I'm baaack.

[owen]

Here's an image I just took with my freshly repaired



For some reason it is appearing differently after uploading despite changing it to the srgb colourspace... this has more contrast that I would like.

[nito]

I see banding on the bottom left hand corner.

[big pix]

did they clean your sensor...... there are a lot of white spots in the sky.......

[Matt. K]

Owen
That is supurb! How did you hold those dark tones? Any post processing?

[birddog114]

Owen,
Good start after a long break!
I love the colour of the sky and those white "dust bunnies".

[avkomp]

this is a good shot.

like this a lot.

Steve

[PiroStitch]

Great shot owen and welcome back

Btw, take it back - they left a stamp on the sensor Also quality is too good for a D70

[stubbsy]

Owen

Awesome photo. The sabbatical worked wonders for you. This is up there amongst the best images from you so far (and there have been a fair few of those!). Keep 'em coming

[Killakoala]

Owen, that's very nice mate. One of the cows posed for you too.

[owen]

Thanks for the kind comments folk.

Tonight was the first time I had used the built-in noise reduction and I think it did a fairly good job.

This was a 30second exposure (I hope that cow is okay!) at f4 @ 17mm with the Tokina 12-24.

It is a blend of two images, however they were the same image just adjusted differently in raw shooter - one for the sky and one for the ground. I also adjusted the curves in the sky to make it a little darker but keep the stars bright.

Thanks for all the comments, especially bringing to my attention the dirty sensor!

[mudder]

Mate, I love it! Lovely color saturation and ambience and the bright stars really add to it, this is terrific...

Bit of what I assume is WA distortion, there's a bit of a lean with the verticals (was the camera pointed upwards?), but love the mood and feel to this... That'd look good printed

Great image mate...

[Alpha_7]

Beaut stuff Owen well done, I'm sure your very glad to have your baby back and in good health.

[LostDingo]

Great shot Owen, the exposure works great with your capture the stars really set off the serenity

[Bodak]

Great image and as one other has mentioned, how did you get the cows to remain still for so long.
Good work.

[birddog114]

Great image and as one other has mentioned, how did you get the cows to remain still for so long.
Good work.

The cows obeyed his order: "Freeze or you'll be shot"

[owen]

Actually it was the Paul Hogan trick

There's a bit of WA distortion because I was tilting the lens up... I wanted to get the stars in. The shed was actually on a lean already, but the silo wasn't

[Glen]

Very nice Owen

[owen]

Thanks Glen. Hopefully I can get some more night shots... just need to find some gloves because it's pretty bloody freezing lately.