The Southern Cross

[von Tom (Tom)]

This is a stacked image of 74 photos taken with a Canon EOS 7D, 100mm, f/2, 5 sec exposures on fixed tripod, at ISO6400.

Shot through thin cloud in Mooball, April 2009.

Thanks for looking,

Tom

[Nico13 (Ken)]

Very ice work Tom, 5 seconds looks like it worked well.

Ken

[atalas]

Nice when you sit back from your monitor....I like It!

[von Tom (Tom)]

Thanks guys

[leon]

Good stuff Tom as soon as it opens it hits you in the eyes, well done for 5 seconds.

Leon

[Ross G]

A very nice photo Tom.

I really like the colours and the glow.

Ross.

[hotspur (Chris)]

Cracker image! Very gong worthy! Best astro image I've seen for a good while.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Nice work

[JB80 (Jarrod)]

Great image, I haven't seen the Southern Cross for a while now
It put a smile on my face.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice shot. I like the big stars saturation and the small background stars. Makes a nice contrast.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Amaizing colours brought out Tom, and depth is great , the cross actually look as though its hanging just outside our atmosphere eh : ) Good one . .

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

That is nice ..

I like the colours

Flash

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Yep, I like it too.
Akira Fujii on steroids!!
http://www.davidmalin.com/fujii/source/af1-05_72.html
Cheers
Doug

[von Tom (Tom)]

Thankyou for the kind comments everyone. I don't think I would ever be able to replicate the glow and colours artificially. Here is a 100% crop from the full image. 5 secs at 100mm seems just about right

Tom