Grimbles Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hello, I thought it was about time I introduced myself after a month or two of taking advantage of all the great advice and experiences in the forums, which I thank everyone for. Hopefully I can repay a little over time as I climb the very steep learning curve. My name is Martin and live in Somerset under reasonably dark skies (bar the odd offending street light).My main interest in astrophotography bothy planetary and DSO's, although I am most definitely still right at the beginning of the aforementioned 'curve' and just trying to get used to various techiniques and the equipment, especially the 'dark art' of image processing.I started about 5 months ago purchasing a Skywatcher Mak 90 on a Virtuoso Mount, modified an xbox webcam and did a few images of the moon and Jupiter with varying degrees of success but was well and truly hooked.I then quite quickly aquired an EQ5 pro mount with a Skywatcher 150PDS and secondhand EOS400d with defective auto focus so was very cheap, I also realised very quickly that, as everyone says, I could quite easily fall into the money pit. I have now drawn the line and decided to discover what I can achieve with what I have, as I was in danger of having loads of kit but 'no idea'.Again thanks to everyone for the very helpful and informative posts and am really looking forward to the road ahead. A couple of my very first attempts are below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCPC Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hello and welcome to SGL.Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lloyd Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi Martin, welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL. Some nice images there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger111 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Greetings from Maldon, Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoss Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Welcome to SGL Grimbles. You've made a good start in the imaging department. Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfisher Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 hi and welcome. already some nice images. also the gear your mentioning sounds great to start with. hope to see more pictures and a pleasant learning curve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busdriver Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 greetings from sunny sidcup and welcome to sgl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triton1 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi there and welcome to SGL as you can see In my sig I,ve not fallen into that pit ep,s are bad enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag72 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi Martin and welcome to SGL. A great start there...... Well done!!Look forward to seeing you around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi and welcome to the forumClear skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigander Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Welcome to SGL, Martin!Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seo Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Hi Martin and welcome aboard ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Welcome to SGL Martin . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.p Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Welcome Martin. Nice pics, look forward to seeing more. Keep thinking of having a go myself. Pockets not quite deep enough yetBest wishes and clear skiesJason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Hi, welcome to SGL Making the most of what you have is wise indeed - many of us fall into the trap of trying to buy our way into being better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Hi Martin and welcome to SGL, you have already produced some nice respectable images, enjoy working within the limitations of what you have for the present time. A most useful guide on the subject "Making Every Photon Count" accepted by our imagers, both experienced and those just setting out, as one of the best informative works there is on the on the subject of Astrophotography. Copies are available through FLO, see top of the page for details, enjoy the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hi and welcome from Crete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox45 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Hello and welcome to the forum Clear skies ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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