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Old 29-10-2013, 04:50 PM
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Long exposure dishes (53 mins)

53 minutes in a single exposure? The Canon 6D eats that up.

The first image is a single 53 minute exposure captured at Narrabri. The dishes obviously moved during the exposure – at first I wished they hadn’t, but the more I look at it, the more I don’t mind it Gives it a sense of movement, along with the star trails which show the movement/rotation of the Earth!

Captured at ISO100, f/11, 24mm with the Canon 6D and 24-70mm lens, 53 minutes single exposure.

To show what the Canon 6D is like with long exposures, here’s a 100% crop, completely unprocessed. No noise reduction applied, just straight conversion from RAW to jpeg and cropped. No ICNR either.

The image was taken under moonlight so the sky is brighter than I would’ve liked, but it shows how great the 6D is in low light with long exposures, and how little noise there is!

The second is a shot similar to the top one, taken within a few minutes actually, but is just 18 minutes instead of 53 minutes of single exposure.

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The shorter 18 min exposure meant some of the settings were changed to get the same ‘light’. The second one was at ISO200, f/9.


I also took one with the one of the Dishes pointing towards the LMC.

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Old 29-10-2013, 05:03 PM
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Impressive Mike, that movement really adds to the overall outcome, like it very much.

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Old 29-10-2013, 05:34 PM
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Nice Mike!
Great result with the 6D, it's an awesome camera.
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Old 29-10-2013, 07:01 PM
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Nice work Mike. The 6D is a great camera and you keep showing I should push mine further
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Old 29-10-2013, 08:08 PM
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Wow! 53 minutes no problems - what a great camera! It would have been a pretty cool night, right Mike?

I really like the 18 minute shot, stars are a bit brighter.

Well done.
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Colours in the second shot are fantastic!
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Very nice series, Mike !
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Old 30-10-2013, 05:16 AM
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Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback.

I like pushing the 6D, and it hasn't let me down yet!
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Great looking photos Mike.

I really like the 1st one with movement.

53 minutes...impressive stuff!

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