dave.gt
Well-known member
Wow, for the last several months, since the acquisition of a D850, and using both the H5D, and a tiny Leica X1 for grins, I have been frustrated with the weather, location and the overall slow learning curve that I am on. Looking at all of the magnificent images in this thread, I really should pack up and head home.
The logistics of my finding and going to a dark sky area are impossible.
However, over the weekend, I read about the meteor shower event that was to be at its peak and Saturday was rainy and clouds remained the next day. So last night around 11:00pm, I sallied forth to my observatory... our terrace/patio in the backyard. Street lights abounding, I paid them little mind and set up the tripod anyway with the D850. Clouds... ugh... I shot them anyway and I have even made one interesting image with Jupiter and Saturn, shining bright and eerily through the clouds.
At 2:30am, I went back out on the terrace. More clouds, but I could see the stars quite well. I spent the next two hours shooting, checking the images on the computer and pretty much gave up when I walked out one last time to see how far the stars had moved. No clouds!
I set up quickly as it was 4:48am and sunrise would catch me or more clouds would move back in. Shooting went quickly with wide bracketing and I could clearly see the faint trail of the Milky Way on the camera screen.
My first captures of the Milky Way! They even looked similar to what I had seen online. :toocool:
In all, I have several images of what resemble Milky Way shots. They still suck, though...
Congratulations to me for reaching Level One!:
Here is one, complete with a meteor, or a bug:
The logistics of my finding and going to a dark sky area are impossible.
However, over the weekend, I read about the meteor shower event that was to be at its peak and Saturday was rainy and clouds remained the next day. So last night around 11:00pm, I sallied forth to my observatory... our terrace/patio in the backyard. Street lights abounding, I paid them little mind and set up the tripod anyway with the D850. Clouds... ugh... I shot them anyway and I have even made one interesting image with Jupiter and Saturn, shining bright and eerily through the clouds.
At 2:30am, I went back out on the terrace. More clouds, but I could see the stars quite well. I spent the next two hours shooting, checking the images on the computer and pretty much gave up when I walked out one last time to see how far the stars had moved. No clouds!
I set up quickly as it was 4:48am and sunrise would catch me or more clouds would move back in. Shooting went quickly with wide bracketing and I could clearly see the faint trail of the Milky Way on the camera screen.
My first captures of the Milky Way! They even looked similar to what I had seen online. :toocool:
In all, I have several images of what resemble Milky Way shots. They still suck, though...
Congratulations to me for reaching Level One!:
Here is one, complete with a meteor, or a bug: