Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment by storyteller:

Originally posted by mpemberton: Nice. Have never seen it look more real. Would be nice if the noise in the black was not there. 9

Thanks! Unfortunately the noise is hard to control on that camera :(

One day maybe I'll be able to afford something decent! Like a Canon D20. mmmmmmm... D20.

Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment by storyteller:

Originally posted by krazy: dragging these out into star trails over several minutes would make a more interesting shot.

That would have been my preference, but the camera can only do 15 seconds max exposure.

Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment by storyteller:

Originally posted by phreakon: I keep scrolling up and down to try and make some sense of the image, but it really doesn't seem to have any appeal other than white dots on black space.

Change your screen resolution, or save the pic and open it in your editor, so you can see the whole thing. The two stars at the bottom are the "pointers", and point to the top of the cross - the whole being the constellation.

Originally posted by phreakon: There also seems to be a tinge of blue around the edges of the stars, which makes it seem like blurry dots.

That's ok - they are blurry dots! The blue tinge is an artefact of the camera - something I can't seem too remove without spot editing.

Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment by squirrel:
a bit flat...

Southern Cross
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Comment by nsmith:
Nice job capturing stars.

Southern Cross
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Comment by skylen:
Different than most of the shots in the challenge, which is good in a way. But the image doesn't hold enough to keep me interesting in looking at it more than a few seconds. Also there is a lot of compression artifacts in the "blackness". The image is only 9 KB, if you saved it at a higher JPEG quality it would look better with respect to that.

Southern Cross
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Comment by nico_blue:
too abstractionistic for my tastes...

Southern Cross
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Comment by phreakon:
These types of star shots are tough to pull off in these challenges, especially against some of the other submissions. I keep scrolling up and down to try and make some sense of the image, but it really doesn't seem to have any appeal other than white dots on black space. There also seems to be a tinge of blue around the edges of the stars, which makes it seem like blurry dots. I wish I had more good things to say, but I'm having trouble. I like your idea though, so maybe you'll have better luck if you try the shot again.

Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment by Matthew:
This could be technially very challenging to obtain - it just does not come across as a photo that captures the essence of "late night", or as an interesting photo in its own right.

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Comment by sabphoto:
I have yet to get a good picture of stars, good job. Doesn't have a whole lot of interest but is nicely shot.