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These are great. Really like the first one. So much texture to it. What equipment you using? Whats the location?

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@aleach2 Thank you!!

 

All taken at Deal in Kent with a Nikon D610, Nikon 24-70 f2.8 and Tiffen Variable ND filter and Tripod. The boat was without the Tripod and Variable ND. Tweaked in Lightroom CC.

 

It was really windy under the pier, struggled to stop my camera blowing over on the tripod.

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I don't profess to be a photographer, but I own a lot of cameras and have a mild interest... took this at the weekend and love it.

 

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Diverted via the New Forest due to an accident on the A31 yesterday. Came across some free-range ponies (apparently it was a stupid question to ask if they produced free-range eggs). Grabbed a couple of snaps on my phone as didn't have my DSLR with me.

 

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Nice! What did you use to take that with and on what settings? I've been trying astrophotography off and on (had to take a break this winter due to a total lack of viable sky die to cloud cover since November!

I have a Celestron scope with a 35mm ring adapter but my efforts always come out a bit blurry or I leave the exposure too long and get the stars moving :(

 

Snapped an Orion Nebula last night :) Not been clear around here for ages

 

 

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Nice! What did you use to take that with and on what settings? I've been trying astrophotography off and on (had to take a break this winter due to a total lack of viable sky die to cloud cover since November!

I have a Celestron scope with a 35mm ring adapter but my efforts always come out a bit blurry or I leave the exposure too long and get the stars moving :(

 

I wasn't using a telescope for that... Equipment was..

 

Canon 70D

Canon 55-250mm IS STM @ 250mm

ISO800

77 Second Exposure.

iOptron SkyTracker V2

 

The SkyTracker is what made it work, it mounts on to a tripod and the camera attaches to it. It rotates with the earth to counter the trailing of stars on long exposures. Without it there would be massive star trails. I am actually just starting out with Astrophotography myself so learning lots everytime I go outside, although tonight it only took 10 minutes for the clouds to come :(

 

This is tonights result on a Tamron 150-600mm Lens:

 

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The alignment wasn't perfect and probably had the ISO up too much as the center looks overexposed. Hopefully I'll be going down the route of taking multiple images and stacking them together.

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Well, I don't think I can quite justify spending £350 on a tracking mount just yet :(

It's a shame because Jupiter is very clear atm.

You can make your own tracker very cheaply and simply.

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Well, I don't think I can quite justify spending £350 on a tracking mount just yet :(

It's a shame because Jupiter is very clear atm.

 

Same here, I've been saving for a while for it, if you already have a ball head on a tripod you can buy it without the ball head for around £290.

 

I've only actually had it a week, looking forward to more clear skies.. can't wait to start taking multiple images and stacking them. Like pcstru mentioned there are other types of mounts you can get as well as some DIY ones. Not sure how good they are, the iOptron comes with a polar scope and mobile app so you can easily align it with polaris.

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For anyone that enjoys (mainly) rugby photography, check out my Flickr.

 

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There are a few shots of other things in there too, like this visitor to a classic car show (that's my car in the foreground)

 

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A couple from Seasalter this weekend - the hut shot is 3 vertical shots merged - shot through a variable ND filter and not as sharp as I would like:

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