Picture of the Day

[Fuzz]

dumb question, but what do you use to stack that many photos together without having your computer crash (or to you just have a really nice setup)? Do you use a remote intervolmeter (how is that spelled?) or the EOS utility? any reason to use one over the other?

To take the pictures, I use the EOS Utility -- in the Remote Shooting mode, there's a timer option where I can set the number of shots and it'll automatically keep shooting. For deep space objects with my telescope, I use Nebulosity (which provides different/more features). I know some people use a remote control timer like [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Canon-TC80N3-Remote-Control-Cameras/dp/B00009XVA3"]this[/ame]. The advantage of using a software control (like EOS Utility or Nebulosity) is that you can see the results as they're being captured and can correct anything if necessary + it records directly to the computer so no danger of filling up the CF card. The downside is that you have to have the camera connected to a computer (which may not be feasible far out in the field). With the timer remote control, it's just the camera + remote (not to mention that Nebulosity does not support many DSLRs since it was designed mainly for CCD imaging).

Once the images are captured, for star trails I stack using Image Stacker. Very simple and easy to use. For stacking where I want the stars to be added without any trails (like this, which needs each frame to be rotated/translated), I use DeepSkyStacker.

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[CS]

Leaves are finally changing around here:






First attempt with my new Lens Baby. Some heavy curve adjustments on this.




In Seattle over Thanksgiving.

[pointedem]

First attempt with my new Lens Baby. Some heavy curve adjustments on this.

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great colors

[Lonnie]

[g_man80]

Shot with the 70-300 VR I'm trying to sell ( [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175215"]FS: Nikon 70-300mm VR...[/ame] )

[Fuzz]

Full moon rising (Canon 40D + Tamron 18-270mm @ 270mm, 1/30s, f/6.3, IS100):

[webmind]

WOW! I should say I just enjoyed many beautiful pictures. What a wonderful world! Thank you for sharing them. They are also nice enough for desktop.

[Lonnie]

Full moon rising (Canon 40D + Tamron 18-270mm @ 270mm, 1/30s, f/6.3, IS100):

"~~I see a bad moon arising....~~~"

[RedWolf]

[Lev]

One of the many sweet shots I got in Peru last summer:

[Bawheed]

Stills from a short-film shoot yesterday...

[g_man80]

[grubbers]

watching the sun set over the prince william sound this past summer. so many moments where i wished i had a tripod and more than just a dinky point and shoot...

[Dromond]

[Lonnie]

[Lonnie]

Fall's last gasp...

[NashBoarder]

Damn Lonnie. Nice shots

Spent some time in south florida doing some fishing in the 10,000 islands.

[mavrick]

^^^^ the 2nd one is AMAZING!

These are from New Orleans

[wren]

Love that shot Dromond.

[Lonnie]

Damn Lonnie. Nice shots

Thanks. It's amazing what you see when you stop and look.

[D-ROCK]

Some wicked photos in this thread!

Few shots from the last little while:

[Dromond]

Love that shot Dromond.

Cheers. I think that Bawheed's ship is my favorite on this page.

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[Lonnie]

D-Rock, the last one is sweet.