night sky HDR experment

[rdking647]

took my camera to a relativley dark location to try my hand at taking a group of shots and then using hdr efex pro to combine them. heres the results

#1 iso 500 50mm lens f1.8 15 seconds



#2 same setting but 9 identical shots combined using hdr efex pro

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdking647/6055121078/>DSC_3335_HDR by http://www.flickr.com/people/rdking647/>rdking647, on Flickr


#3 iso 1000 50mm lens f1.8 15 seconds




#4 same settings but hdr efex pro used to combine 5 exposures




all in all Id call it a successful experiment

[alfredo]

1. That really brought out the color. (the last one) Excellent results.

[Solly Mack]

2. Wow. Very successful.

[Fumesucker]

3. You might have been more successful than you realize..

I can't tell for absolute positive sure on these resized images but I think I found two meteors in your first image, they might be satellites but it would be a real coincidence to get two satellites on parallel courses in one fifteen second shot.

Did you happen to capture these during the Perseid shower?

[rdking647]

4. they are from last night

I didnt see them with the naked eye so Im not sure if they are airplanes or meteors. it was after the peak of the perseids's and it was shortly after sunset(august 17th about 9:15 local time)

[Fumesucker]

5. Shortly after sunset could make it more likely satellites..

Although I've taken a lot of images and I don't think I've ever had one with two satellites at once in that manner and I'm under the flight path for Hartsfield depending on wind direction, I know all too well what airplanes look like on a time exposure.

Of course two meteors in fifteen seconds is fairly unusual too, particularly outside a shower.

Your camera really renditions the reds well, it's amazing how much difference a fast lens makes on the ability to pick up nebulosity.

[ManiacJoe]

6. The links to the HDR pics are broken.

However, going to your flickr stream shows the goodness!