Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment:

Originally posted by mpemberton: Nice. Have never seen it look more real. Would be nice if the noise in the black was not there. 9

Thanks! Unfortunately the noise is hard to control on that camera :(

One day maybe I'll be able to afford something decent! Like a Canon D20. mmmmmmm... D20.

Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment:

Originally posted by krazy: dragging these out into star trails over several minutes would make a more interesting shot.

That would have been my preference, but the camera can only do 15 seconds max exposure.

Southern Cross
by storyteller

Comment:

Originally posted by phreakon: I keep scrolling up and down to try and make some sense of the image, but it really doesn't seem to have any appeal other than white dots on black space.

Change your screen resolution, or save the pic and open it in your editor, so you can see the whole thing. The two stars at the bottom are the "pointers", and point to the top of the cross - the whole being the constellation.

Originally posted by phreakon: There also seems to be a tinge of blue around the edges of the stars, which makes it seem like blurry dots.

That's ok - they are blurry dots! The blue tinge is an artefact of the camera - something I can't seem too remove without spot editing.

Five
by KiwiChris

Comment:
WHat an amazing shot!! Although it seems to have suffered some pixelization in the re-frame process...

Golden Gate
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
bit too large to be small

Brimming Contacts
by Zeus42

Comment:
Too dark - the subject doesn't really stand out. May have been better against white?

Orange in the Grass
by vaguilo

Comment:
Complementary colours too...

Calla
by banmorn

Comment:
NIce

On the road again...
by snowleopard10101

Comment:
Should have been taken with the van much further away

Signs of Spring
by nova

Comment:
Way too busy - too many things in the foreground for this challenge. Nice shot otherwise...