Very good, and thanks for including the shooting data. I tried 30" shots last fall in the north, nice clear skies, and only managed a few specks.
Humm Dave On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't had a chance to use stacking software to make a composite of > multiple star photos, nor have I had a chance to use photoshop's stitching > abilities to combine a sharp foreground from a straight tripod shot, with > sharp stars from an astrotracer shot. Also, it turns out that the night sky, > even before moonrise, in Joshua Tree National park is nowhere near as dark as > I expected or hoped. I sincerely hope that once I learn what I'm doing, I'll > be able to do a lot better with the K-5 and astrotracer. > > I'm posting these photos as kind of a baseline, in case you're thinking of > playing with the K-5 at night, out in the desert or something. In lightroom, > I diddled with the curves, exposure and such, so they aren't as bad as it > gets, but they certainly aren't as good as it gets. > > I'm using fluidr as the link because it shows ISO, these shots vary from ISO > 640-12,800 > > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629313109193/ > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
