A few Astrofest Nightscapes

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Took these at the Queensland Astrofest.

All shots were with the 5D MkIII with ISO varying from 1600 to 6400. All shots were on a fixed tripod except for the zodiacal light that was taken on an Astrotrac. All shots were at 24mm (either the TS-E II or 24-105L).

Thanks to JJJ for dragging me away from the main field to find some nicer silhouettes

[h0ughy (David)]

love the first shot Andrew - i think JJJ got a similar one. surreal

[iceman (Mike)]

Nicely done Andrew, some great work there.

A bit of sharpening and compression artifacts but still looks great!

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Nicely done Andrew, some great work there.

A bit of sharpening and compression artifacts but still looks great!

No real sharpening to speak of - just lots of compression artifacts trying to get under the 200kb limit when you start with ~30Mb RAWS I think I had to save most of these at around 50 to 60% quality.

They look a little better on Flickr if you want to check that out.

[RB (Andrew)]

Lovely shots Andrew, I especially like the zodiacal light shot.

Well done

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

A lovely set of images Andrew. The Zodiacal light is my favourite too.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

All crackers as I said before. I like the one with your dob, too. Captured the vibe of the night.