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Astrophoto : first shots


Guest dardano

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Guest dardano

Hi guys,

 

Here are three pictures taken on saturday March 30th between 9:30PM and 10:30PM

Chemin du Moulin (Île d'Orléans) (orange zone)
+47° 1' 12.84", -70° 50' 32.89"
Transparency 3/5
Seeing 3/5
Nikon D300s + 18-200mm
ISO400
f/3.5

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18 minutes 52 seconds

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25 seconds

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20 seconds


Next try will be by adjusting ISO sensitivity and I will borrow a 14-24mm f/2.8 lens.

Fred

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Nice photos Fred, I especially like the 2nd one with Orion peaking through the trees

 

Thanks Edward. My father helped me to treat this photo (2nd). I only have Capture NX2.2 for treating photos. I will need to master some picture softwares to treat my photos.

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Yes. I love the third image.

Well done. I look forward to seeing what else you can do.

James

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All three pics demonstrate great control of the rig and good PA - something a lot of "first time" imagers struggle with. The trails are spot on in the first, the optics and tracking look great in the third with little or no elongation, nor bloating at the edges, and the middle one is a smashing wide field with a lot of interesting stuff in it - my favourite seasonal night sky.


 


For a first attempt all three are very impressive Frederic - you've obviously read up well and mastered the basics. Wtg!! :)


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Guest dardano

Hi !


 


I finally re-did the post processing using Lightroom 4.4.


 


Here the link to my Flickr album.


>http://www.flickr.com/photos/92256487@N05/sets/72157633173461956/comments/

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