Widefields on the EQ platform

[iceman]

Here's a couple of teaser/samples from last night..

Widefield on the EQ platform, with the 350D on a fixed tripod on top of my EQ platform.

Used the 18-55mm lens @ 18mm, f/3.5 @ 90s, ISO 800.

These shots are completely unprocessed, simply converted from RAW, auto-levels and saved as jpeg websize.

I've got a series of 7-10 of each to stack and process, will get to them in the next few days I hope.

Thanks for looking.

[RB]

Not bad at all Mike.
Can't wait for the final versions.

:thumbsup:

[Striker]

Its great when you get results with simple methods...Well done Mike.

The images would have been better if you had LowePro bag though no question....lol

[h0ughy]

Very nice Mike good work. nice last night, but very turbulent. I saw lots of meteors.

[Itchy]

These look very promising Mike.

[iceman]

Thanks guys, being just single shots i'm pretty pleased wih the detail.

Will attempt stacking them soon. I also think I have enough coverage for a long mosaic of the milkyway - I hope!

[iceman]

Here's a quick pass of those 3 jpegs above through registar (then screenshot and paste into photoshop).

Looks promising, hopefully it will turn out better with the full versions, oh and a bought version of registar too..

[iceman]

Autostitch did a great job on the jpeg's too.. (stitched, opened in photoshop, slight curves adjustment and crop to rectangle).

I also noticed on the autostitch (http://www.autostitch.net) website that there are now a few commercial tools using the autostitch technology.. might be worth purchasing one of those so that you can feed in TIF's instead of JPEG's.

[asimov]

Wow Mike....thats a very nice result! Well done.

[davidpretorius]

had a look at another drool at a 350d on the weekend at a camera shot, you are not helping by posting this lovely stuff!


well done

[middy]

Lovely shots :thumbsup:

I never thought of imaging several sections of sky and stitching them together. I'll put in on my growing list of things to image. ;)

[FOOTPRINT]

Hi Mike,
A very good effort on the Montage of the Milky Way, great contrast and colour, are you going to try the same thing in one/two shots with the Fish-eye lens, you could get horizon to horizon.


regards........Jim

[iceman]

Thanks guys.

Yeh Jim, that's the plan when scorpius is over head. Can't wait to try it.

[ving]

hey great shot mike! heaps of stars in that ;)

nice stitching too