So Cloudy.....but nice effect!

Hi all, I was just thinking, it's so cloudy of late, with no real prospect of seeing stars until at least thursday night so I thought i'd post a shot to catch you eye, It's a shot of Canis Major with Sirius of course, taken last February beside a nearby Lake I go to to shoot. A car pased by to light up the area where I pulled in, a 2minute exposure using Kodak Elitechrome 200 film, 50mm Lens. Many thanks to the Driver! Sometimes light pollution does work!



Hope you like it,
Keith..

Hope you like it,

Hope you like it he sez... jaysus Keith, where do I begin??

Fantastic Shot! AND on film!

:shock:


Seanie.

Glad you did Seanie I was just looking through some old shots, don't quite know how I forgot about it :lol: My notes say It was 0*C that night! worth it though.

jaysus Keith, where do I begin??

Just taken piggyback on top of my 8" SCT, motor on and polar aligned, film slr camera, cable release, 2 minute exposure.

Are U thinking of getting into astrophography?
Keith..

That is a great shot Keith. Great focus as well.

As for the "accidental lighting", remember that you can do the same using a flashlight by "painting" the immediate foreground with your flashlight's beam. It works quite well.

Anthony.

It took me a few second to figure out the constellation, its pretty rare that you see that one that clearly.!
Again, nice image and sharp focus.

Are U thinking of getting into astrophography?

I am. I have a 35mm slr camera (Cosina) with a couple of lenses. But the kind I am thinking of at the moment is with the T-adapter directly on the camera, and with an eyepiece.

I hope to get one of those Canon thingy's... a 300C or E, can't remember which ( :lol: )

But its going to be a slow progress for me. Money just keeps burning holes in anything its kept in at the moment, and none of it for leisure.

Seanie.