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Old 23-04-2012, 05:58 PM
DJT (David)
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HI

OK..Its a really well framed shot but you are just a touch out of focus. If you can tighten up the focus this would be a really great shot and I like the trails across the frame.

However, your stars are also a bit bloated. You are pushing ISO 1600 but also on F1.8, an absolute light bucket so there are a hell of a lot of photons hitting the chip. This and the fact that its just a little bit out of focus means you are bloating away and as I think you have cropped this image its exagerrated.

Try stopping down the aperture a bit. You might find a bit of trial and error would help.

Am thinking you have used these settings because you are not tracking and the best you can get without recording star trails is around 8 seconds. Thats great but I reckon you can get away with reducing the aperture and get a good picture over the same exposure time
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