Can you find your first image(s)? - I can.......

[von Tom (Tom)]

My first astrophoto taken with my Dad's Olympus OM-1 with a 135mm lens (I think) at about 15sec on 400 ASA film, fixed tripod in Canberra in December 1985. I pointed the camera at the most fascinating thing in the sky - Orion's belt. It was dark and hard to focus and I probably was pulling slightly on the shutter release cable during the exposure. This is the print I got back from the lab (Fletchers Photographics). I soon learned about max exposure times to avoid star trails and to mark the roll of film as having star photos so it could be printed with a darker sky.

Tom

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

NA , new time and ideas .... ok? ..
Brian.

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Here is a thread I started 4 years ago on this exact topic HERE

Might save a few people from re-posting

It's good to look back at our beginnings every now and then

[Jen]

i found my first pics of the moon which i was so excited about according to this thread Afocal shots

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ight=jens+moon


taken in June 2009




And i am proud to say that in that time i have improved

taken March 2012




See i have learnt a lot since joining IIS and by going to Snake Valley Astro Camp