Hi all,
This is the first image I have taken since November, 2007, and, also probably the worst. But, it's good to be posting something new for the first time in over 1.5 years.
It was taken up at the Pony Club on Saturday night. First light for both the G-11 and my modified 40D (thanks, Eric).
I experienced all the woes, trials and tribulations on Saturday night, that comes with playing with new equipment for the first time. Levelling, balance, polar alignment, et. al., were a major pain in the you-know-what, but, towards the later part of the evening, things started to come good. Thanks go to Geoff (gmb_filter), Deeno and Andrew (Rocket Boy) for assisting me with my equipment.
I only managed 1 hour and 40 minutes as the bottom of the frame started to sink below the trees (thank you, sigma-kappa stacking for removing the trees). I am not impressed with my framing; the constellation should have sat higher up in the composition, however, I did manage to capture M8 and M20, so, that was a bit of a bonus.
The skyglow gradient was pretty bad, but, IRIS handled it well, with some minor work having to be carried out in Photoshop.
Anyway, enough rambling.
Read and view
here.
Please be gentle.
Regards,
Humayun