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Old 17-04-2013, 06:21 PM
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Very nice time lapse video's Al and Hugh

Well done
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Old 17-04-2013, 06:34 PM
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thanks for the videos.
That time lapse machine works well Al.
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Old 18-04-2013, 04:45 PM
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Here's the 3 prize winners.

1. Bintel : Televue Delos Eyepiece: Trevor Oates
2. Wildcard : 50% off Argo Navis: Anthony Ricketts
3. Knightware : Deep Sky Planner Software : Rebecca Catsaitis (RB's daughter).

Thanks to Brad Le Brocque for the short notice photos (so short notice, he still had his camera on bulb or something ).

Thanks again to Mike at Bintel, Gary at Wildcard and Phyllis at Knightware for supporting and sponsoring IISAC2013.
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Old 18-04-2013, 06:11 PM
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First ever photo from my 8" f5 Newt..

Only the second time its been out of the box. Was mightly impressed with the amount of help that I got with setting up and polar alignment of my scope. I'd only had it out of the box once before and had no clue how to drive it. Much better at it now. This is my 30 sec image of Orion, processed in about 5mins on photoshop. Just need to get my drift alignment working now

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Old 18-04-2013, 07:00 PM
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I've done a little timelapse video of IISAC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcsGT3d7aXc

There's a little bit of video shot with the Oly OM-D at the start, and I've stolen (with permission) Mike's group photo to include. It's a bit rough but I'm only learning this video business. I need longer star timelapse segments!

Select 720P for best viewing.

Al.
Cool. I just saw myself putting up my tent in around 2 seconds!
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Old 18-04-2013, 07:47 PM
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What a great weekend and thanks to all.

I have attached a couple of sketches that I attempted on Thursday and Friday Nights. Dew was a major problem and played havock with my sketching paper, and tended to turn the paper into mush. As a result of the dew I did the sketches early in the evening.
These were done in pencil and charcoal then inverted in photoshop.

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Old 18-04-2013, 08:58 PM
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Thumbs up Had a great time. Thanks for making us welcome.

What a great group of people and a chance to share ideas and learn new tricks.
Had loads of fun with my scope and planetary camera (even though camera is a bit dodgy chinese ebay cheapie.

First images of Saturn via LX90-8inch with cheapie camera

First images of sunspots (Close-ups) via LX90 / Baader Solar film and cheapie camera

(Images are in Forum: Solar System)

And a pathetic attempt at a couple of nightscapes with my Canon SX1-IS (no don't laugh)

Images are in Forum: Nightscapes

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Old 18-04-2013, 09:27 PM
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What a great weekend and thanks to all.

I have attached a couple of sketches that I attempted on Thursday and Friday Nights. Dew was a major problem and played havock with my sketching paper, and tended to turn the paper into mush. As a result of the dew I did the sketches early in the evening.
These were done in pencil and charcoal then inverted in photoshop.

Cheers
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Nice sketches Ivan.

I appreciate you letting have a look through your sketch books on Saturday night

Thanks very much, you've got a great talent there
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Old 19-04-2013, 07:31 AM
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Hi all. First off my wife Melissa and I would like to say a big thanks for giving us the opportunity to attend our first ever star party/camp.
We had a relaxing time away with the sounds of the birds, the running creek and great dark skies.
After arriving, we decided to set up on the lower field and it was good to meet Adam our neighbor. The next day we decided to relocate to the top field where we met some more people. We found it very easy to start talking with anyone
Here a few photo's both of Lostock and out adventures on the road trip.

1. 10x 20 sec stack + 1 x 20sec for the foreground. EF-S 18-55 @18 f3.5
2. I found this lone grave with detailed iron work on a walk and returned to it for a Nightscape pic. Single 30 sec.
3. A tree silhouette against the night sky.
4. The famous 5 tree on the hill that feature in many nightscapes
5. A stop in Victoria provided a nice photo opportunity.
6. i had Melissa on the lookout for Nightscape objects to include in pics. Fun game that made the trip exciting. SHe found this beaut windmill, after a quick fence jump, i set up in an empty dam which allowed me to look up at it from below. The Moon and Jupiter and conjunction with Aldebaran just visible.
7. Here i caught a truck passing us as we were taking another break and i had the camera with me in country Victoria.

We had a great time and would love to be able to make it to many more.
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Old 19-04-2013, 09:06 AM
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Nice sketches Ivan.

I appreciate you letting have a look through your sketch books on Saturday night

Thanks very much, you've got a great talent there
Same with me, Ivan was good to meet you and was fascinating looking through your sketches as well as getting a low down on the techniques, etc. Hope you can post some more sketches in the future
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Old 19-04-2013, 10:56 AM
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Adam and Rod,

Thanks for the feedback. I will definately get more sketches done, working on the dew problem!

Cheers
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Old 19-04-2013, 12:08 PM
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Great images Steve..Well done.
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Old 19-04-2013, 12:41 PM
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Yeah nice shots Steve, I like the truck one.
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Old 21-04-2013, 01:02 PM
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Some of my pics from IISAC2013

Canon 5D Mark II
1. 14minutes (approx) 400iso. Edited in Lightroom to lighten the foreground, and used Tungsten WB, which added some nice blue.
2. Same pic, with just the shadows lightened
3. 6400iso - 30secs - Samyang 14mm f2.8
4. Star trails - 6400iso - 10minutes - Samyang 800mm f8

Good to see other peoples great photos!
I had a great time at my first star party... thanks Craig
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Old 21-04-2013, 07:49 PM
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Great pics Craig!

Love numbers 1 & 2, I like how number 2 looks almost daylight, number 3 is pretty awesome as well, bugger it, they are all great now that I think of it.

Well done, nice work!

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Old 22-04-2013, 03:48 AM
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Great pics Craig! Glad you enjoyed the star party!
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Old 22-04-2013, 10:50 PM
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Hi All
Thanks Mike for your efforts. My friend Geoff and I had a great time and met plenty of the new and plenty of the old crowd. I was not particularly productive in my imaging, seems a few wines and a few clouds will do it every time . I did manage a reasonable NGC4945 see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7407598...n/photostream/

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Old 23-04-2013, 03:45 AM
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Beautiful image Ted!
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Old 23-04-2013, 07:19 AM
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Nice pics, Craig!
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Loving all the photos guys!!

Getting me all inspired to get DSLR and get out there!!

Keep up the good work!
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