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Old 17-11-2009, 09:35 PM
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Octane (Humayun)
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The Diamond Cluster (NGC 2516) in Carina

All,

This is all I imaged out at Belanglo the other night.

My first complete image taken with the splendid Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

I swore to myself I would never, ever, go above ISO-400 on a DSLR. However, I thought I'd see what was possible at ISO-800, bearing in mind how clean my terrestrial (wedding) photography come out at extreme ISOs (as well as my test Eta Carinae Nebula shot from the other day at ISO-1600). I have to say, I'm not disappointed.

This is a 4 hour presentation here and is a crop from the centre portion of the frame. This beautiful target would be well-suited to a longer focal length instrument.

Diffraction spike haters need not comment.

Read and view here.

Regards,
Humayun
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