Trip to Australia

Hi all,
Just got back from a trip to Australia with the in-laws and I made a first attempt at some wide-field photography with my Canon 400d. I also had a chance to make and test out a basic barn-door tracker and I was impressed with the results (in my opinion anyway...).

I've tweaked levels a small bit in photoshop and have thrown in a couple of starbursts for effect on 1 or 2 of the shots, but let me know what you experienced guys think. I will certainly be setting up the barn-door here and giving it a go.

Thanks
Stephen

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Stephen, I'm very envious of you, thanks for posting these shots, they are fantastic, I love the widefield milkyway shots!!

Keith..

Great shots Stephen. I love the shot of the planets from the Gold Coast. Is that Jupiters casino in the foreground? Another place I used to frequent:lol:

johnomahony wrote: Great shots Stephen. I love the shot of the planets from the Gold Coast. Is that Jupiters casino in the foreground? Another place I used to frequent:lol:

Thanks for the comments guys. It was pretty special, seeing the 4 planets against that background alright!
John, Jupiters was out the other side of our apartment and unfortunately the House won on my last visit there

nice shots
four planets all together, pretty cool

Thats a classic shot there Stephen, very nice.