Constellations: Orion

cmr164

clenched fist under the lens barrel and the camera body braced on the table... If anyone had ever told me I would be taking pictures of stars without a tripod or a clockdrive while having dinner in the Philippines...

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ian408

cmr164 wrote:

clenched fist under the lens barrel and the camera body braced on the table... If anyone had ever told me I would be taking pictures of stars without a tripod or a clockdrive while having dinner in the Philippines...

iso1600
5.0sec
f2.8
45mm

Wow! For a handheld shot, it's pretty good!

Ian

aero-nut

ian408 wrote:

Wow! For a handheld shot, it's pretty good!

Ian

Agreed. Did you hold your breath too?

Mine would have looked like a painting that a 2 year old did with finger paint.

cmr164

aero-nut wrote:

Agreed. Did you hold your breath too?

Mine would have looked like a painting that a 2 year old did with finger paint.

Yes I did. Do bear in mind that a couple of liters of San Miguel had steadied my nerves and that heavy wooden tables do make good brace points.

Seriously, place the camera on the table, use a clenched fist under the lens to adjust the angle and you can have a pretty solid platform. Either use the timer or use your body weight like a sandbag to steady the camera while you depress the shutter.

Here is another from that same dinner table:

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pathfinder

cmr164 wrote:

clenched fist under the lens barrel and the camera body braced on the table... If anyone had ever told me I would be taking pictures of stars without a tripod or a clockdrive while having dinner in the Philippines...

iso1600
5.0sec
f2.8
45mm

Charles - I think you and I have a lot in common - My shot of Orion was tripod mounted at ISO 100 and hence had an exposure time of 30 sec at f4.0 - very close to your exposure of 5 sec at f2.8 ISO 1600. If you look at mine carefully you can see the star trails of the stars in ORION's belt as expected with a 30 second exposure without a star drive.

cletus

Nice shots Charles

cmr164

pathfinder wrote:

Charles - I think you and I have a lot in common - My shot of Orion was tripod mounted at ISO 100 and hence had an exposure time of 30 sec at f4.0 - very close to your exposure of 5 sec at f2.8 ISO 1600. If you look at mine carefully you can see the star trails of the stars in ORION's belt as expected with a 30 second exposure without a star drive.

The shorter exposure or perhaps the 1DmII sensor also seems to bring out the star color differences better. I think I could cut my iso to 800 and still use a 5sec exposure to drop the noise down also.

Cletus wrote:

Nice shots Charles

Thanks