Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery! (1 Viewer)

[Roy C]

Woodpecker from my garden. We have got strange weather. Days are dull and cold with glaze ice 2 cm thick covering all. Usually it is cold, snowy and sunny in January.
SW 80ED with Osawa telenegative, Pentax K-5 on tripod.
Full fames, only resized and slightly sharpened, no noise reduction applied.
1. ISO=1250,1/200
2. ISO=1600, 1/125
Some motion blur is visible at photo nr. 2.

Nice fine detail!

 

[Oskar Moilanen]

Only a juvenile Herring gull but because of the backround I could not resist some shots of it. BTW the background was oof reeds that were in the low winters sun. To get all the bird in the frame I had to back off to around 50 feet.
7D + SW80ED + 1.4x tc 1/320 sec, ISO 400, 840mm, tripod

What a cracking shot! Would you mind if I had a go at doing a painting of it?

 

[Roy C]

One from last month that I have just processed.
7D + 1.4x tc + SW80ED 1/800sec - ISO 400 -840mm - big crop

 

[DanC.Licks]

Nice, Roy. I've never been able to get close enough to get anything other than a group shot of those guys.

 

[Roy C]

What a cracking shot! Would you mind if I had a go at doing a painting of it?

Yes, that's fine by me Oskar.

 

[Roy C]

Nice, Roy. I've never been able to get close enough to get anything other than a group shot of those guys.
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That's a nice group shot Dan:t:

 

[DanC.Licks]

Thanks, Roy. This was right next to a small road. I was sloooooly inching my way closer when some idiot saw them, jumped out of his car to take a picture, and they took off.
:C

 

[Oskar Moilanen]

Yes, that's fine by me Oskar.

Thank you! I will post and credit you the result by the time I get done with it.

 

[Davey Boy C]

A couple of Red Crested Pochard from the weekend when the sun made a long awaited appearance.

D5100 + 1.4tc + SW80ED, 1/500, ISO 640, slight crop.

 

[Roy C]

A couple of Red Crested Pochard from the weekend when the sun made a long awaited appearance.

D5100 + 1.4tc + SW80ED, 1/500, ISO 640, slight crop.

A couple of nice poses there Davey - good ones :t:

 

[roztoczol]

Photo of Rough Legged Buzzard hovering against strong wind.Cropped to 1800*1200 then resized. White balance isn't accurate because of light coming from low Sun partially obscured by clouds and reflected from snow.
Pentax K-5, SW 80ED
ISO=800, 1/1000s handheld.

 

[Roy C]

Photo of Rough Legged Buzzard hovering against strong wind.Cropped to 1800*1200 then resized. White balance isn't accurate because of light coming from low Sun partially obscured by clouds and reflected from snow.
Pentax K-5, SW 80ED
ISO=800, 1/1000s handheld.

Nice shot. I have never tried hand-holding my SW80ED but I do not know how you can handhold, focus and press the shutter button - I would need three hands for this!!!

 

[DanC.Licks]

Doesn't this look better?

Super shot!

 

[Tord]

Great shot. The white balance should be easy to correct, it looks like green hue.

/Tord

 

[JGobeil]

Nice shot. I have never tried hand-holding my SW80ED but I do not know how you can handhold, focus and press the shutter button - I would need three hands for this!!!

Same comment. I'm impressed. Nice work !

 

[Roy C]

Got some great views of a fairly rare Spotted Redshank this morning on my local patch - a stunning looking bird. Also a Greenshank was showing well. Very poor light so not great snaps (these slow astroscopes really need nice light!)
7D + 1.4x + tc SW80ED so 840mm (1344mm FOV on the 7D)

 

[DanC.Licks]

Both more than respectable, Roy!

 

[punta]

Both very nice Roy. But I do know what you mean about needing decent ligh. I have struggled with the scope plus 1.5TC connected. I have taken shots that all look very dark and smudgy, bringing them back in PP is creating horrid noise. All have seen dusty bin of late :-C

But will keep trying :t:

 

[I4ani]

Nice images Roy, the report on Devon Birds, states another birder turned up with big glass, will be interesting to see comparison if he puts some on!! Once again Roy, nice work.

 

[Roy C]

Nice images Roy, the report on Devon Birds, states another birder turned up with big glass, will be interesting to see comparison if he puts some on!! Once again Roy, nice work.

Hi David, Yep that would be George who has a Nikon 400/2.8 VR. A massive lens that he hand-holds! He should have got some cracking shots as his lens is loads quicker than the Astroscope that is f7.5 (about f10 with the 1.4x tc on) so not easy in low light.