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Milky Way and a Perseid
FenlandPaul replied to Adam1234's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Great image. You must be stoked having that as both your first MW and meteor image! The Samyang 14mm is a cracking lens, isn’t it? -
The Milky Way at 14300 feet
FenlandPaul replied to astrosathya's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
The clarity up there must have been incredible! I was fortunate enough to get to 17,500 feet once, and I felt like I could reach out and prize the stars out of the sky!! Which would have provided good distraction as I couldn’t sleep at that altitude! -
The Roller...
FenlandPaul replied to clarkpm4242's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
That’s terrific, Paul. There’s something about light painted old machinery that works very well with the Milky Way! -
Cloudy Perseid time lapse
FenlandPaul replied to Zummerzet_Leveller's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Glad you got some before cloud took over. What a good idea to pause on the frames with meteors - I’d never thought of that. Particular effective at 25fps when all the meteors get lost! -
Perseid capture (at last)
FenlandPaul replied to tooth_dr's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Absolute belter! 🤩 -
Bagged 1 from 4 hours!
FenlandPaul replied to johnst's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Beaut of a Perseid
FenlandPaul replied to FenlandPaul's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Thanks Russ. I’d hoped for a nice reflection in the water but it was very breezy so no joy - next time maybe!! -
Beaut of a Perseid
FenlandPaul replied to FenlandPaul's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Things were very slow initially and I felt the same (especially as I’d not brought a comfy chair with me so was getting neck ache!). Glad I stuck with it - tiredness today was worth it. ☺️ Even during a big shower the hit rate is quite slim. I took around 1700 images in total from 3 cameras, and from that haul there are just 3 photogenic meteors (25 in total, most very faint). -
Beaut of a Perseid
FenlandPaul replied to FenlandPaul's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Beaut of a Perseid
FenlandPaul replied to FenlandPaul's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Thankyou! That's sounds plausible given you're over in the West, but I don't pretend to be a triangulation expert! It was caught in Oxfordshire as well here, and in that image it's a little to the left of the centre line of the Milky Way. So from where you are it may well have been between Jupiter and Saturn! -
I had 3 cameras whirring away last night. As is so often the case, a lot of the best meteors I saw fell just out of frame or between exposures! Of the 1700 images I waded through this morning, this stunner at 00:55 on the night of 12/13 August was my favourite, from the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens. To remove some of the noise from the sky, I stacked 32 13 second exposures, taken on a Canon 6D with Samyang 24mm lens at f/2.8 and ISO 3200. Stacked in Sequator, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop. Enjoy! ✨📷
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That’s a cracker! Perfectly balanced with the stone.
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I've not tried that, Martin - interesting. There's also a "starglow" tool within the Astro Workflor Lightoom Presets from Alyn Wallae, with which you have full control, but I prefer the more natural look of the filter. The filter can be used for only parts of the exposure, which gives an element of control over the intensity of the effect, but it's obvioulsy not as precise as doing it in post. At some point I'll post a more detailed review showing the effect for different targets and different exposures etc.
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Kase Filters sell the Alyn Wallace Starglow filter, which creates a blurring effect (like high cloud can) around brighter stars. It's not to everyone's taste, but I love the dreamy appearance it can give and how it showcases the colours of stars. I've been experimenting with mine recently. Here's some shots I took using it at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire last week. I'm interested in your thoughts on the effect! ✨📷
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SGL 2021 Challenge 4 - Noctilucent Cloud
FenlandPaul replied to MartinB's topic in Imaging Challenge Winners 2021
Oh wow, thank you very much indeed. That’s the first photography prize I’ve ever won!! 😃 -
I had a bit of fun at the old wind pump on Wicken Fen on Wednesday evening. It turns out that standing dead still for 20 seconds whilst being divebombed by a squadron of mosquitoes is quite challenging, but I quite like the result nonetheless! Enjoy.
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A clear night and the return of dark skies allowed me to head to the wonderful Wicken Fen last night for my first nightscaping session in a couple of months. Here’s the first of my images, all of which focused on the lovely old wind pump as a foreground. Enjoy! ✨📷
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SGL challenge 4 - Noctilucent Clouds
FenlandPaul replied to MartinB's topic in SGL Challenges and Competitions
It’s a shame the weather seemed to close the season down so rapidly and early. Nice to have a few decent opportunities though; they seem to get better every year. -
Wicklow Mountains Milky Way
FenlandPaul replied to Crackabarrel's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Wicklow Mountains Milky Way
FenlandPaul replied to Crackabarrel's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Great image! Is it tracked? It says a 60s exposure but I can’t see any trails, which is super.