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    Astrophotography

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    Astrophotography

    hi guys, sorry I've been away for awhile. Here are a couple pics I've shot while away.bodes nebula/cigar galaxy and ring nebulas
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    Post your low light long exposures

    photo 1 has 4 galaxys in it two of them are smaller and fuzzy but the other two are bodes and cigar galaxys. photo 2 is a meteor fall over the house. photo 3 is of m42 in constellation of orion . photo 4 is a crop of bodes and cigar galaxys. all shot with either my d3100 or d5000. the one of the...
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    Astrophotography

    Hi dave,the darker reasons of space require larger apertures.ants can be had w 3 or 4 inch diameter models. Mine is a 8"(200mm) sct lx200 meade on a celestron cg5asgt equitorial mount w a celestron st -80 for a guide scope.just be aware that astrophotography requires lots of pics,stacking and...
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    Astrophotography

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    Post your Moon Shots

    April 4,2015....nikon d5000 roughly a 600mm fx lens (300mm x 1.4 teleconveter x1.5 crop adjustment for fx lens on a dx body)f/4 ss 1/1600 iso 100
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    April 2015's Blood Moon - Post your shots

    This was my first time shooting an eclipse and creating a collage. I used the d5000 with a 300mm+1.4 teleconverter=420mm at f/4 iso 100 and ss of 1/1600 on a tripod...from my suburban front yard
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    low light action scenes, zoom or aperture?

    Hey everyone, when yall shoot action in low light do yall go with a higher zoom lower aperture or a larger aperture lower zoom? The reason I ask is, when I shoot moving objects with faster glass lower zoom the pics seem grainy when cropping the subject. Conversely when I shoot with higher zoom...
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    Comet Lovejoy

    Hi everyone, greetings from suburbs of memphis, tn. the photos that are attached are of comet lovejoy last night 1-5-15. some are processed to increase contrast and brightness,others are stacked and processed. All were shot on a Nikon d5000 with a 50mm f/1.8 or a 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6, tripod...
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    anyone use an opteka flash???

    hi, i have a d3100 & d5000 and want to use an opteka flash ef710dg-n which is supposed to be a i/e/super ttl flash???(dependent on which web site you look under)anyway after my last post about flashes i am now trying to figure out how to change the power/speed of my flash however there is no lcd...
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    max flash sync speed

    ?....I started trying to research this but I'm just getting a little bit confused.I understand the need for a flash and I understand the desire for having a flash off camera however the d3100 and d5000 don't have flash commander capability so I'm looking at some of the aftermarket flash...
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    Infrared

    so i downloaded a new plugin for photoshop elements (free) it was called simpelfilter le heres the site SF ColorMixer it works well.i think i overexposed the pic to begin with hence lack of clarity.however i seem to be unable to get the trees/shrubbery to become white like i see in alot of the...
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    my first false color infrared

    trying to figure out pse 11,there is definitely a learning curve.anyway let me know what you think and any helpful suggestions are always welcome
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    intergalactic and planetary

    attached are pleiades contellaion and two of andromeda galaxy
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    fun with rain

    hi everyone i decided to go out and take some shots in an attempt to photo stop rain using ss above 1/1000 iso above 800 and various apertures.
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    ettr(expose to the right) low light photography

    attached is the same photo run through the new beta nikon nx-d program again it needs further tweeking but there is definitely more info there.thanks for the program link aroy
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    ettr(expose to the right) low light photography

    hi everyone per my reading of astrophotography web sites i came across a method called ettr(expose to the right)which refers to exposing on the right side of the histogram. by doing this you essentially raise the iso,open up the aperture and slow down the shutter speed to allow maximum light...
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    Post your Moon Shots

    Re: Moon HDR attached are my newest latest and greatest d3100 thru my telescope
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