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By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Big V on Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:01 pm

Took these last night at Silverton..near full moon for light!
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby aim54x on Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:06 pm

Great shots, I love the stars in #1 can I ask what the exposure time was?
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Wocka on Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:54 pm

W O W .....

Fantastic images, on first glance you would swear it was daytime when you took these shots.
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Darxtorm on Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:00 pm

Fantastic. What other light sources were you using? Also, did you stack or combine images for #2 to avoid star trails?

aim54x wrote:Great shots, I love the stars in #1 can I ask what the exposure time was?


Yes please, I too would like to find out some more of your process!

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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Big V on Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:07 pm

First shot was 40 2 minute shots combined, 400 ISO f4. Second shot was a single 75 second exposure, 400 ISO f4. No other light sources other than the fullish moon. Tonight I am going to try a 3 hour total exposure on the star trail.
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby rookie2 on Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:15 pm

stunning Virgs!! :up:

it must be 45C+ up your way - enjoy the night!

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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby DebT on Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:17 pm

Excellent Tony,
remind me to ask how you know exactly where polar south is to center the star trails
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby sheepie on Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:02 pm

Great shots - you have amazing patience with these long exposures!

Pity there's power lines in the second one, they aren't exactly nicely placed up there are they - seemed to get into every shot I took last time I was there.
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Jonesy on Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:41 pm

Great stuff Tony, at least it will be nice and warm for your attempt tonight
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Ben.bb on Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:50 pm

love #2 its so day like and the colour is awesome, very sharp image, good work! :up:
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby muzz on Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:06 am

Fantastic shots - another thing to try when next on holidays. Pretty hard to chimp with these I guess. Great work!
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Oneputt on Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:17 am

Marvellous images. Love them both :D
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Matt. K on Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:46 am

Amazing what a little moonlight can achieve! Great work!
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby fozzie on Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:28 pm

Big V - sensational work, and you should be very proud of them. Can not split the two images, they are that good.

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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Potoroo on Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:35 pm

Big V wrote:Second shot was a single 75 second exposure, 400 ISO f4. No other light sources other than the fullish moon.

How did you determine the exposure needed to be 75 seconds?
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby hrpremier on Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:45 pm

Outstanding pics Big V. Love number 2. Incredible considering only natural light was used.

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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Big V on Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:22 pm

The exposures were determined from past experience, have tried this before. It also helps to chimp :)
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Potoroo on Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:05 pm

Chimp?
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby gstark on Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:54 pm

Potoroo wrote:Chimp?


Yep.

Chimp!
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby blacknstormy on Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:06 pm

absolutely gorgeous BigV :)
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Re: By the light of the silvery moon

Postby Big V on Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:52 pm

Yup Chimp - how else are you going to check the histogram for correct exposure...
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