First Photo.

[Mark1970Vintage]

My intent was to get a shot of Saturn but it disappeared behind the house before I got set up. So I just had a mess about with some long exposures (20 seconds) @ high ISO. I was impressed with how many stars showed up, more than I could see visually.

This is just a simple shot of Arcturus. Processed in lightroom to desaturate, darken, remove noise etc.

It's not going to win any awards but was a huge learning process and has given me a base line to build on.

Arc to Arcturus by Mark1970Vintage, on Flickr

[sgazer]

well done, you path to the dark side is complete! LOL. Perhaps list your equipment used and camera setup for reference.

It is amazing how much more a camera will pick up with fairly short exposures, than our eye's with even a huge scope. Just wait until you try something with colour in it.

[jgs001]

Off to a good start... but... rather than desaturate... Arcturus is a red colour... did you not have that show in the image ?

[sgazer]

^ oh yes, Arcturus should be orange/red!

[Mark1970Vintage]

It was orangey red but so was the whole background sky due to lp. I didn't have time to go into full photoshop so just did a quick and dirty in Lightroom. As someone said, I'm sure my journey to the dark side will continue. I imagine it as much about post as getting the actual shot(s)