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Learn Deep Sky Astrophotography (Second attempt Orion Nebula)
Learn Deep Sky Astrophotography (Second attempt Orion Nebula)
vawendy


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: New Year's Resolution XV (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Sony Alpha a1
Lens: Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
Date: Dec 31, 2022
Shutter: 45 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2022

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[Jan. 8th, 2023 10:45:30 PM]

Dropped .5 on the last day.

This was night #3 of trying to photograph the Orion nebula. Though it's only the second try. I managed to photograph it on night 1. Night two was about 1-1.5 hours of freezing, trying to get the tracker polar aligned and then never actually getting to Orion. This was the third night of trying. It's hard to start completely from scratch on something. I'm not used being completely lost on something photography related. I didn't realize just how complicated it could be and how much there is to learn. When you read a paragraph and have half compromised of terms you've never heard before, it gets overwhelming. It's been cloudy since this photo was taken, so I haven't tried again. We'll see what happens.

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Place: 4 out of 28
Avg (all users): 6.4815
Avg (participants): 5.7500
Avg (non-participants): 6.7895
Views since voting: 477
Views during voting: 54
Votes: 27
Comments: 4
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AuthorThread
 01/13/2023 03:37:54 PM
Nicely done. Sooo close to a ribbon!
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 01/09/2023 03:37:33 PM
Hey, that's my old neighborhood! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/09/2023 09:13:39 AM
Congrats on this spectacular image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2023 10:01:36 AM
My favorite in this challenge.
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