First attempts at widefield Orion - apocolyptic feel

[Porl]

Hi all,

I noticed that the clouds started clearing the other night and thought i'd run out with the 350D and have a go at getting some shots of the constellations while trying to get some of the buildings on my girlfriends farm in to make some interesting scenery.

Im really pleased with how they turned out, the light pollution and the wispy clouds made the sky have a burning apocolyptic feel to the pictures i think

I can't remember the settings but these are single shots of 5 seconds i think.

Hope you like them.

Paul''

[barkis]

Always take advantage of any opportunities to Get the camera out.

You've got some excellent returns here, plenty of stars visible, and sometimes a little cloud can even add something to the scene, as well as the farm outbuildings.

What lens did you use?

Nice job.

Ron.

[Porl]

Thanks Ron

Im certainly going to be pinching the camera from my girlfriend and getting more night shots with it.

I used the standard kit lense for the 350d for these photos. I think its a 18mm-55mm. I tried the 80mm-300mm but that wouldnt get the buildings in well enough.

Porl''

[Donny]

Nice shots, I like the use of foreground objects against the sky

[gdheib0430]

By far my favorite constellation. Cassiopeia a vet close second though ver cool shots I like.