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28-09-2008, 09:51 AM
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Geezz Doug you have done well there, I have a whinge about a fainty crossing my field of view and stuffing up an image but yours is something to talk about! Well done.
Top Shots.
Paul
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28-09-2008, 10:01 AM
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Woohoo! Sensational...
By the way, the image without the intermediate stage re-entry is great too, I see you have knocked it back to f/5.6. Looks sharp, what are your thoughts on the difference between f/4 and f/5.6? I seem to be able to get a slightly sharper image from my 70-200 if I stop it down to f/4.
Michael.
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28-09-2008, 10:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peeb61
Geezz Doug you have done well there, I have a whinge about a fainty crossing my field of view and stuffing up an image but yours is something to talk about! Well done.
Top Shots.
Paul
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Originally Posted by Tilt
Woohoo! Sensational...
By the way, the image without the intermediate stage re-entry is great too, I see you have knocked it back to f/5.6. Looks sharp, what are your thoughts on the difference between f/4 and f/5.6? I seem to be able to get a slightly sharper image from my 70-200 if I stop it down to f/4.
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Cheers Guys,
"LUCK be a lady tonight" eh!?
f4 v's f5.6 - not too sure, still experimenting. That said, I always run a star minimization action on all my pics anyway so perhaps f8 is looking good 
Cheers
Doug 
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28-09-2008, 10:18 AM
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Absolutely amazing Doug!!
By the way, I can't remember whether you said you had the IS or non-IS 70-200mm lens but there is an excellent lens test site www.photozone.de that does professional tests of most lenses.
The results for the IS version are here
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/19...review?start=1
and gives the centre resolution, edge resolution and chromatic aberration figuresfor the lens at different focal lengths and apertures. At 200mm it looks like f/5.6 is the way to go.
Cheers,
Steve
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28-09-2008, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by arkle
Absolutely amazing Doug!!
By the way, I can't remember whether you said you had the IS or non-IS 70-200mm lens but there is an excellent lens test site www.photozone.de that does professional tests of most lenses.
The results for the IS version are here
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/19...review?start=1
and gives the centre resolution, edge resolution and chromatic aberration figuresfor the lens at different focal lengths and apertures. At 200mm it looks like f/5.6 is the way to go.
Cheers,
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Non IS version Steve - wanted it primarily for Astro work so IS wasn't needed.
Cheers
Doug
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28-09-2008, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by dugnsuz
Non IS version Steve - wanted it primarily for Astro work so IS wasn't needed.
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Doug |
Cool, the results for that lens are here
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/19...review?start=1
It looks like, at 200mm, it's sharpest in the centre at f/5.6, but slightly sharper around the edges at f/8. I think I'd be going with f/5.6!
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28-09-2008, 10:38 AM
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Gee Doug that is such a lucky shot, it is probably the only one in existence, maybe the Russians will pay big money for it,   and by the way the image with out the fire ball is a beauty as well, nice going mate.
Leon
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28-09-2008, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by leon
Gee Doug that is such a lucky shot, it is probably the only one in existence, maybe the Russians will pay big money for it, and by the way the image with out the fire ball is a beauty as well, nice going mate.
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Cheers leon.
And to think I was cursing when I saw that big white track on the subs!!
Doug
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28-09-2008, 11:36 AM
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Who needs a motion detector? Beautiful widefield. The balance between the dense background and the nebulae seems just right at that aperature.
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28-09-2008, 11:37 AM
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Amazing capture Doug, talk about being in the right place in the right time. I really like the first image with the LMC in the background with the fire ball in front of it.
The last image without the white streaks is lovely as well.
Very well done.
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28-09-2008, 12:44 PM
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Who's a lucky boy.. I didn't even see a thing. Great luck you had the camera imaging at that time. A real winner.
Congratulations Doug.
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28-09-2008, 04:15 PM
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Amazing work, Doug! A great image on its own, and with the fireball, even better!
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28-09-2008, 06:24 PM
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As Mike said it's a very fine image just on it's own but with the re-entry it's a unique capture indeed.
A very lucky shot Doug, good timing mate, well done.
The final LMC image is fantastic.
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28-09-2008, 06:30 PM
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Damn! I spent a couple of hours visual on the LMC that night, but didn't start until 2:30am! Fantastic to see so many tiny trail in the shot!
Cheers,
Jason.
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28-09-2008, 06:37 PM
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Thanks all
Doug
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28-09-2008, 08:45 PM
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Amazing capture Doug.
That's funny as I was just thinking last Friday night that I have yet to see some spectacular thing like that given the number of hours I have spent out in the night with this hobby.
Next time!
Greg.
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28-09-2008, 09:19 PM
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Impeccable timing Doug. Well done. LMC looks a treat too.
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28-09-2008, 09:55 PM
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Billions and Billions ...
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Verrrry cool!! Now, go buy a lottery ticket!
Cheers, Marcus
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28-09-2008, 10:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregbradley
Amazing capture Doug.
That's funny as I was just thinking last Friday night that I have yet to see some spectacular thing like that given the number of hours I have spent out in the night with this hobby.
Next time!
Greg.
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Originally Posted by jase
Impeccable timing Doug. Well done. LMC looks a treat too. |
Quote:
Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Verrrry cool!! Now, go buy a lottery ticket!
Cheers, Marcus
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Thankyou Gents
Nice to get lucky once in a while!
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