Share your Personal Photography Pictures. (NSFW images must be linked & labelled)

[CuriousMike]

It's funny. With the sensitivity of the modern CCDs, we can get these wonderful star field shots.

I was in Death Valley last month - no moon.
We went out to the Devils Golf Course to try night photography.

It. Was. So. Flippin'. Dark.

How dark was it? I couldn't figure out what the ambient light was - it was from the freaking stars.

I've never seen the Andromeda Galaxy with my naked eye - and I've traveled down to King City ( towards Coalinga off 198 ) - a very dark area to try star fields before. I couldn't see it in King City.

But I could make out the smudge of Andromeda in DV.

Death Valley was just... wow. Wow. I'd love to go back with gear more suited for astrophotography - maybe during a meteor shower.

With a 4 second exposure at f/1.8, I actually overexposed for Andromeda.

 

[Hoho]

Mmm... Death Valley... haven't been there since 2006:

Very little light polution, great for playing around with light painting. Going to have to dig out some of the old photos.

 

[berth]

With a 4 second exposure at f/1.8, I actually overexposed for Andromeda.

What kind of lens was that? I mean, that..that..that's pretty darn big.

That's a seriously amazing shot, to think that there's this "galaxy" just "sitting" there.

 

[dmaxAl]

What kind of lens was that? I mean, that..that..that's pretty darn big.

That's a seriously amazing shot, to think that there's this "galaxy" just "sitting" there.

Dude I hate to break it to you.

You might want to sit down.

Andromeda is heading straight for us.

No kidding. Never mind these silly asteroid movies on the tv. Andromeda, a galaxy, is going to collide with Virgo, our galaxy. boom!
Ok ok its only about 6billion years away.

 

[berth]

Dude I hate to break it to you.

You might want to sit down.

Andromeda is heading straight for us.

No kidding. Never mind these silly asteroid movies on the tv. Andromeda, a galaxy, is going to collide with Virgo, our galaxy. boom!

yea, but look how little it is, I'll just step out of the way. When it gets here maybe I can put it in a box.

 

[CuriousMike]

What kind of lens was that? I mean, that..that..that's pretty darn big.

That's a seriously amazing shot, to think that there's this "galaxy" just "sitting" there.

That was taken with my daughters camera, a Nikon D5200 (craigslist special!) and my Nikon 85mm lens.

In the night sky, it's supposed to appear larger than the moon.
When I saw the smudge of it in Death Valley, you wouldn't think it's as big as it is... it seems 1/4 the size of the moon.

 

[CuriousMike]

Very little light polution, great for playing around with light painting.

Exactly!

I had a friend hold a flash just off camera at the Devils Golf Course and got this,

Lowest point in NA, -282 ft...

 

[brichter]

So last night was a crap shoot. We've got a full moon just now doing a nice job of illuminating all the crap in the atmosphere. But it was frikkin baltic last night and relatively clear. So I stayed up late and froze me nads off for this my first go at the Rosette Nebula.

Setup/exposure length/number of exposures?

 

[bikeama]

Birds

Took a ride out to the Woodbridge Crane Reserve. Little late in the season for a lot of birds but had to try the new camera out.

 

[berth]

That was taken with my daughters camera, a Nikon D5200 (craigslist special!) and my Nikon 85mm lens.

In the night sky, it's supposed to appear larger than the moon.
When I saw the smudge of it in Death Valley, you wouldn't think it's as big as it is... it seems 1/4 the size of the moon.

Yea, it's counterintuitive that you can get that good of a picture of a galaxy with just an 85mm lens.

 

[OneRedLT4]

Awesome pics. Just pulled out the DSLR and charging the batteries. I'm no photog, but the camera can make me look better than I really am.

Here's a phone shot where many of you might recognize the location

 

[berth]

Here's a phone shot where many of you might recognize the location

Funny, because of the lighting, this looks like a shot out of model railroading magazine, with the bridge being a miniature on a layout.

But I don't know if you can get a GSXR in HO scale.

It's a nice shot, love the water.

 

[CuriousMike]

Coyote Valley this morning.

 

[Hoho]

Nice owl, Mike!!

 

[byke]

Burrowing owl, those are charismatic little guys.

 

[ThumperX]

work

 

[EEEliminator]

work

Looking for a body?

 

[verz]

My pretty

 

[KWeezyXB12]

just a iPhone shot

 

[OneRedLT4]

Made me remember this one

And this one