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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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

?....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...

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...

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