2016 02:00:15 #
JimH123 wrote:
Adding another beauty from 2008. This time from t... (show quote)
Boy Jim, those are some really beautiful shots.
The MW is impressive for that Camera.
Craig
Apr 16, 2016 07:35:56 #
I love your Lovejoy image the best, I too on occasion go back and play with my older images, mostly just to see how my processing skills have improved.
Glad to hear you're on the mend
Matthew
Glad to hear you're on the mend
Matthew
Apr 16, 2016 11:26:31 #
Oknoder wrote:
I too on occasion go back and play with my older images, mostly just to see how my processing skills have improved.
Matthew
Matthew
It also shows me how much the technology has improved. Those early cameras just could not do what today's cameras can do easily. And it makes me wonder what tomorrow's cameras will be able to do?
Apr 16, 2016 13:03:06 #
Odd thing is when I use a DSLR I now use my old D5100 instead of my D800e. I like the swivel screen and I removed the hot mirror to increase Ha sensitivity. I bought a spare sensor and have stripped off half of the Bayer layer to make it mono. I checked it last weekend to make sure it still worked, before I continue taking off of the rest. It sucks losing the microlenses but it does seem more sensitive in the scraped areas.
Matthew
Matthew
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