Hi there...I'm new to the forum

T H O RT H O R Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
edited March 14, 2014 in Landscapes
I'm glad I found this place. I found it in a google search the other night. I look forward to hanging out here. It may take a while for me to get to know you all, so I'll start by sharing some photos from my collection. I haven't looked around on this forum much as of yet since I just found it, but I like what I see so far. I enjoy landscape photography, people photography, and astrophotography. I used an AstroTrac to photograph the Milky Way with my D800/E. It's a great device.

http://www.optcorp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Astrotrac&order=relevance&dir=desc


1. The window in Big Bend Tx

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2. Casa Grande, Big bend

D8E%20Casa%20Grande-X2.jpg

3. The Milky Way from Fort Davis, Tx

D80%20Milky%20Way%2035mm-X2.jpg

Todd

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2014
    Killer shots man! You found the right place! Cheers!
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited March 12, 2014
    Welcome!
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited March 12, 2014
    Welcome to Landscapes! You're off to a rockin' start! clap.gif
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2014
    Welcome to the forum!
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  • WirenWiren Registered Users Posts: 741 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2014
    Welcome
    Really cool stuff.... not too many of us post Astrophotog stuff, so your killer shots will be a very welcome addition to the landscape forum! clap.gif

    Love the landscapes as well... Texas country... I am glad that we'll be seeing some great work from the big country.

    Welcome to the group and be sure to post frequently... some of us respond a lot and some (like me ne_nau.gif) don't take the time they should to respond to every post.... time slips away I guess. But people look and for the most part appreciate.

    Lee
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  • silvio000silvio000 Registered Users Posts: 170 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2014
    Welcome Todd, i really like that tight crop of the milky way.

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 12, 2014
    Welcome to dgrin. I really like your opening shot of the window at Big Ben, great stuff.

    Your Milky Way shot is spectacular as well. Is that your Dobson telescope in your avatar?

    I look forward to seeing more of your astrographs, a subject I want to learn more about also.
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  • bocoboco Registered Users Posts: 710 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2014
    welkom en goed begonnen hoor.
    grt,boco.
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  • T H O RT H O R Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited March 13, 2014
    Hey pathfinder, yes that is my telescope. It is a 20-inch f/4.3 and it is an awesome scope. Can't really take photos with it though. It's visual use only, for the most part.

    Here is another astrophoto. This is M31, the Andromeda galaxy and it is approximately 2.8 million light-years from Earth. I took this with my AstroTrac and my Nikon D800 with the older Nikon 500mm f/8 mirror lens (bought it used for $200) and it's great for this type of photography. The exposure was 8 minutes at ISO 2000.

    D800%20M31%20fix-XL.jpg.

    Todd
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited March 13, 2014
    Very nice stuff, Thor. The AstroTrac is very popular in other forums I frequent. Was the above a single shot or produced from subs?
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited March 13, 2014
    I got all excited when I saw "Santa Clara" listed as a place AstroTrac was having an event...then I realized, 2011. :(
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited March 14, 2014
    Awesome pic of M31! clap.gif
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  • T H O RT H O R Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited March 14, 2014
    This image of M31 was a single exposure and I processed it in the Nikon capture software NX2.
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