Unguided Astro-Imaging Examples
One question put to me was why I started this discussion
using 35mm as opposed to some digital format. Two reasons:
I was hoping to get some interest from people who haven't
tried astrophotography before, and
Starting with this concept, most beginners already have
or can easily obtain (read can afford) the 4 things needed to take
these kinds of photos:
A camera that has a bulb-type setting,
A tripod
A cable release
film
This is a Gary
Liknes photo. Hale-Bopp.
Particulars: Taken in Rural Wilmot,
OH (Amish Country). It was
on Kodak Royal Gold 400 print film,
50mm lens, tripod mounted
(with cable) release, approx. 40 sec.
exposure. Used Paint Shop Pro
to adjust Gamma to a more neutral
sky color. Taken in early March 1997
at around 10:30 p.m. EST.
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Another Gary
Liknes photo. Orion is often a target due to the
several nebulous regions in that part
of the sky
Particulars: Taken in Rural Wilmot,
OH, in March 1997 on
Kodak Royal Gold 400 using a Pentax
K1000 with a 50mm lens f/2.8
@ aprox. 45 sec. exposure. Paint
Shop Pro was used to adjust
Gamma for a more neutral sky color.
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This is a Dave Ross photo. As
suggested before, a good foreground can
make a good astrophoto better.
Even non-astronomy types might like it!
Particulars: Old Faithful in Yellowstone
National Park. It was on
Kodak Gold 200 print film, 50mm lens,
tripod mounted (with cable) release,
45 sec. exposure. Taken on 10 June
1991 23:30 MST. The bright star is zeta Cygni.
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Another Dave Ross photo. Auroa
pictures are almost always colorful,
and if you keep the exposure relatively
short, the texture of the display is
not completely lost.
Particulars: Taken in Bolivar, OH,
8 Nov, 1991 20:00 EST, on
Kodak Ecktachrome using an OM-1 with
a 50mm lens f/2.8 @60 sec.
exposure. The Hyades are visible
surrounded by aurora.
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