Orion of Old

Brillant Shot Dave, Thanks for posting.




I bet you've been trawling through those old photos lately

Keith,
that is spectaular! :shock: You don't even have any light pollution coming up in that shot for a 30 minute exposure ON FILM! Were you looking out to sea at that time?

Wow Keith, superb colours and details!

Thanks guys Can't believe it was lying in my files for this length of time, one thing I forgot to mention, the only processing done on this was with a free 30 day trial of russell croman's Gradient Exterminator!! It's a plug-in for PS7, Highly recommended. It is excellent at getting rid of most of the light pollution, however, this shot did'nt have much to begin with.

What sort of camera was that?

Jed, I used a Phenix DC303NE film slr camera, still have the original box

what mount did you use to track the camera, did you use any light pollution filters?

Dave, Just piggyback on the C8 SCT, and no light pollution filters(did'nt even know what that was then :oops: )

Were you looking out to sea at that time?

Seanie, this was taken at a nearby lake by where I live, about 4 miles away, nice & dark!!

Glad you liked it, It was nice to see an old shot like that again.
Keith..