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First photo from tonight

  • 19-11-2006 2:04am
    #1
    Fenster
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    No meteors (got too cold to stay), but Mike and I got some great shots out at Ross Lake:

    300508336_41353ea6c8.jpg
    Ross Lake, tonight

    60 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 800, 28mm focal length. Only a straighten in Photoshop.


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  • #2
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    The horizon isn't perfectly straight.. It dips to the right a bit.. I think lol my eyes may be fooling me!

    Nice photo otherwise,
    I like it!

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  • #3
    BreadBoard
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    DeafVision wrote:
    The horizon isn't perfectly straight.. It dips to the right a bit.. I think lol my eyes may be fooling me!

    That's the curvature of the earth ;)


  • #4
    Dimy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Dimy


    Just out of curiousity, why did you shoot at f/2.8? You're doing a long exposure so you might as well go for max depth of field and shoot with a smaller apperture. Especially if you're shooting landscapes.


  • #5
    Carrigart Exile
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    BreadBoard wrote:
    That's the curvature of the earth ;)

    :D:D Great photo, isn't nature breath taking at times


  • #6
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    Aye, I could have downed the aperture and ISO and got some great star trails, but I was honestly trying to capture the stars and not star trails- if I want star trails I can just set up for a five or ten minute exposure. So far as that goes, I feel dissapointed and that I could have done much better, so I've emailed an astronomer friend about "stacking" shots. This is taking 10+ shorter exposures and processing them to get one great sharp shot. It's actually rather similar to exposure bracketing for HDR and it's often done in astronomy shots, although tutorials on it seem few and far between. Once I know more about it, I'll try and go out again around the city some night and try for better.

    And if anyone else tries this, put your camera's white balance to tungsten, it's a lifesaver.


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  • #7
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    DeafVision wrote:
    The horizon isn't perfectly straight.. It dips to the right a bit.. I think lol my eyes may be fooling me!

    Nice photo otherwise,
    I like it!

    I think that might be caused by the shore of the lake. The only reference I had to straighten the photo was the horizon, which would have been influenced by the shore, bleh.


  • #8
    mikeanywhere
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    Great shot mark


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