Mt Dora Florada.
I found out, its hard to capture/focus on bubbles
I drove my auto focus nuts trying to capture these
Canon R8, with the Canon 28-70 f2.8 stm lens
A progression of focus points
After near 20 hours I just couldnt pull out the lighting as I hoped. Limits of a color camera I guess along with my feeble processing skills.
Super dark nebula taken from my driveway, Anderson SC.
WO GT 71, ASI2600mc pro, Skywatcher eq6r, Antila ALP-T 5nm filter. (233) 5 min light frames...
Nothing special, but this one taken with my Canon R8 and my 100-400 lens set at 400mm. 1/250 sec at 100 ISO & f11
my next adventure is mounting my R8 to my Cat 8 with no focal reducer making it around f2200
taken 10/23/2025 6 1/2 hours of lights using my William Optic GT71 which is 332mm FL, ASI2600mc, Antilla ALP-T 5nm filter
Shown is Nebulae NGC7538, NGC7635 and Sh2-157\
Question: do you prefer the one with LOTs of stars #1 Or fewer stars #2?
Ed Litoborski
Interstellar Astrophotography...
So I've see several videos where folks are recommending turning your cellphone upside down and low to the ground to give your image a whole different look. My question is do you get the same result when using a dslr camera? im trying to figure out what turning it upside down does?
So has anyone tried a light pollution filter with the dslr? I ended up with the laowa 15mm f/2 zero d lens Which takes a 72mm filter. If it dropped it one stop, I would still be at f2.8
Trying out my new Iaowa f2 x 17mm lens mounted to my R8, the shot below is a 3 sec exposure at iso 800
I was trying for a Milkyway while imaging with my telescope last night.
I did pick up the tale of the milkyway as shown below but the brighter core was way below the trees.
I guess I have...
2 for the price of one
Taken last night with right at 6 1/2 hours of 5 min subs from my home in SC
Used my SXV 102, 2600 mc with the Antila 5nm filter.
Taking the same image tonight but with a wider field of view scope (my Williom Optics 525mm Capturing the lobster claw along with these 2.
I...
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