Hi Res milky way 50mm lens

[tornado33]

Hi all
The other night I broke out the 50mm f1.8 standard Canon lens. I sat the IDAS LPS filter on the front of the lens and stopped down to f5.6, to try and get perfect image quality.

Image is 6x10 minutes, with modded 350D. I guided as carefully as if I was using the 300mm lens or 6 inch scope

Sky was somewhat hazy, not very dark, milky way was only just visible naked eye.

ful res. version here

Id love to try this with a modded 500D with its extra resolution.
Scott

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work Scott, lots of lovely detail and sharp stars.

The colour looks a bit off to me - way too red with no yellow or green.

[tornado33]

Thanks. I think a combination of the filter and bad light pollution threw the colour off. Also pretty bad gradients I had to try and remove.
Scott

[glenc (Glen)]

Wow, that is impressive Scott.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Sooo coool! That's what I tried to do last night, without success . I wanna give it another go this week-end if these clouds go away.

[leon]

Now that is pretty sharp and impressive, however Mike is right it lacks the colour rang with this image.

To me it looks like a raw sub frame from a Modded DSLR, there is plenty of detail in there so have a fiddle.

leon

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

F5.6 It's worth it though to get such nice stars.
Top little lens that.

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Nice one Scott. The IDAS LPS filter sits PERFECTLY in front of the lens like tailor made isn't it amazing. Apparently Jerry Lodriguss has done a test that the lens is sharpest at f2.8?!!

[OzRob (Rob)]

Great image and something I would like to have a go at myself once the clouds dissapear. I have never noticed that distinct number 9 shape to the left of M22 before.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Scott,

A rich image, to be sure. A little 'shoppin' and you'd sort the colours out quite nicely.

Regards,
Humayun