My pictures : West & Deep Space

floastrofloastro Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
edited October 28, 2007 in Wildlife
Hi Guys,


I am new on this group.

My name is Florent (35), I live in France 40 miles from Paris in a small village.

My two subjects in photography are the West of the US and the Deep Space (galaxies, nebulas).

You can discover my work on my web site (in english & in french) at :

http://www.poigetdigitalpics.com/poiget.html



My last deep space picture :



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The Whirlpool galaxy located 37 million light-years from the Earth. 17hrs of exposures, on 6 nights have been necessary.


And my last pictures of the West, taken in June, are here : http://www.poigetdigitalpics.com/USA2007.html


I hope to stay with you for a long time.


Enjoy !!!!!


Warmest Regards,

Florent:barb
Other Worlds : http://www.poigetdigitalpics.com/poiget.html

Comments

  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,990 moderator
    edited October 27, 2007
    Hi, Florent and welcome. wave.gif Your pic is stunning, as are many of the shots in your gallery. clap.gifclapclap.gif. Can't wait to see more of your stuff.

    Regards,
    My Pics
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2007
    Wow! C'est magnifique! My French is horrible but that is one fine image! thumb.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2007
    Fine, I'll be the one to ask.

    What in the world did you use to get such a shot? Did you use film and just re-expose the same frame for the 6 nights, or did you combine 6 shots in photoshop? I have no idea about how you went about getting this shot, but I sure would like to know...

    EXCELLENT SHOT clap.gif
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  • floastrofloastro Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited October 27, 2007
    Thank very much guys for your welcome wings.gif


    After the Deep Space, another world :


    ETinBrycebis.jpg
    E.T in Bryce, Bryce Canyon Utah (June 2007)
    Enjoy !!!!!


    Florent thumb.gif
    Other Worlds : http://www.poigetdigitalpics.com/poiget.html
  • floastrofloastro Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited October 27, 2007
    i_worship_the_King wrote:
    Fine, I'll be the one to ask.

    What in the world did you use to get such a shot? Did you use film and just re-expose the same frame for the 6 nights, or did you combine 6 shots in photoshop? I have no idea about how you went about getting this shot, but I sure would like to know...

    EXCELLENT SHOT clap.gif


    About the West of the US, I use my Nikon F4 camera with Fuji Provia 100 ISO slide films. A professionnal photographer digitalizes my best slides in high resolution. After that, i prepare them for big prints in a professionnal laboratory.


    About my deep space images, I use my SBIG ST-10XME CCD camera using one Kodak KAF-3200ME Black & White CCD chip. I take several images and I combined them to have one final image.

    To know more about my astronomical camera you can visit the page of SBIG company : http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/st10.htm


    About my Whirlpool galaxy image, this is my telescope i used for it. I am the guy close to the telescope :


    FLOphoto.jpg



    The telescope uses a carbon fiber tube to avoid the temperature effects on the focus point, the mirrors.

    The big black object under the telescope is my heavy Losmandy TITAN equatorial mount with its two servo motors controlled by the onboard computer. With it, the telescope can follow the stars, the objects taken in the night.


    Close to my hand, the small black object is my ST-10XME CCD camera connected on my HP 9530ef laptop computer.
    Other Worlds : http://www.poigetdigitalpics.com/poiget.html
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2007
    clap.gif great photo & information on how you did it:ivar

    welcome Florentthumb.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2007
    Wow! Glad to have you here. :D
    Jen

    Gallery of mine...caution, it's under CONSTANT construction! | Photo Journal

    In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~Aaron Rose
  • jonh68jonh68 Registered Users Posts: 2,711 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2007
    Wow!
    www.jonimages.com
  • floastrofloastro Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited October 28, 2007
    Jen and the other,


    Thank you so much for your welcome. I hope i could post other astronomical images very soon if the weather is good in november. I began an image about another galaxy.

    I continue to work on the slides taken in the West of the US on June.

    Warmest Regards,

    Florent wings.gif
    Other Worlds : http://www.poigetdigitalpics.com/poiget.html
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