SPSP 10 DSLR time lapse

[Bassnut]

This is some 120 images stacked from the House (imaging feild).

The camera had the battery change twice, and I think it was moved each time.

30 sec exposures, some 3hrs I think (social conditions at the time prevent accurate recall :P).

Taken with a 40D, 50mm lens with a fish eye bolt on, 1600 ISO (I think).

The frantic activity on the left is Phill Hart producing masterpeices :D.

[Octane]

You've just taken widefield woose to a new level, Fred.

Shame on you. :tonguepoke:

H

[peterl]

Plenty of activity going on in this image .
Good work Fred..

[Bassnut]

Thanks H and Peter.

180 deg WW is acceptable, just, its either 180deg or 180arc secs (or less), thats the rule, anything else is not :P :poke::scared3: :D :thumbsup:.

[gary]

Certainly a hive of activity! It certainly is a real contrast from only a few short years
go ago where if I observed up at the House during SPSP I might be one of maybe three
people with a scope set up there. Monte would run his Tak rig with the SBIG camera
and would often sit inside, so it was not uncommon to look around and find you
were the only one outdoors at any one period.

[Octane]

hahaha, nice save! :grin:

H

[lacad01]

Nice work, looks like a Christmas decoration :lol:

[Bassnut]

Thanks Guys

Gary, the house seems to have become the default imaging field, so I go there now, shame its so far from the "others".

[gary]

Hi Fred,

It's great to see that area so well used these days. Last year, we had the rain,
but I noted in 2008 that the numbers really spiked, I gather on the back of the
recommendation of the Society to dedicate it to imagers with laptops and the like.

This year when I looked around on Friday night, it was really buzzing up there.
What's funny was that down on the main observing field, there were plenty of
people out but as someone commented to me, it seemed quieter than normal.
One working hypothesis is that the imaging crowd have the luxury of being the
more vocal as they wait around for the exposure to finish. :lol:

I wish I had a dollar for every time I've trudged up and down that track between the
House and the main field in the dark. :) Mind you, it is a good opportunity to ponder
the Milky Way if you don't stumble into the pot holes, but the avenue of trees
as you near the lower gate is normally a good test of the night vision. With the
light from the back of the Scout tent shinning back down that avenue during SPSP,
it makes it a real challenge if you want to see if you can negotiate it without the
assistance of the red flashlight. I'd hate to walk face-on into someone walking that
dark tree stretch coming in the other direction. :lol:

[RB]

Love the shot Fred, well done.
Quite unique in it's perspective for a star trail shot.

Any plans on removing the stars? :question:

(I suppose a bigger challenge would be to remove the torch trails.) :lol:

:poke:

[iceman]

That is very cool! Unique!

Nice one Fred, wish I was there!

[h0ughy]

I hope you weren't a bit fish eyed Fred, great result considering the condition...... ;)

[Bassnut]

Gary

Staggering up and down the road without a torch at 2am (dark adapted) is a pretty unusual wild experience indeed, very freaky. The sort of thing a urbanite would do a few times in a lifetime, well worth doing just to feel what its like ;-).

Imaging can be complicated with ppl getting assistance and opinions, so that tends to mix things up too. And yes, imaging starts, theres nothing to do, so you wander round and bother ppl.

Thanks Andrew, the fish eye does distort in a suprising way, produces a 3d looking "cone" of trails.

Thanks Mike, yes you should have been there :poke:dont let the job take over ;), anyway, hope you can come next year :thumbsup:

Thanks Dave, looking through a finder with a fish eye on the front in a fish-eyed state means you see next to nothing, some sequences were totally out of focus :P, even though the fisheye has a huge depth of feild.

[Phil Hart]

nice Fred!

that's the most attractive portrait anyone ever took of me ;)

[gregbradley]

Cool photo Fred.

Greg.