The Photography Thread
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izzikio_rage
Technomancer
That's very cool
It can be done, I've used CHDK on my canon SX120 to get star trails. 30sec exposures and almost 150 shots (CHDK has an intervalometer script, look for that and add it to your CHDK).
You just need a very dark place, away from city lights or on some very high roof. Take a moonless night and then shoot
For shots like this do a dark frame reduction. You can find the tutorials on google. It will clean a lot of the noise
CyberKID
In search for Tech Gyan!
Liked the grasses.
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Some days ago, I clicked some shots of the cloudy sky and made it into a timelapse. The result is not that good, as there are interferences because of the clothes lines overhead. Another aspect is the relatively larger time interval (of 6 seconds) between each shot which, I think makes the transition a bit jittery. An interval of 2 seconds, I guess would be good enough.
Amazingly, my cam, which has a CIPA battery rating of ~550 shots was able to click more than 700 shots without losing a bar on the stock battery.
[video]*youtu.be/y9NwlWcRPho[/video]
nac
Aspiring Novelist
It's vibrant... Would work with some nice subjects.
Yeah, I remember your star trail work.
The one (CDHK) I have comes with few scripts and intervalometer is one of them.I wish I could go to somewhere remote to try astro photography. But for now, all I have is our house terrace.
DSS takes care of this. It's like more frames, less noise.
I am trying for milkyway to show up in the picture. I have done star trails few times before. Though the results were just ok, those were successful attempts. Until now, I couldn't capture milkyway.
I guess it's because I pushed too much (ISO) last time which ends up too noisy and that lead DSS to dump most of the photographs in bin.
I tried again last night @ lower ISO. But I was just 15 min into the photo shoot, clouds covered the sky. I end up with just 12-14 photographs. Other than brightness level and noise, pretty much everything seems like my previous attempt. I still can see the milkyway in single frame. Hoping DSS would see things better this time.
Comet or meteor (I am not sure) like thing got in one of the frame. But unfortunately I can't use it, as that frame has some clouds in it.
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- It looks more like panning than a timelapse. NO OFFENSE.
- Camera doesn't seem like stayed in one position through out the shoot. At the start, there is no cloth line. But in the second half, it started showing up.
I am the first one to watch
CyberKID
In search for Tech Gyan!
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- It looks more like panning than a timelapse. NO OFFENSE.
- Camera doesn't seem like stayed in one position through out the shoot. At the start, there is no cloth line. But in the second half, it started showing up.
I am the first one to watch
Yes, you're right. As the sun started coming over the camera lens, I had to move it so as to save the direct sunlight falling over the sensor. Will try to do a better job next time.
nac
Aspiring Novelist
Woohoo *www.buddy-icons.info/img/smile/1889.gif
I am excited with the result. *www.talkgold.com/forum/images/smilies/woohoo.gif.pagespeed.ce.r9-iJsDBpM.gif
I guess given the scenario, this is the best pinhead can do. Would like to try again once aiming for 30-50 light frames, which would reveal some more details and less noise. I am not sure if I am up for one more long process.
Here is the result. DSS stacked 8 out of 12 light frames. Much better than first attempt, in my view. I tried reducing noise, but it gets softer. I prefer sharper than a clean image.
*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/Milkyway%2013thAug_zps1tcwmcmm.jpg
SX130 | f/3.4 | 8 x 60 sec | ISO 400 | 28mm eq.
I am excited with the result. *www.talkgold.com/forum/images/smilies/woohoo.gif.pagespeed.ce.r9-iJsDBpM.gif
I guess given the scenario, this is the best pinhead can do. Would like to try again once aiming for 30-50 light frames, which would reveal some more details and less noise. I am not sure if I am up for one more long process.
Here is the result. DSS stacked 8 out of 12 light frames. Much better than first attempt, in my view. I tried reducing noise, but it gets softer. I prefer sharper than a clean image.
*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/Milkyway%2013thAug_zps1tcwmcmm.jpg
SX130 | f/3.4 | 8 x 60 sec | ISO 400 | 28mm eq.
izzikio_rage
Technomancer
nomad47
Cyborg Agent
Thanks
The lens is really sharp. Hoping for some good shots over the time.
Awesome. But your stars have started trailing due to long exposures. Follow the 600 rule to avoid that. You will have nice stars
Siddhartht
Void
Now, finally I'm back in my university, and start of sad life.
