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Photo of the day November 2014

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Took it awhile ago, but only edited it recently. Was on a date and he became an involuntary subject :p
Taken with a Nikon D3100 w/ included kit lens
 
Nikon D7000 18-105 / 40mm f/4.5 8s
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Danbo vs Halloween by Jared Peters on Flickr


Taken at my home using this year's pumpkin and my 'Danbo' figurine. Meant as part of my 'Adventures of Danbo' album.
 
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A quick test snap with my newly acquired D40X and my 35mm f1.8

Cheers :)

Hugh
 

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One more from the GC

I promise to stop posting just GC photos at some point :) This one happens to make a nice iPhone background; feel free to poach it if the spirit moves you that way


Vista on the south kaibab trail
by alex.stedman, on Flickr

Just to give you a sense of perspective: that blob of rock in the top-right of the orange foreground element is the same 'blob' seen as the backdrop to the dead tree I posted near the end of the October POTD thread.

Alex
 
Just another bird. A little more interesting (to me, at least) because I shot it with a 35mm lens. Lightly cropped for the final image, but it was pretty close -- my EXIF data says it was only 5 m / 16 ft away.


Seagull (9764) by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 35mm f/1.8G (DX) • 1/250 @ f/13
 
The Milky Way, with Hiunchuli and Annapurna South in the foreground!

This is such a spectacular place, with the high peaks towering above you. No photo could do this place justice :D Nepal is just…. Awesome :)

Instagram @drewunalkat

Magic Night by Drew Unalkat, on Flickr
 
drewu said:
The Milky Way, with Hiunchuli and Annapurna South in the foreground!



This is such a spectacular place, with the high peaks towering above you. No photo could do this place justice :D Nepal is just…. Awesome :)



Instagram @drewunalkat



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Wow! That's one spectacular view.

What kind of exposure did you use for the stars? Some kind of fancy moving tripod I take it?
 
MacRy said:
Wow! That's one spectacular view.

What kind of exposure did you use for the stars? Some kind of fancy moving tripod I take it?
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Ah thanks man!! I used ISO 4000, F4.0, and a 25 second aperture. I was shooting at 10mm, so didn't need a rig to follow the stars.

TIP: Whatever focal length you use, divide 500 by it. It will give you the exposure length you can use, without the stars trailing and blurring. So, if you shoot at 25mm, you can have a 20 sec exposure :)

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Unreal!! You now have one more instagram follower too :)
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Ah thanks dude :D I have had a few new followers, so make yourself known :) I will follow back
 
drewu said:
Ah thanks man!! I used ISO 4000, F4.0, and a 25 second aperture. I was shooting at 10mm, so didn't need a rig to follow the stars.



TIP: Whatever focal length you use, divide 500 by it. It will give you the exposure length you can use, without the stars trailing and blurring. So, if you shoot at 25mm, you can have a 20 sec exposure :)
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Awesome tip that fella, thanks. I didn't know that about the focal length effecting the exposure time.

I'm guess that there is very limited light pollution there. As a comparison, here is a test shot I took in my garden a few weeks ago to give myself an idea of what kind of exposure I'd need for star pictures as I was going to visit an area of the UK with very low light pollution (turned out to be cloudy the whole time, which was a bugger).

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Ignore the composition etc. as it was literally just a test shot, but check out that beautiful view of the Milky Way! That was a 30 second exposure (which was clearly too long as it is a bit smeared) and there are hardly any stars in it :) I realise that the moon was quite bright so would have prevented a good shot, but that's what living next to a big town will do for your view of the night sky :(
 
MacRy said:
Awesome tip that fella, thanks. I didn't know that about the focal length effecting the exposure time.

I'm guess that there is very limited light pollution there. As a comparison, here is a test shot I took in my garden a few weeks ago to give myself an idea of what kind of exposure I'd need for star pictures as I was going to visit an area of the UK with very low light pollution (turned out to be cloudy the whole time, which was a bugger).

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Ignore the composition etc. as it was literally just a test shot, but check out that beautiful view of the Milky Way! That was a 30 second exposure (which was clearly too long as it is a bit smeared) and there are hardly any stars in it :) I realise that the moon was quite bright so would have prevented a good shot, but that's what living next to a big town will do for your view of the night sky :(
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Yeah basically the more you zoom in, the faster the stars move in the frame :)

Ah okay! That sucks about the moon etc lol!!

You have East Anglia, that is know to have good skies. But get as far from towns/cities as you can. Clear skies. And no moon. You want the sky to be as dark as possible. Main thing is to open the aperture right up, and boost the ISO as high as you can. I have no idea why my shot looks so noisy once I uploaded it, but yeah - avoid noise :p

It's quite easy to do, but you want as little light as possible from other sources besides the stars.
 
drewu said:
Yeah basically the more you zoom in, the faster the stars move in the frame :)



Ah okay! That sucks about the moon etc lol!!



You have East Anglia, that is know to have good skies. But get as far from towns/cities as you can. Clear skies. And no moon. You want the sky to be as dark as possible. Main thing is to open the aperture right up, and boost the ISO as high as you can. I have no idea why my shot looks so noisy once I uploaded it, but yeah - avoid noise :p



It's quite easy to do, but you want as little light as possible from other sources besides the stars.
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Now you say that it makes sense about the zoom.

I live in the East of England but near major conurbations so I'm screwed really.
 
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