Wow rich that is one scary eyeball shot
love all the autum shots.
Taavi I like the portrait angle were you handheld on a stepladder?

I picked up a Tring and adaptor for my 500D so I can attach it to my telescope, heres a test shot using it.



SD.

to your telescope?
/me faps

can you see further than moon?

Taavi&Sparky, nice shots

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to your telescope?
/me faps

can you see further than moon?

My current telescope is an 8" diameter Meade LX90 SCT.
very much like this one

I can see further than the moon yes, but its more about magnitude than distance, some of the fainter deep space objects are more challenging to photograph, needing much longer exposure times (sometimes hours) whilst accuratly tracking to counteract for the spin of the earth.
Also my location is near a busy road and vibration through the ground is a big issue.

Visually I have seen some stunning sights with my scope and continue to do so

I will try to take a shot of jupiter tonight I can see it out my window now thats over 450 million miles away! and post on here for you

Some of the stars you can see with the naked eye are over 3000 light years away!

Thanks for the comments!

SD.

Some more randomness.






Anxiously waiting for the K-5.

Quote from SparkyDave :

My current telescope is an 8" diameter Meade LX90 SCT.
very much like this one

I can see further than the moon yes, but its more about magnitude than distance, some of the fainter deep space objects are more challenging to photograph, needing much longer exposure times (sometimes hours) whilst accuratly tracking to counteract for the spin of the earth.
Also my location is near a busy road and vibration through the ground is a big issue.

Visually I have seen some stunning sights with my scope and continue to do so

I will try to take a shot of jupiter tonight I can see it out my window now

SD.

im very interested in this...so i checked the MI page, there are two models of that, which one is yours? im really very curious how the mars or jupiter looks like on a photo...also what are your camera settings while taking such pictures? (iso, exposuer,f)
and another question...how do you find your planet in the sky?

Quote from SparkyDave :

Wow rich that is one scary eyeball shot
love all the autum shots.
Taavi I like the portrait angle were you handheld on a stepladder?

I picked up a Tring and adaptor for my 500D so I can attach it to my telescope, heres a test shot using it.

SD.

Any chance of that in higher res? Would make a nice background.

I have one too. Sorry for the crap p&s quality.

Found this amusing:

nice graph

@ DeadWolfBones. Eeep!, I'm just at the first tripod stage....the next few months/years may not be a good time for me.....

...arse.

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Found this amusing:

indeed

Out last night after work and took some pics light edit in lightroom one or 2 might be 1600+ iso

Old stuff from the Cotswold Airshow






I may have posted a few before

My K-5 is finally here!

"hdr" is gay

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"hdr" is gay

I wasn't even trying to make it HDR, it's just how good the K-5's DR is.

just as you "postyourfacethread" pic

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just as you "postyourfacethread" pic

unrelated

Grats on the K-5, Taavi. Lovin' mine, too.

Quote from Tomba(FIN) :

"hdr" is gay

ORLY?
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hdr-plea.shtml

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ORLY?
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hdr-plea.shtml

ok let's put it in another way... "bad hdr is bad." I never think what I say

Taavi, its the large amount of clarity what makes it bad for my eyes

what is the last picture tavvi?

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what is the last picture tavvi?

A slightly dead mandarine.