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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-20-2013, 05:08 PM
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Wow - very impressive image TopherTheME!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-06-2013, 10:35 PM
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Nice pics saladin. Also nice to see Orion the way I grew up seeing it. As a kid growing up in Geelong, I never understood why books referred to orions belt and sword, when it was the wrong way around... :)
Darryl
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-26-2012, 09:01 PM
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Eric,
These are both fantastic images. Bravo!
Darryl
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-25-2012, 02:14 AM
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I am in Sointula, on Malcolm Island - just off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. We have fairly dark skies, if you get away from the lights of the "big city" of Port McNeill... :)
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-24-2012, 08:54 PM
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I can't compete with your technical skills Dr-who, but here's my humble attempt with a 50mm f1.7 lens and the O_GPS1...
Merry Christmas all...
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-18-2012, 07:18 PM
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I am guessing that you used a telescope for this shot? Can you provide some more details about how you created this breathtaking image? Fabulous work!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-18-2012, 07:17 PM
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I really like the style you have developed for these star trails! Hope to see more as you experiment more :)
Darryl
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-18-2012, 07:15 PM
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You don't necessarily need to buy software to get some great shots with this lens. For example, Deep Sky Stacker is a wonderful freeware app that can produce great results. A program like PixInsight can take your astrophotography to a new (and more complex) level, but no need to jump right in the deep end and spend a lot of money.
Without stacking you can still generate some very impressive images, with some basic image editing program and relatively long exposures and the O-GPS1 unit. Even without the GPS unit, you could take some fairly long exposures at higher ISO levels and get good results if you have relatively dark skies.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-15-2012, 09:12 AM
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Yes. I simply took the image layer with the meteor masked away everything but the meteor and added back to the top of the stack.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-14-2012, 08:54 PM
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An image from early this morning. Shot with a K5, O-GPS1, Bower (Samyang) 14mm f2.8 lens, 1 minute exposure. A stack of 11 images, shot as PEF, developed in Lightroom. Distortion corrected with PTLens. Alignment by Autopano Pro and assembled in PS CS4.
i saw many more bright Geminids than I managed to capture. At least it was relatively clear this morning :)
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-08-2012, 10:30 AM
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Since I got my K5, the sky has been filled with clouds. This morning was the first time that I had a chance to test out the O-GPS1 unit. The seeing wasn't good, but I am fairly impressed by how well the O-GPS1 unit performs!
Two pics from this morning...
Shot in raw and developed in Lightroom and some curves adjustments in PS CS4.
Pentax K5, O-GPS1, 50mm f1.7 @f2.8, ISO 800, 2 minute exposure:
Pentax K5, O-GPS1, 18-135mm @ f3.5 &18mm, ISO 800, 2 minute exposure:
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