[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I like the second exposure the most out of all of them. Lovely work.

Thanks I enjoy hearing which is people's favorite, thanks

Originally Posted by jase

Wow, this is lovely work Roger. The foreground objects really set the scene. Would like to see a little more saturation, but that's a personal taste. More please! Well done.

Thanks Jase, much appreciated I was toying with the saturation for some time. I won't rule out tweaking them some more and adding more I was really struggling with getting that sense of realism rather than "you beaut big bold colourful astro pic", so have been a bit softer on things like saturation I think.

Originally Posted by leon

Very very nice images Roger I really love the wide field stuff, the foreground really sets then off

Leon

Thanks Leon

Originally Posted by midnight

Roger,

I love the wide field stuff. My fav is the second one.

How do you find your F1.4 50mm lense? I've had mine for about 6mths and I love it - esp for the quality at its price. I find stopping down to F4.0 to be magic but even F2.8 will tame it fairly well. Great lense for constellation photography.

Well done.

Darrin...

I really like the 50mm, but don't find much use for it to be honest. Value for money it's a nice to use lens. I'd love to use it for more portrait stuff but haven't built up the guts to take photo's of many people yet. At fast focal ratios it requires such precise focus that can be a challenge sometimes for me too. I don't wear glasses but sometimes with lenses like this one I think maybe I should. I'm surprised how little I've used it for astro shots so far, this trip really was only the second or so night I think I've tried it. It's high on my list for next time, like you suggest for constellations. The F/1.4 made it such a joy to focus and frame the FOV's with, it was great to use. Just then have to stop it down a bit for the actual pics

Thanks for your reply and good to hear your favorite.