This one is kind of skewed in terms of perspective, but oh well...
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5688/20373481138_e5bee5f0a4_k.jpgDSC4264-Path to light ? by Siddharth Tomar, on Flickr
This one is kind of skewed in terms of perspective, but oh well...
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5688/20373481138_e5bee5f0a4_k.jpgDSC4264-Path to light ? by Siddharth Tomar, on Flickr
nac
Aspiring Novelist
Thanks guys...
It's a trade I got to make. With 500 rule, I can go for 18 sec max. But milkyway won't show up (or atleast it didn't show up before - not the last two attempts). But sure I will try. I have been waiting for months to try this...
Siddhartht
Void
Nice astro-photgraphy guys. I am thinking about trying it with A6000, it's just that here it's mostly cloudy and foggy :/
And this is a nice example of how I can ruin a nearly perfect shot because I was not competent enough to change the shutter speed fast enough.....I think manual controls really help in scenarios involving quick change of settings.
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5745/20568508801_587eb06be1.jpgDSC3946 by Siddharth Tomar, on Flickr
And this is a nice example of how I can ruin a nearly perfect shot because I was not competent enough to change the shutter speed fast enough.....I think manual controls really help in scenarios involving quick change of settings.
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5745/20568508801_587eb06be1.jpgDSC3946 by Siddharth Tomar, on Flickr
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$hadow
Geek in making
S3 camera was good as per those days standard but now even redmi 2 camera can take a good fight to it. Photography like every thing requires practice.
izzikio_rage
Technomancer
Still seems better than a lot of point and shoots. Just need to figure a good way to shoot with it
Meh Pureview,Zeiss and Exmor sensors are always gonna be light years ahead
Samsung is overrated imho
I prefer even Nexus 5 camera over samsung
Redmi uses Exmor so its awesome
Siddhartht
Void
I don't know if they have any name in particular
. Personally I think that "looking up" versions are kind of better in most of the generalized cases, but sometimes it is necessary to capture the whole vertical field of view, without the perspective distortion. I will post the non monochrome version of the picture soon, which I think is even more interesting.
nac
Aspiring Novelist
Here is single frame untouched and 8 frame stacked before touching
Single
*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/1%20Milkyway_zps4o9whihk.jpg
Stacked
*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/Stacked_zps8tnyz5wv.jpg
Yesterday, it was raining and today it's cloudy.
Waiting for an opportunity...Now watching how to PP milky way shot. Will try again, and see if I can pull something better from the stacked one.
izzikio_rage
Technomancer
Wow, could you see the milky way with your naked eye?Here is single frame untouched and 8 frame stacked before touching
Single
*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/1%20Milkyway_zps4o9whihk.jpg
Stacked
*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/Stacked_zps8tnyz5wv.jpg
Yesterday, it was raining and today it's cloudy.
Now watching how to PP milky way shot. Will try again, and see if I can pull something better from the stacked one.
Should i be trying for this if i can't see it with my naked eye? Plus with 8 shots of 60sec each how did you not get trails?
nac
Aspiring Novelist
No, milky way isn't visible to naked eyes here in my place. Wish to see it at least once in my life time. Without Stellarium finding it would be one helluva job.
You don't see star trails? I guess you're viewing it from your mobile phone. It's there even in this small resolution.
Even though I felt capturing milky way could be possible with SX130, there was some amount of doubt. If SX130 can do it, I am sure NEX can do it much better. May be you don't need to push your camera as much as I did. I was desperate to get it, so I pushed too much. Probably with just one exposure you could have milkyway with NEX.
Siddhartht
Void
I think I can see Milky way from my University on a clear day. NEX-6 can definitely take pictures of stars at low ISOs without stacking. I usually use the remote supplied with my Tripod (VCT-VPR1) for taking pictures at night with either 8s or bulb shutter. I guess my NEX-6 performed better than A6000 in low light, but one cannot ask for a perfect camera under 50K. Here is a picture I took yesterday, which exactly isn't a "Low light" shot, but there was fog and I wanted to capture the misty sort of picture. Apparently, I should have used a 5s shutter for that effect.......
*farm1.staticflickr.com/760/20682295005_c82d5b81cb.jpgMist-DSC4471 by Siddharth Tomar, on Flickr