Wide field astrophotography

[Compaq]

Photos will come, I just need to edit them first

So, keep an eye on this thread if you want to see some star shots. Also, if you'd like to give C&C, don't switch channel yet!

One man..................one camera...................one sky...................30 seconds of exposure....................an aperture of f/4...........................ISO value at 800....................what will happen?......................wait here to find out!

 

[dxqcanada5]

The suspense is killing me.

 

[Compaq]

Uploading to flickr now

 

[Compaq]

f/4
30 seconds
ISO ranging from 800-1000 in all except #


#1: how I move about with Big Dipper in the sky

Sykkelen og sekken by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#2: On the road to the Pleiades (small star cluster, looks like a mini little dipper)

Vegen mot Pleiadene by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#3: The Milky Way

Mjølkevegen by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#4: ISO 1600 here

Gruevegen by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#5: Big Dipper in some light polluted clouds

Karlsvogna by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#6: Moon rise with Big Dipper in the left

Måneoppgong og store karlsvogna by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#7: The Pleiades with some unknown planetary thingy or something, or maybe the Christmas star.. I dunno. Didn't notice that power line until back home, it's sort of annoying

Pleiadene og ukjend planet by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#8: Another Moon rise

Måneoppgong bak trer by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr


#9: Two birches looking and pointing at The Big Dipper

To bjørker peikar mot store karlsvogna by Anders Myhre Brakestad, on Flickr



What do you think? All shot with my Tokina 12-24mm/4, mostly at 12mm, but some may be a little zoomed in, can't remember and won't bother look it up.
Thanks for watching and commenting!

 

[dxqcanada5]

Hmm, I live in a city ... I am really happy if I see more than a dozen stars (Big Dipper and Cassiopeia) ... hmm.

 

[Compaq]

That must suck, I always look at the stars when I'm walking in the dark. Just started photographing them, though! Remember that you camera will capture way more than your eyes do, so it might be worth a try...

 

[dxqcanada5]

Yup, tried that ... too much light pollution.
The city never sleeps.

 

[889Media]

Hahaha... nice to see that someone else got some inspiration from one of your last threads too, and not only me! No work this upcoming weekend, so just hope the weather will be on my side. Anyways, back on track; you got some very nice pictures! Would like to see more of the milky way though... maybe used in the same way as some of those other shots, with more of the ground and trees etc. Anyways, good job!

Think test shots to use the camera as eyes will be a blast on the 1DX ;p just crank up the ISO to "sick high" and start shooting away

 

[Psytrox]

Nice photo's,
Your photographs remind me of a place, so I have to ask - were these taken at Ørland/Brekstad?

 

[Compaq]

Psytrox: all taken in the Ås area, Akershus.

The milky way was straight above me, don't think I would able to encorporate any foreground. Perhaps later in the year. And btw, this wasn't by far the brightest part of it, that part was under me

 

[Edsport]

#7 planetary thing is jupiter. Great shots...

 

[Compaq]

#7 planetary thing is jupiter. Great shots...

Thanks! I actually sent a mail to a Norwegian pop astronomer Knut Jørgen Ødegaard and asked


Anyway, here's the milkyway unedited version. Just look at that difference, very faint raw file, but I think I managed to bring out some detail in it.

 

[rrc]

Is there perhaps a guide/tutorial somewhere how to edit these photos?

 

[Compaq]

I'm sure there are somewhere, but I haven't really looked for them. I'd like to read some.

 

[momo3boys]

what changes did you make to the RAW file to bring out that much in the image?