iceman
29-10-2013, 04:50 PM
53 minutes in a single exposure? The Canon 6D eats that up.
The first image is a single 53 minute exposure captured at Narrabri. The dishes obviously moved during the exposure – at first I wished they hadn’t, but the more I look at it, the more I don’t mind it Gives it a sense of movement, along with the star trails which show the movement/rotation of the Earth!
Captured at ISO100, f/11, 24mm with the Canon 6D and 24-70mm lens, 53 minutes single exposure.
To show what the Canon 6D is like with long exposures, here’s a 100% crop (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/528), completely unprocessed. No noise reduction applied, just straight conversion from RAW to jpeg and cropped. No ICNR either.
The image was taken under moonlight so the sky is brighter than I would’ve liked, but it shows how great the 6D is in low light with long exposures, and how little noise there is!
The second is a shot similar to the top one, taken within a few minutes actually, but is just 18 minutes instead of 53 minutes of single exposure.
- Large 1 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/532)
- Large 2 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/531)
- Blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/dishes-in-long-exposure/)
The shorter 18 min exposure meant some of the settings were changed to get the same ‘light’. The second one was at ISO200, f/9.
I also took one with the one of the Dishes pointing towards the LMC.
- Large 3 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/530)
- Blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/the-dish-and-the-lmc/)
Thanks for looking!
The first image is a single 53 minute exposure captured at Narrabri. The dishes obviously moved during the exposure – at first I wished they hadn’t, but the more I look at it, the more I don’t mind it Gives it a sense of movement, along with the star trails which show the movement/rotation of the Earth!
Captured at ISO100, f/11, 24mm with the Canon 6D and 24-70mm lens, 53 minutes single exposure.
To show what the Canon 6D is like with long exposures, here’s a 100% crop (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/528), completely unprocessed. No noise reduction applied, just straight conversion from RAW to jpeg and cropped. No ICNR either.
The image was taken under moonlight so the sky is brighter than I would’ve liked, but it shows how great the 6D is in low light with long exposures, and how little noise there is!
The second is a shot similar to the top one, taken within a few minutes actually, but is just 18 minutes instead of 53 minutes of single exposure.
- Large 1 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/532)
- Large 2 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/531)
- Blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/dishes-in-long-exposure/)
The shorter 18 min exposure meant some of the settings were changed to get the same ‘light’. The second one was at ISO200, f/9.
I also took one with the one of the Dishes pointing towards the LMC.
- Large 3 (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/530)
- Blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/the-dish-and-the-lmc/)
Thanks for looking!