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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Somewhere in South America

I got some beautiful dark skies in my recent trip to Brazil. I wish I had my star tracking mount with me...

I hope you like it. - Fred

Apr 15, 2013 at 05:53 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Somewhere in South America

Thats great, I want to try a dark sky shot soon. Thanks for showing the settings.

Apr 15, 2013 at 06:28 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Somewhere in South America

Love Brazil! I like this one very much...top notch work...love how you also included the bench

Apr 15, 2013 at 07:36 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Somewhere in South America

I like it, why didn't you bring the mount with you? That stupid 'astro' thread cost me almost $2000, lol

Apr 15, 2013 at 07:43 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Somewhere in South America

That is great Fred. I was in the mountains (12,000 ft) of Peru last week, and saw some incredible skies at night. Sadly, I had no tripod, and I only had a 50/1.2L. I didn't get an opportunity to shoot the skies, but did spend a lot of time looking up

Apr 15, 2013 at 10:09 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Somewhere in South America

Awesome shots Fred. Did you light paint the foreground or was it lit by moonlight?
Harsha

Apr 15, 2013 at 10:26 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Somewhere in South America

Hey Fred,

You got some super shots here, really sweet star shots. I am thinking #2 is my favorite, though I do really like #1 also.

Jim

Apr 16, 2013 at 12:08 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Somewhere in South America

Really like #2 here, Fred - reaching for the skies!
cheers Andrew

Apr 16, 2013 at 12:32 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Somewhere in South America

Fred, very neat images of the 2 I like #2 the best but both are nice . Regards, Dean

Apr 16, 2013 at 05:21 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Somewhere in South America

harshaj1 wrote:
Awesome shots Fred. Did you light paint the foreground or was it lit by moonlight?
Harsha

I am wondering the same thing.

Excellent images, Fred!

-Nick

Apr 16, 2013 at 09:05 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Somewhere in South America

Sunny Sra wrote:
Love Brazil! I like this one very much...top notch work...love how you also included the bench

The Summer X-Games will be there in a couple days!

They were building the skate platform in front of my hotel. I took some pictures of the construction:

Apr 16, 2013 at 11:30 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Somewhere in South America

Wow, Stunning shots Fred. No astrotrac needed here.

Welcome back.

Eric

Apr 16, 2013 at 01:04 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Somewhere in South America

BenV wrote:
I like it, why didn't you bring the mount with you? That stupid 'astro' thread cost me almost $2000, lol

I know, that thread is dangerous!

Apr 16, 2013 at 03:49 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Somewhere in South America

Somehow the starts look different Fred. Pretty just the same though.

Jim

Apr 16, 2013 at 05:39 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Somewhere in South America

Those are pretty sweet images Fred. You're getting to see a part of the sky that I only wish that I could see, the southern hemisphere, the Southern Cross, coal sack nebula and Alpha and Beta Centauri. Not to mention the large and small Magellanic clouds. But I guess you didn't get a chance to image those. For not having the Astro track with you to image the sky better, these turned out really nice. Your subject framing is sweet. I will be going to the Texas star party on May 4 through May 12 and I hope to get some really good Milky Way shots from out there. I have done so in years past, but I have yet to get a really good Milky Way shot with my Nikon D800/E cameras. My plan is to do a mosaic of the Milky Way using my 85mm lens.

Anyway, I really like your images they turned out very nice. Hopefully you will have time to share more.

Todd

Apr 16, 2013 at 06:14 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Somewhere in South America

Jeff_Stapleton wrote:
That is great Fred. I was in the mountains (12,000 ft) of Peru last week, and saw some incredible skies at night. Sadly, I had no tripod, and I only had a 50/1.2L. I didn't get an opportunity to shoot the skies, but did spend a lot of time looking up

Same here. I spent a lot of time sky-gazing. It was really exciting to see the southern cross, orion nebula and the milky way with the naked eye.
Take care,
Fred

Apr 16, 2013 at 08:42 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Somewhere in South America

A great set Fred.

Apr 16, 2013 at 10:47 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Somewhere in South America

harshaj1 wrote:
Awesome shots Fred. Did you light paint the foreground or was it lit by moonlight?
Harsha

Thanks Harsha,
It was 'New Moon' so moon illumination was very close to zero. I used a dimmable flashlight and a warm color gel to lit the foreground at an angle for only a few seconds during the exposure.
Fred

Apr 16, 2013 at 10:53 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Somewhere in South America

Very cool images! Even without the tracker those stars look great!

Apr 17, 2013 at 07:54 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Somewhere in South America

JimFox wrote:
Hey Fred,

You got some super shots here, really sweet star shots. I am thinking #2 is my favorite, though I do really like #1 also.

Jim

Thanks Jim,
I got these on my last night there. It was a nice farewell.

Apr 17, 2013 at 01:52 PM

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