Photoxels - Digital Photography » astrophotography

Have Camera, Will Photograph Stars @ BobAtkins

photoxels — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:29 +0000

Have a good DSLR and have always wanted to photograph the stars? Here’s a tutorial from Bob Atkins on just how to go about doing it with your camera, a sturdy tripod and a telephoto lens. It covers focusing, exposure, image stacking, shutter speed to use, and how to photograph the Moon (how we all start), star trails, the Sun (yikes, but beautiful) and the planets.

Read the tutorial at: Bob Atkins.

Astrophotography with a Canon 500mm/4.5L lens

photoxels — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:48:36 +0000

Bob Atkins has an interesting article on how he used a Canon 500mm telephoto lens and a 2x multiplier to take pictures of Jupiter and its moons. If you already have this lens, then you’ve got to read this article.

[ Read the article at: Bob Atkins ]

Watch the [very] awesome Milky Way

photoxels — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:39:27 +0000

Milky Way Galaxy

Give a [very] smart guy (William Castleman) a [very] good DSLR (Canon 5D), a [very] wide-angle lens (EF 15mm fish-eye), and a bunch of other [very] sophisticated equipment — which by the way the guy says are the ‘simplest equipment’ — and plunk him in the middle of the night at 9:20pm facing East South East on April 21, 2009… and what does he do?

Watch and be awed!

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.