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Postby Omag 2.0 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:54 pm

The trained eye may recognize this constellation as Orion. Seen from my backyard, as usual...  ;)

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Re: Orion

Postby Vapour01 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:00 pm

I was expecting a P3 when i saw the topic title! ;D
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Postby Omag 2.0 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:05 pm

Pray for some good weather tomorow and you might see some military action on thursday, from me...  ;)

But for now, this'll have to do...  :P  :)
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Re: Orion

Postby Willit Run » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:14 pm

Great Shot!!  

I say good evening to him almost every night I see him and tell him happy hunting!! ;)

I see his belt is tight so his pants won't fall down!! :D
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Postby a1 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:36 pm

That's exactly what i looks like here in SOCAL on a clear day without the city lights blocking the views. Very nice capture with the sun and all ;)
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Postby The Ruptured Duck » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:54 pm

Very nice!  What f stop/ shutter/ iso?

Note to self:  need tripod ::)
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Re: Orion

Postby beaky » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:52 pm

Wow.  8-)
I miss being able to look at the nebulae hanging from his belt with my 'scope... Newark wastes a lot of light.  >:(
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Re: Orion

Postby flyboy 28 » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:12 pm

Wow.  8-)
I miss being able to look at the nebulae hanging from his belt with my 'scope... Newark wastes a lot of light.  >:(


Stargazing out my way is very rewarding. Lots of fun with a thermos of coffee around 2am. :P

Great photo too, Kris. I too, need to pick up a tripod. I lost the mount to my current one. ::)
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Postby Aerophile » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:29 pm


Note to self:  need tripod ::)



One word... WalMart.  You can get a decent one for about 20-30 bucks.  

Excellent shot Omag.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Postby expat » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:43 pm

Beautiful shot Kris.

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Re: Orion

Postby Isak922 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:54 am

Excellent!

Good ol' Orion is much clearer up at my neck of the woods...

Much bigger looking too!

Although, personal view and what the camera sees are two different things ;)
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Re: Orion

Postby Omag 2.0 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:14 am

That's exactly what i looks like here in SOCAL on a clear day without the city lights blocking the views. Very nice capture with the sun and all ;)


Unfortunatly no sun, but light pollution... there was a bit of fog on the ground and that sure collected the light from a city nearby...

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iso 800
f 4.0
exposure 8 seconds
focal length 32 mm

Followed by noisereduction and brightness reduction to bring Orion out more, as it was engulfed in lots of other stars.
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Re: Orion

Postby pepper_airborne » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:34 am

Wow cool, im going too give it a try very soon too, so far only shot the moon. Unfortunatly i live in a densly populated area, so there is always a lot of light polution.
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