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My Pictures of Space; Saturn, Mars Tonight!

Discussion in 'The Artist's Corner' started by Ghetty.Green, Jan 22, 2010.

  1. #1 Ghetty.Green, Jan 22, 2010
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    I have a Nikon D40 and a 55-200mm zoom lens..

    Tonight at about 10PM, I noticed a bright orange "star" out there, so I zoomed up and took a picture... It happened to be Saturn.

    Mars is also visible.

    I can't seem to properly use flickr along with codes so you might have to open the ? marks in a new tab. Make sure you click "ALL SIZES" once on my flickr. Sorry![/I] If that doesn't work my flickr link is [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/klie/[/url]
    I had to manually focus it and the shutter speed was around 6 seconds.

    Enjoy, I was mind blown once I zoomed up on the picture after I took it to see the rings. The other pic is a constellation, not sure which..

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  2. Nice shots...what are the chances of catching saturn AND mars in the same shot? By the way I wonder what that fuzzy spot in between the two planets isIs that a galaxy? Anyways good stuff; I'd rep u but i
    I can't give rep yet.
     
  3. nice shiney dots, bro.
     
  4. The chances are unbelievably small, I didn't notice it until I started zooming way up I was like what the hell is that red ball!!!

    The fuzzy spot is actually something from my lens.. Its something about the reflections inside the lens? I have a picture of the moon I took to show you what I'm talking about..

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  5. your girl is hot
     

  6. yeah lol
     
  7. QFT

    jealous of those shots and of your girl.
     
  8. Hmm...

    That picture with Mars and Saturn..

    I didn't think Saturn's rings were visible like that since they are just a bunch of rocks floating around and some innert gas..They wouldn't give off light


    If you look, everything in that picture is blurred and elongated, like a product of you zooming in and shaking the camera lightly due to natural hand tremors

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    Like this stuff^


    The constellation looks really awesome though
     
  9. I'd do some longer exposures. Get yourself a release cable. So you can take photos like this:
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  10. Wow I have to say chocobo, that is one of the best photographs I have ever seen
     
  11. #11 Danky24, Jan 28, 2010
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    Nice photos. Makes me wonder if there is anything on those planets taking pictures of us. What was your location if you dont mind me asking? I didnt see any city lights in the photos.
     

  12. I wish I had the privilege to say it was mine. It comes from one of my favorite photographers, Dan Newton. He pretty much specializes in star trails photography, but does a lot of other neat work.
    Liquid in Plastic – Photography and Words by Dan Newton

    Check him out. He sometimes explains how he does some of his photos and has a good selection. I've learned a lot from him.
     
  13. Thats pretty cool dude nice shots :hello::cool:
     
  14. Ohh, wow he does have some very nice work thank you for telling me about him

    And OP I like your work on your flickr, some of those car shots are real clean and nice :D
     

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