LMC @ 40mm

rogerg (Roger) · #1 06-08-2006, 04:16 PM

Well I'm not feeling well today so am stuck inside. I managed to find some DSLR shots I haven't processed yet so thought I'd give'm a shot.

LMC:
http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom...m.jsp?Item=414

LMC cropped (from above):
http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom...m.jsp?Item=415
Taken back in March this year. 20 x 300 seconds exposure @ 400 ASA. I have the usual problem of no red/pink with the un-modified 350D.

I'm quite pleased with the results. I'd only had the 350D for a couple of weeks at the time.

Now if only I was well, and the weather would clear, I could get some more shots. It's been 2 weeks of clouds and rain.

Roger.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 06-08-2006, 04:27 PM

Very nice widefields Roger

There is great stuff in the Madge Clouds

Lester · #3 06-08-2006, 04:47 PM

Hi Roger,

very nice image of LMC and surrounds. That lens performs well.

Get well soon.

2020BC (Bill Christie) · #4 06-08-2006, 07:27 PM

A very nice widefield of the LMC.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #5 06-08-2006, 09:57 PM

lovely shots

iceman (Mike) · #6 07-08-2006, 06:20 AM

Magnificent shots Roger, I love them both.

I want one of those lenses!

avandonk · #7 07-08-2006, 08:00 AM

Really nice widefield. Shows a lot of detail and the very dim nebulosity even at this focal length. Was it from a dark sky site? If not were any filters used? They both show me how much I miss with the 300mm lens. Looks like I need to do a mosaic.

Bert

rogerg (Roger) · #8 07-08-2006, 10:51 AM

Thanks everyone..

Bert, reasonably dark - about 2 hours from Perth where you can still see the glow of Perth on the north-west horizon extending up perhaps 30 degrees. I'd rate it about 8/10 in the darkness stakes. The only filter was the minus-uv that I always forget to take off the lens for astro shots (the standard type used for daytime photography and protecting good lenses).

Roger.

gbeal · #9 07-08-2006, 05:37 PM

Darn Rog, now everyone will want one of those lenses. I too have one, and it is a cracker. That and the 70-200 f4L. Ideal for astro as well as daytime.
Gary

Garyh · #10 07-08-2006, 08:06 PM

Nice shot with the standard lense Roger..I say you have a darker sky than I have and you captured the faint stuff there....thumbs up!!! I have yet to try my standard lense for astrophotography..have to give it a go!!!...Gary