eta on a tripod

[danielsun]

Here's one of my very very first shots on a tripod with a sattelite wizzing past.
It doesnt look as good posted, probably from compressing!! But thought i'd show it anyway.

[h0ughy (David)]

nice capture!

[danielsun]

Thanks Houghy!

Though it lost a fair bit of resolution!!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Is that a satellite or a meteor?

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Looks like a meteor. Satellite would be a streak the same intensity all the way. This one has a tail! Well done Daniel!

Yes too much compression, but exceeding forum guidelines anyways by being bigger than 800 pixels wide.

[danielsun]

Sorry !! I didnt know about the pixel size rule.

Funny you should say its a meteor, because when i took a heap of pics that night i thought i had the satellite on a shot of tarantula and wasnt sure if it got in the shot. but when i processed the shot the a couple of nights later i seen the streak on this shot, so i thought i was just mistaken. so maybe it is a fluke meteor i have taken without realising!!

[RB (Andrew)]

Nice image Danielsun,
I like the effect of the meteor in the frame.
I hope you don't mind me having a play with your image, I tried to bring out a bit of contrast and detail.

Well done once again.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice workup RB!

It could be halfway through an iridium flare.. I just don't know if you would've captured a meteor at that short exposure.. btw, how long was the exposure?

[danielsun]

Thanks Andrew! Thats fine, you've got it looking better!!

And after compressing and image adjustments on corel it no longer tells me the shot info,which being new at this is a lesson learnt to store and copy off the original shot or note down the info before adjusting the shot. But comparing it with others i took on the night it seems the exposure was aprox 60 to 75 secs.