First attempt of Time Lapse of Comet Lovejoy

[Star Hunter]

This is my first attempt at TL of the stars. The comet is seen towards the end of the clip.

http://vimeo.com/34206003

The movie was shot over Dec.25/26 between 1930hr and 0220hrs. Camera and lens used: Nikon D3s, 16/2.8.

ISO was 800 but should have been 1600 and will shoot in RAW not JPG.

[renormalised]

Very dramatic entrance for the comet!!!!

Good :)

[naskies]

Hi James, nice work! I agree with Carl - very dramatic!

Have you tried to push the exposure of the darker frames a bit? It looks like you may have some good data lurking in the shadows there. On my full-frame Canon, I find that shooting RAW gives me up to +/- 3 stops latitude in exposing the middle histogram data... which also means that you can easily render High Dynamic Range shots from individual RAW files.

[Star Hunter]

Hi guys,

I agree with Dave (Naskies) that one should shoot RAW. I will do this as I know I will have more control over the images re ,light levels etc. Will try again tonight. It was just a test to see I go. Now I'm ready for it.