Login
Register
Gallery
Full Size
Like (38)
Milky Way In Sagittarius by Christian Drouin
Taken from Upper Durham, north of Fredericton NB. The very shiny star at the lower center right, is not a star but a planet: Jupiter.
| Category: Nature | Views: 4375 |
More from Christian Drouin's gallery
Details
| Camera | D70 |
| Lens | FE 10.5mm F2.8 |
| Focal Length | 10.5 Mm |
| Shutter Speed | 10 Min Guided |
| Aperture | F8 |
| ISO | 200 |
| Date Taken | Not Entered |
| Tags | Not Entered |
| Location | Not Entered |
| License | All Rights Reserved |
Face-Off Statistics
Number of face-offs: 109
Won
37%
Lost
28%
Drawn
36%
Click here to judge more photo face-offs
-
06/06 2010
02:42 -
04/06 2010
04:25 -
19/02 2010
09:26
-
18/02 2010
04:55
Ashley Edwards
This picture is absolutely incredible, from the sheer wonder and beauty of the stars, to the marvelous composition of colours and the rainbow effect they appear to have. Great photo Christian 5* -
21/12 2009
05:21
-
16/09 2009
07:31 -
28/06 2009
05:33 -
30/03 2009
12:41
-
29/03 2009
09:10 -
17/01 2009
08:47
-
24/10 2008
02:02
-
24/10 2008
02:01
-
22/09 2008
07:59
Christian Drouin
Thanx again for your nice comments guys. Paul, I know it has been a while. Dave E-mailed me to let me know about this. So I took the opportunity I had to be briefly home to upload some new ones. Unfortunately, the next time might be sometime in Oct. Anyways, I'll try to come and visit more often and comment on pics, there are so many new galleries, scary....Take care.Chris -
22/09 2008
04:50 -
21/09 2008
11:12 -
20/09 2008
02:46
peter hopson
hi christian hope all is well havant seen you around for quite a time now missed your great images hope that at some time you will start to up load again well done on potw a great image it is and well worth potw ,,pete,5* -
20/09 2008
12:56
-
20/09 2008
12:41 -
20/09 2008
12:36
Christian Drouin
Hey everyone, just a little touch and go before I go away again. Thank you very much for your comments, it is nice of you to take the time. It is also a surprise to me that this one has been selected. Thank you again Dave for telling me by E-mail. Best regards to all. Chris -
19/09 2008
09:44 -
19/09 2008
08:37
-
18/09 2008
11:38 -
18/09 2008
08:47
Dave O'Callaghan
Congratulations. As i said before, a real cracker. Hope all is well with you... Dave -
18/09 2008
05:48 -
18/09 2008
03:25 -
17/09 2008
09:54 -
16/09 2008
08:55
Jeff Bellamy
Congratulations on POTW Chris! This is a beautiful shot. Great use of the technology. - Jeff -
16/09 2008
06:04 -
16/09 2008
05:42
Katja Zuske
Christian, this is a very unusual, perfectly executed picture which deserves the POTW very much. I do hope you take notice of this award, if not now then at a later time, haven't seen you in many months... -
16/09 2008
02:38 -
16/09 2008
12:13
Charles Dunlevy
Christian, well deserved POTW, and as I understand it: a very difficult shot unless one has the right equipment and your know-how! Five stars of course for the many stars you have presented so well. Thank you for bringing the heavens to us all.... Best Regards Charles -
15/09 2008
08:47 -
15/09 2008
08:23
Jo-Ann Stokes
Congrats Chris on Potw - i hope you are around to see it and not on a mission somewhere!! Cheers Jo -
15/09 2008
08:22 -
15/09 2008
08:10 -
15/09 2008
07:47 -
15/09 2008
04:36
Simon Anderson
Fantastic night shot, love the stars and the little splash of colour at the bottom. simon -
15/09 2008
04:30 -
12/05 2008
02:45 -
25/02 2008
09:58
Christian Drouin
Sorry James for the late reply, I got really sick lately. Thanx for your interest in my work mate. For this one, I used a fisheye 10.5mm f2.8 on a D70 piggybacking my telescope that I used for guiding so that you can eliminate the earth spin, hence getting stars as opposed to startrail. However, if you have a fast wide angle lens and a camera that operates at high ISO setting (1600+) you can get shots similar to this provided you don't exceed 5 to 10 sec exposure (whether you shot close to the celestial pole or not)and get away from the need to guide your mount. However, you'll get more noise that you can postprocess. Cheers, Chris -
15/02 2008
05:19 -
07/02 2008
03:57
Christian Drouin
Hey Guy, now that I'm back from Vietnam, I'm getting ready to spend more time out to bring in some more of this. Thank you very much for your comments. Chris -
30/12 2007
12:05 -
14/12 2007
09:47
