The Southern Cross

[von Tom]

This is a stacked image of 74 photos taken with a Canon EOS 7D, 100mm, f/2, 5 sec exposures on fixed tripod, at ISO6400.

Shot through thin cloud in Mooball, April 2009.

Thanks for looking,

Tom

[Nico13]

Very ice work Tom, 5 seconds looks like it worked well.:thumbsup:

Ken

[atalas]

Nice when you sit back from your monitor....I like It!

[von Tom]

Thanks guys :)

[leon]

Good stuff Tom as soon as it opens it hits you in the eyes, well done for 5 seconds.

Leon

[Ross G]

A very nice photo Tom.

I really like the colours and the glow.

Ross.

[hotspur]

Cracker image!:thumbsup: Very gong worthy! Best astro image I've seen for a good while.

[lacad01]

Nice work :thumbsup:

[JB80]

Great image, I haven't seen the Southern Cross for a while now
It put a smile on my face. :)

[multiweb]

Nice shot. I like the big stars saturation and the small background stars. Makes a nice contrast. :thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Amaizing colours brought out Tom, and depth is great , the cross actually look as though its hanging just outside our atmosphere eh : ) Good one . .

[FlashDrive]

That is nice .. :thumbsup:

I like the colours :D

Flash :hi:

[dugnsuz]

Yep, I like it too.
Akira Fujii on steroids!!
http://www.davidmalin.com/fujii/source/af1-05_72.html
Cheers
Doug

[von Tom]

Thankyou for the kind comments everyone. I don't think I would ever be able to replicate the glow and colours artificially. Here is a 100% crop from the full image. 5 secs at 100mm seems just about right :)

Tom