Novemeber 2008 Photo Thread!

[Xmetal]

Nice Dodge.

the first 2 make me feel dizzy lol.

[siddr20]

Lovely

What lens are you using to achieve 560mm of focal length?

Hopefully next year once i come back from europe im gonna buy a telescope and hook up the 40d to that..

Have you tried that pic at 10% crop??

Edited November 22, 2008 by siddr20

[Lepperfish]

Cheers man..

Canon 40D with 400 f/5.6L coupled with the canon 1.4x TC II... That already is cropped a bit, not sure of the % though..

Edited November 22, 2008 by Lepperfish

[siddr20]

Nice wish i had such big zoom lens!!

How do you find those extenders anyways? I wish they made one for efs lenses..

Any reason why you didn't choose the 2x extender?

[siddr20]

Sorry another quick question - why did you choose just a fixed 400mm lens? You do much sports photography? Or do you have the 100-400m lens?

[siddr20]

ah man I so have to try that! fully need to get myself a cable remote...

What camera you got?

i one for sale.. suited for 350d and ***d canon slrs.. 5 bucks..

if it doesnt work more than happy to give refund

reason for sale - sold the 350d ages ago and got no use for the cable!!

[siddr20]

can anyone recognize any star constellations here in this pic? I keep seing this arrow.. can you see it?? It points to a bright star!!

Edited November 22, 2008 by siddr20

[Basti]

thats orion. knew that from MIB. lol i only know that and the southern cross

[siddr20]

goes to google to get more info of orion!!

[siddr20]

WOW IT IS TOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OMG my first capture of a star constellation!! WOW

[Basti]

[siddr20]

Im quite happy!!!

Thanks for letting me know basti!! Ta

[siddr20]

OMG check this out..

What's even cooler to me, is that you captured your first nebula, too - the arrow I drew in the attached image points to M42 - the great nebula in Orion.

David

Wow, your rush job destroys anything I've attempted with star trails. The colors are awesome and I like the composition too. Congrats on your first constellation and deep sky object. The entire sword of Orion shows up very well. No failure here, just great work.

WOW so i captured my first nebula!!!

I always loved astronomy and hopefully next year once i come back from my europe trip i will be buying my first telescope!!

you know what that means

40d will be hooked up to that to capture some deep astronomy nebulas, clusters etc etc..

Edited November 22, 2008 by siddr20

[siddr20]

I just got my results back from that picture of ORION..

This is what i captured

Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:

(RA, Dec) center:(85.6738, -10.0638) degrees

(RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(05:42:41.712, -10:03:49.680)

Orientation:52.47 deg E of N

Pixel scale:288.60 arcsec/pixel

Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")

Field size :64.13 x 42.73 degrees

Your field contains:

The star Sirius (αCMa)

The star Rigel (βOri)

The star Betelgeuse (αOri)

The star Adhara / Adara (εCMa)

The star Bellatrix (γOri)

The star Alnilam (εOri)

The star Wezen (δCMa)

The star Mirzam (βCMa)

The star Alnitak (ζOri)

The star Saiph (κOri)

IC 2118 / Witch Head nebula

NGC 1976 / Great Nebula in Orion / M 42

IC 434 / Horsehead nebula

IC 2177

[Lepperfish]

Nice wish i had such big zoom lens!!

How do you find those extenders anyways? I wish they made one for efs lenses..

Any reason why you didn't choose the 2x extender?

With the 1.4x TC you only lose 1 stop of light. On my 400 f/5.6L with a 1.4x TC it actually becomes a 400 f/8L and auto focus is lost. If you use the same lens with a 2x TC it loses 2 stops of light so it would becomes a 400 f/11 L....

Also the 2x TC loses to much image quality as well. I hardly use my 1.4x TC..

[Lepperfish]

Sorry another quick question - why did you choose just a fixed 400mm lens? You do much sports photography? Or do you have the 100-400m lens?

I wanted a long lens for a decent price, I was not keen to fork out 10k+ for the 400 f/2.8L so I chose the f/5.6L version.

Basically it comes down to this for me. The 400 prime is sharper, faster to focus, more ergonomic and does't have that crappy push/pull system the 100-400 uses. I thought about a long lens for years before I bought one. I use it a fair bit for surfing and other kinds of shots, its a good lens. Tack sharp. I have the 70-200 f/2.8L IS for shots under the 400mm length

[siddr20]

Oh you got a 70-200 already.. That makes more sense now Wish i could afford it.. sigh

Thanks for the info about the extenders!!

Hopefully next year i can buy a telescope and hook up my slr to that!!

[Xmetal]

Saturday shoot, f**ked it something royal. I think i've lost the edge with car shooting.

[ZENNON]

What camera you got?

Nikon (D80)

just going to get one of these: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8245

Saturday shoot, f**ked it something royal. I think i've lost the edge with car shooting.

I say blame it on the car

[siddr20]

Xmetal - hmmmmm sorry but i just dont like the look of that car..

Did a quick test at 70mm with my new lens i bought today

I think it did just fine!! What you think?

Edited November 24, 2008 by siddr20