2009/2/5 Bob W <[email protected]>: > is that what it looks like to the naked eye?
Yes. Kookynie is a hell of a long way from anywhere. > I'd love to see stars like > that. It blows me away every time. That's why I like shooting this stuff so much. > If it's a 31 second exposure, why aren't the stars or the ground streaking? The camera was pointed pretty much due south, so the effect of the earth's rotation is minimised. The ground isn't streaking because the camera was on a tripod which was sitting on said ground, so they are moving together :-). Cheers, Dave >> >> G'day All. >> >> Here is another shot from the "ghost town" of Kookynie (~205kb) >> >> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/3252660515_f0f8016558_o.jpg> >> >> D700, AF 20mm f2.8D, 31 seconds @ f4, ISO 6400. >> >> Enjoy, >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
