Nice work. My darks are firing now... we had an unexpectedly clear (and relatively warm) evening so I gave it a shot. Something like 12 x 120s, O-GPS1 Astrotracer, Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 at 70mm f/3.5. We'll see how it turns out.
Did you use the comet-stacking mode in DSS? I've never needed it, but I may try it out if I see comet blurring tonight. On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/16303458981/ > > This image is the result of using my Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 Macro on a > decidely non-macro subject this evening. I took several images and > stacked them using DeepSkyStacker and then did some more messing in > Photoshop with the resulting TIF. I lowered the contrast to pick up > the tail (which, unless it is just my wishful thinking/imagination, > can be seen all the way back to nearly beneath the Pleiades)! > > Most of the images were 30 seconds or less at different ISOs and the > camera and lens were mounted on a (roughly) polar-aligned Vixen > Polarie for tracking during the exposures. > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
