Milky Way - widefield images and time lapse animations - Page 2

alexch (Alex) · #21 26-10-2009, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Amazingly beautiful.

Is that ocean view from where you live?

Greg.

I wish

The surf beach is near Flinders, Vic - an hour's drive from where I am.

spacezebra (Petra) · #22 26-10-2009, 05:05 PM

Stunning Alex, simply stunning.

Cheers Petra d.

hotspur (Chris) · #23 26-10-2009, 06:49 PM

Theres no doubt about it.some of these are the best astro pics i

have ever seen on this forum,they are outstanding,of extremerly

high quality,and well thought out.

I would be happy to buy a good quality print of 07 and 02 and moon

in scorpio,and have them framed and hanging in my observatory.

Well done!

regards Chris

Kal (Andrew) · #24 26-10-2009, 06:59 PM

Fantastic pics. I look forward to what you publish when you aren't a beginner

matt · #25 26-10-2009, 08:11 PM

That's some very nice work, right there

Thanks, and keep the contributions coming.

alexch (Alex) · #26 26-10-2009, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kal

Fantastic pics. I look forward to what you publish when you aren't a beginner

Well, I must admit that whilst I am a novice in astro-imaging, I've owned a DSLR camera for a few years. But I was truly amazed at how beautiful the Milky way and the ocean turned out.

Your kind feedback is very encouraging to pursue it further.

Regards,
Alex

DavidU (Dave) · #27 26-10-2009, 10:04 PM

Yes ! Keep it up, there is a talent there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexch

Well, I must admit that whilst I am a novice in astro-imaging, I've owned a DSLR camera for a few years. But I was truly amazed at how beautiful the Milky way and the ocean turned out.

Your kind feedback is very encouraging to pursue it further.

Regards,
Alex

alexch (Alex) · #28 26-10-2009, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotspur

Theres no doubt about it.some of these are the best astro pics i

have ever seen on this forum,they are outstanding,of extremerly

high quality,and well thought out.

I would be happy to buy a good quality print of 07 and 02 and moon

in scorpio,and have them framed and hanging in my observatory.

Well done!

regards Chris

Thanks Chris, your kind comments are much appreciated!

I printed out the images on my Canon i9950 A3+ inkjet printer (decent but not archival quality as the ink fades out after a few years).
02 and 07 look quite good in 13"x19" size. I can see the noise from about 20cm but I really need to be looking for it to notice and it is not objectionable. "Moon in Scorpio" however is not suitable for anything larger than A4 as it is a crop and focus wasn't 100%.

I never sold a print yet, but I guess it is never too late to start

I know RedBubble offers good quality prints on various types of paper or stretched canvas or a poster. Their prices appear reasonable and they pay 20% to the photographer. I uploaded high resolution images to RedBubble but if you would like to use any other online service I am happy to upload there as well.

The RedBubble address is http://www.redbubble.com/people/alexch/art

Please PM me if you would like to discuss it further.

Cheers,
Alex

leinad (Dan) · #29 26-10-2009, 10:29 PM

Beautiful images Alex, thanks for sharing.

spearo (Frank) · #30 26-10-2009, 10:37 PM

love it!
frank

zipdrive (Dave) · #31 26-10-2009, 10:46 PM

amazing well done!!!

erick (Eric) · #32 26-10-2009, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexch

I know RedBubble offers good quality prints on various types of paper or stretched canvas or a poster. Their prices appear reasonable and they pay 20% to the photographer. I uploaded high resolution images to RedBubble but if you would like to use any other online service I am happy to upload there as well.

The RedBubble address is http://www.redbubble.com/people/alexch/art

Now this is tempting!

peterbat (Peter) · #33 27-10-2009, 04:00 PM

Hi Alex, brilliant photos and time lapses.... you've inspired me to take out my camera and give it a try. What sort of ISO settings and exposures were you using?

Peter

alexch (Alex) · #34 27-10-2009, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterbat

Hi Alex, brilliant photos and time lapses.... you've inspired me to take out my camera and give it a try. What sort of ISO settings and exposures were you using?

Peter

Thanks Peter,

15 seconds exposures at ISO1600 but then I push parts of the image in post-processing to ISO3200-6400.

I found that whilst 30 second exposures work okay for still images at 14mm, time-lapse looks a bit jerky so I reduced the exposure time to 15 seconds.

Alex

mexhunter (César) · #35 27-10-2009, 04:41 PM

Hi Alex:
Beautiful work!
Many grettings
Cesar

peterbat (Peter) · #36 27-10-2009, 06:43 PM

Thanks Alex, you've certainly set a high standard for us all to aim for

Peter

alexch (Alex) · #37 27-10-2009, 10:06 PM

Jeff, AlexN, Pete, Dave, Robin, Mike, Marc, DJDD, PeterM, Eric, Stephen, Andrew, David, Alex (StarGazing), Greg, Jase, Petra, Chris, Andrew, Matt, leinad, Frank, Peter (peterbat), Cesar and everyone - thank you so much for kind comments and encouragement, I am very glad you liked it.

Hopefully there will be more to come, time and weather permitting.

Cheers,
Alex

gregbradley · #38 28-10-2009, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexch

I wish

The surf beach is near Flinders, Vic - an hour's drive from where I am.

The south Victorian coast is very gorgeous and changing too!

Greg.

AdrianF (Adrian) · #39 28-10-2009, 08:32 AM

Absolutely stunning photos and animations.

Adrian

danielsun · #40 29-10-2009, 08:39 PM

WOW Alex!! That is stunning!! The pics and the time lapse are truly incredible. Just Brilliant.

Cheers Daniel.