Some Pics from night out

[neelam]

last month i visited my village and while i was on the motorway i took these pictures.

Camera=1000d

Lens=Canon 15mm fisheye

ISO=1600

Exposure=30 sec

Fixed Tripod

Location=150km from Lahore,Pakistan.

i dont think u have ever seen dogs stargazing:D

following 2 are with 50 mm 1.8f lense 8 seconds of exposure

the following also shows m44/beehive cluster.beehive cluster can also be seen in the above pics like in the first one.

[zhgutas]

Nice catch. That's quite a number of stars for a 30s methinks! And I do particularly like the one with a dog

Marius

[Deneb]

Salaams, Fantastic shots there Neelam, Im planning to visit in 3 weeks (I will miss you SGL people for 2 weeks), Im toying with the Idea of taking some astro gear with me, but it's a choice of spending money or astro gear. The only light you will see in the village is footpath light...

Nadeem.

[neelam]

wasalam bhai jan .

sure u shouldnt miss your dslr atleast and a small fixed tripod.skys would be clear here before the monsoon season starting in mid june.

[moocher]

So many stars!!! I`m completely lost as to where in the sky you were shooting but great images all the same!!!

Alan:D

[neelam]

thanks

few more

[jleach29]

great shots, loved all of them.

[lukebl]

Great pictures. Lovely contrast.

while i was on the motorway i took these pictures

Not sure what the UK motorway police would say about someone stopping and doing a spot of astro-imaging on the hard shoulder!

[brantuk]

Which lane were you in? lol

[neelam]

Thanks.They were actually not on the main motorway like it was too busy and too much light pollution.So most of them are from behind service/gas stations or maintainance yards that are connected to the main motorway were they park bulldozers and other machinery.Following is how main motorway looked

near village

[Deneb]

Some more lovely shots there, especially the one near your "Pind".

Nadeem.

[Passi]

Really nice shots!

Love how you combined the foreground with the stars in the sky.

The dogs are great

Some pictures seem a bit noisy, but I guess thats due to the high ISO.

Pascal

[neelam]

^thanks.yes the iso is 1600 which is maximum on my cam.

these are the last pics from the batch.

[russ]

great pics, don't know why but they remind me of Close Encounters of the Third Kind...

[neelam]

thanks