Christian Drouin
Thank mates, I'm very glad that you enjoyed this. Soon, after my trip to Vietnam, I'll get back with more of it. Take care. Chris -
12/12 2007
03:50 -
11/12 2007
05:15 -
10/12 2007
02:24
-
10/12 2007
12:23 -
10/12 2007
12:09
Christian Drouin
Don't worry Dave, it is not that bad. Once you know what to do, it is often easier to capture night shot because you don't have to worry about lighting variations and direction, as well as depth of field. I'm glad you like it. Thanx Ollie for your constant support and mind openess. Cheers, Chris -
09/12 2007
10:46
Ollie Bell
An awesome shot Christian, you are proving to be a dab hand at night photography. Top marks, rgds Ollie -
09/12 2007
10:40
Dave O'Callaghan
absolutely glorious, and no simple process by the sound of it... a real cracker!, 5* Dave -
09/12 2007
07:45
Christian Drouin
Good day Dom. First, I think the lens you used is perfect for this type of application. The problem is the camera. The D80 has 4 millions more pixels than the D70 on the same chip size. Therefore, the pixel pitch of the D80 is a lot smaller, inferior to 7 microns. So, during the same time exposure, the D80 gathers less light than the D70 and produce more dark current. You can obviously apply noise reduction but then you will get rid of all the details that are below the noise treshold. It is even worse with the D2x with its 5.5 microns pixel pitch. This is why I kept my D70 for astrophoto. I had address this issue to Nikon Canada 2 years ago, telling them then that I would hope that if they were to come up with a full frame body, to not do the mistake to crank up the pixel number. And I'm very happy that the D3 came out with 12Mp, because it means big pixels, very sensitive, and very low noise. Perfect for astrophoto, especially with the live view which will make such a difference when comes the time to get a perfect focus. Anyway, this the reason why I never use my D2x for this type of work; the D70 being a legendary camera for its low noise. In short, try the lowest ISO, with the least noise reduction, shoot raw at around f4 to f5.6, and go by trial and error as far as time exposure is concerned. If you have an equatorial mount with a clock drive to counter the earth rotation, then do multiple short exposures and stack them in CS2 in order to increase the signal to noise ratio. If you want to know more, don't hesitate to drop me an E-mail through my website and it'll please me a great deal to give you more advice. Cheers mate. Chris -
09/12 2007
07:16
dom bower
wow awesome! over the last couple of nights i have had clear sky and tried to take photos of it with my sigma 10-20mm f4 lens but just cant get any good images without massive amounts of noise. do you have any other tips? -
09/12 2007
05:00
Anthony Beck
All the more gorgeous Christian, because here in SE England we rarely see more than a handful of stars ever!
Create a Digital Photographer gallery to enjoy regular competitions, tips, resources, and get your work viewed by thousands in the magazine and online!
Sign Up- 213,309 Images 20,095 Galleries
- 291,544 Images 75,586 Galleries
Follow Us
Blog News
-
Win a £6,000 African Photo Safari
Enter your best wildlife image for a chance to win an incredible photo safari in Africa, plus flights!
-
Great Digital Mags site now live!
A brand-new, secure web portal for purchasing digital editions of the range of titles offered by Imagine Publishing
-
Top tip for using flash
Check out our tip for getting the best results from your flash
-
Win a copy of McAfee's All Access Security software
McAfee and Digital Photographer are giving you the chance to win a copy of McAfee's All Access Securtiy software worth £74.99!
-
onOne Software Announces Availability of Perfect Effects 3 Free Edition
Free version of Perfect Effects 3 available now
Tutorials
-
Add clarity to your images in Photoshop
Make your images pin sharp in less than three minutes!
-
Top tip for using flash
Check out our tip for getting the best results from your flash
-
Add Motion Blur effects in Photoshop CS6
Motion Blur is a handy tool for creating artistic effects in Photoshop
-
Top tip for editing in Photoshop
Here's a handy hint for getting the best results when working in Photoshop
-
Convert to moody black and white in Photoshop CS5
A black and white conversion - and quick crop - can do wonders for an image. Here's how!
