02.20.08
Beyond the Atmosphere
A favourite pastime is stargazing through telescopes at my grandfathers house, who has a couple of scopes, and old photography gear. The conditions tonight were tough, with a lot of shimmering in the atmosphere which doesn’t give the best results. The full moon isn’t the best to photograph either, due to the lack of contrast and shadows as the sun is lighting the moon from directly above.
An old, but favourite of Jupiter passing behind the Moon – June 2005
20D + 10″ Meade LX200 telescope
Orions Belt, shot with 1DIII, 70-200f4, @ 200mm, mounted on telescope, ISO 3200
Clouds creating some shadowing
1D III + 8″ Celestron telescope
Orion’s Nebula – 1DIII – ISO 6400, 2000mm focal length
octavian brezean said,
March 24, 2008 at 9:40 am
spectacular, very nice shots and rare. fav the first one!