2021-Aug-1
Beginning of August.
Just another sunrise.
But the last quarter moon, at just 90 degree angle with earth and sun, shows its aging (rusty) face already. Hah. It is actually nothing but my boosting color saturation during image postprocecessing.
My astrophotography 2021
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2021-Aug-4
The sky turned clear after sunset. Headed for a location deep in LCK and took advantage of the exceptionally nice weather. No clouds even in 14mm full frame!
But the light pollutions were way too strong for super wide angle photography where the unevenly illuminated background sky turned out very difficult to correct.
Anyway, I came back super happy that I managed to capture Milkyway with a landscape foreground. Much better than the result from Changi coast last month.
A series of three photos show the zoom-in from a cropped 14mm image to the Rho Ophiuchu Cloud Complex. I could probably have taken a better picture if I continued to shoot the complex when it moved to a less-affected section of sky around 11PM. But the point is, I have had enjoyed a good time under the stars and liked to call it a day.
The sky turned clear after sunset. Headed for a location deep in LCK and took advantage of the exceptionally nice weather. No clouds even in 14mm full frame!
But the light pollutions were way too strong for super wide angle photography where the unevenly illuminated background sky turned out very difficult to correct.
Anyway, I came back super happy that I managed to capture Milkyway with a landscape foreground. Much better than the result from Changi coast last month.
A series of three photos show the zoom-in from a cropped 14mm image to the Rho Ophiuchu Cloud Complex. I could probably have taken a better picture if I continued to shoot the complex when it moved to a less-affected section of sky around 11PM. But the point is, I have had enjoyed a good time under the stars and liked to call it a day.
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Re: My astrophotography 2021
Nice milky way colors in the 2nd pic!
Coincidentally I was also imaging the same area, might post it up soon.
Coincidentally I was also imaging the same area, might post it up soon.
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Re: My astrophotography 2021
Stunning!
Every night I attempt to image Rho Ophiuchus I get clouded out or fogged out! I think it doesn't want to be photographed.
Every night I attempt to image Rho Ophiuchus I get clouded out or fogged out! I think it doesn't want to be photographed.
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Re: My astrophotography 2021
Thanks. Cannot wait to see your work!celeron787 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:48 pm Nice milky way colors in the 2nd pic!
Coincidentally I was also imaging the same area, might post it up soon.
For the 2nd photo, I was shooting with a star-soft (softfocus) filter. But I was too lazy to shoot another set without.
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Aha. Don't complain about bad weather to Singapore-based astrophotographers.Dragon Man wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:17 pm Stunning!
Every night I attempt to image Rho Ophiuchus I get clouded out or fogged out! I think it doesn't want to be photographed.
Coincidentally, the IOTD for today was a truly stunning photo of this milky way section.
Re: My astrophotography 2021
2021-Aug-6
My favorite moon phases in order:
1. thin crescent moon
2. full moon
3. first/last quarter moon
I am always fascinated by the earthshine -- the darker side of the thin crescent moon.
Today it was one. Despite the cloudy predawn skies, I took chance and went out to the observation site.
No I did not capture the crescent moon rise, neither did I capture a clean earthshine photo. But alas, some narrow gaps between low clouds allow me the take a look at this marvelous beauty through high-thin clouds.
One more try for tomorrow morning!
My favorite moon phases in order:
1. thin crescent moon
2. full moon
3. first/last quarter moon
I am always fascinated by the earthshine -- the darker side of the thin crescent moon.
Today it was one. Despite the cloudy predawn skies, I took chance and went out to the observation site.
No I did not capture the crescent moon rise, neither did I capture a clean earthshine photo. But alas, some narrow gaps between low clouds allow me the take a look at this marvelous beauty through high-thin clouds.
One more try for tomorrow morning!
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Re: My astrophotography 2021
Thanks HH Zhang. You have alot of interesting objects. Hope to see your planets soon.
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Re: My astrophotography 2021
My high-res planetary photography has to wait until I have regained the lost interests in there and perhaps determination to purchase a looong FL SCT.Airconvent wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:09 am Thanks HH Zhang. You have alot of interesting objects. Hope to see your planets soon.
Haha
Re: My astrophotography 2021
2021-Aug-7
So my fascination drove me to shoot the earthshine in the early morning. Better weather than yesterday's, but still too cloudy to have any hope for moon+constellations/asterisms.
The next chance of shooting earthshine will be after the new moon. Especially on the day of Aug 11, there will be fantastic conjunction of Venus and Moon. Will I have better luck then?
So my fascination drove me to shoot the earthshine in the early morning. Better weather than yesterday's, but still too cloudy to have any hope for moon+constellations/asterisms.
The next chance of shooting earthshine will be after the new moon. Especially on the day of Aug 11, there will be fantastic conjunction of Venus and Moon. Will I have better luck then?