First posts here.. just 2 wide shots with my 18mm lens

[zavoid]

I don't get my telescope till friday but it was a really clear night tonigh so i setup some shots on my tripod out side.. not too bad results but lots of light polution right outside my house and i think my focus feels off to...

these photos will all be in my night sky set on flickr.. http://flickr.com/photos/zavoid/sets/72157603778165058/

[jgs001]

Nice images. Looks like the title on the link has messed up the embedding.

[zavoid]

Nice images. Looks like the title on the link has messed up the embedding.

yeah noticed that too late all fixed now! thanks for that

[barkis]

A couple of very nice widefield shots there Colin.

Ron.

[zavoid]

A couple of very nice widefield shots there Colin.

Ron.

yeah LOT of noise and LP on shots over 30 seconds long though.. i gotta go to my buddies place 10 miles away where there is very little visible LP at night

[jgs001]

Colin, I don't know if you know about this yet, but have you tried <a href=http://www.photo-freeware.net/noiseware.php>Noiseware</a> ?

btw, I have no affiliation with Noiseware (and it's free)

[zavoid]

ahh looks like windows software... I use Mac OS

[Beyond_Vision]

Nice couple of shots Zavoid

Regards

Kevin

[radioactive]

very nice couple of wides there I see you have a lovely bit of country view from there those trees in the first pic are great

[MartinB]

The sky in the top image looks great. Is that " as it comes" or have you got rid of any light pollution?