Shot of the tool

[wmzaphod]

Not an astro shot but I snapped this while I was setting up.....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/...4e62c5a0_b.jpg

[leon]

Peter that is a nice silloutte, I think that is how you spell it, I quite like that sort of stuff.

Leon

[Davros (Lauren)]

Very nice photo, well done.

[Ric]

Nice composition and use of the light Peter.

Cheers

[wmzaphod]

Originally Posted by Ric

Nice composition and use of the light Peter.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Davros

Very nice photo, well done.

Originally Posted by leon

Peter that is a nice silloutte, I think that is how you spell it, I quite like that sort of stuff.

Leon

Thanks guys,

I was bored after setup waiting for the light to fade . Interesting thing tho, the colours were straight off the camera..... a nice surprise

[TrevorW]

Had a look at the picture wasn't what I expected from the thread title. Pete looked at your gear list see that you have a K100d as well hwo do you power yours for long sessions.

[saturn c (Leo)]

had a peek at your gear list!! Man u have tonnes of awesome stuff...

[wmzaphod]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Had a look at the picture wasn't what I expected from the thread title. Pete looked at your gear list see that you have a K100d as well hwo do you power yours for long sessions.

In a word, I don't - haven't - probably won't. The batteries last ok on the K100 but it doesn't have mirror lockup and it's only 6 mega pixels. As I have quite a good choice of bodies, I'll stick with the canon (20D or 400D) as (so I'm told) the CMOS sensor is more suited to long exposures than the CCD sensors in Pentax.

Originally Posted by saturn c

had a peek at your gear list!! Man u have tonnes of awesome stuff...

Um - yep , it's a fun hobby eh (hang on, that's two hobbies)

[AlexN]

Yeah I read the gear list the other day... You seem to be a bit of a collector... Glad to know Im not the only one.

Thats a ripper shot mate.. looking into the sunset with the scope in the foreground really depicts the anticipation of a night observing/imaging...

A must have sort of photo for any astronomer.

Well done.

[wmzaphod]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Yeah I read the gear list the other day... You seem to be a bit of a collector... Glad to know Im not the only one.

Thats a ripper shot mate.. looking into the sunset with the scope in the foreground really depicts the anticipation of a night observing/imaging...

A must have sort of photo for any astronomer.

Well done.

Thanks Alex, I've been yearning to add astronomy as a hobby for years. I guess experience with general photography complements nicely.

Oh yes, I'm a collector all right (terrible isn't it)

You're right about the "anticipation of a night observing/imaging" always itchin to get started once I've set the gear up.....

[AlexN]

yeah, your pic really captured the essence of the moment thats for sure.

The only terrible thing about collecting is when you look at all your photographic gear and say to yourself... "If I sold it all, I could probably be driving a brand new car.."

Then you come to your senses obviously and say PFFT... Car Schmar... I have 5 cameras and 21 lenses..

[AlexN]

and only 2 hands and 2 eyes.

[wmzaphod]

Originally Posted by AlexN

yeah, your pic really captured the essence of the moment thats for sure.

The only terrible thing about collecting is when you look at all your photographic gear and say to yourself... "If I sold it all, I could probably be driving a brand new car.."

Then you come to your senses obviously and say PFFT... Car Schmar... I have 5 cameras and 21 lenses..

Haha, already have enough cars -

Originally Posted by AlexN

and only 2 hands and 2 eyes.

Yeah but, I have different uses for most of my cameras and - you can never have enough lenses...........

But my most expensive hobby is music tho - I'd have $50,000 worth of gear (at least) so astronomy and photography is cheap in comparison

[garyp]

Nice photo Tells the whole story really. What more do you need but sky and scope. I like it.