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IC2944 Running Chicken Nebula

IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula. The first experience of ASI 2600MM Mono camera and also Optolong 3nm SHO filters. IC 2944 gets the running chicken nebula name from a group of stars that resemble a running chicken. Could you find it ?

Detail of the photo:

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5PRO (Belt modified) Telescope: ASKAR 107PHQ Guide Telescope: 50mm f/4 Main Camera: ASI 2600 MM Guide Camera: ASI 120MC Focuser: ASI EAF Filters : 2inch Optolong LRGB & 3NM SHO Filter Wheel : ASI EFW 2”7 ASI AIR PRO (ROOTED) Light Pollution : Boltre Scale 6 (Glenelg East Adealaide SA)

Gain:100 Temp of camera: -10 ℃ Temp over night : 15-20 ℃ 10x300s Ha 10x300s Siii 10x300s Oii

Post Processing: Pixlnsight StarXTerminator NoiseXTerminator BlurXTerminator Photoshop TK-Panel Astro-Panel

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Dolphin Head Nebula  

Catalogued as Sh2-308, AKA the Dolphin Head Nebula, it lies some 5,200 light-years away toward the constellation of Canis Major.

Back to try Heq5 pro belt since I  upgraded by myself last August.

The guiding is as good as Sharpstar mark iii Harmonic Drive Mounts , sometimes results even better.

Camera settings

Temp:0℃ and -10℃

Gain 100

Exposure time:300 seconds x 250 shoots

Bortle Scale : 6   in  Adelaide South Australia

Main Camera: ZWO 2600MC - Oil Leaking version

Guide Camera : ZWO 120MC

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5PRO

Telescope: ASKAR 107PHQ

Filter: ASKAR 3nm Dualband filter  

ZWO Air-Pro

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五年前的810的老片子，翻出来重新整理Lr的新功能处理一下，Lr的新功能处理一下。

色彩还是不如850 和z7

五年前比较喜欢浓郁的色彩，现在想找到一些更耐看的色彩，当然本身也不是很好的片子。

五年前的版本，我的水印真的用了五年了，坚持用五十年。

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海洞九幽，星流何处

袋鼠岛的旗舰拱门。卡色十挡灰镜，徕图Ls324脚架，尼康z7 配套头，星芒略差点。

来了十几次，终于又遇到一次，星芒闪现，非常非常有难度的场景，炫光和水汽，和海豹的清香交替。

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黄昏，夕阳斜照在袋鼠岛的旗舰拱门里，利用卡色十挡磁吸滤镜三十秒包围曝光三张，LightroomHDR合成。

尼康Z7+2470套机，暗部真干净。

只剩下风在吹，海豹在睡觉，骚人的气息混合着盐味慢慢习惯着，在等待光线中体会人生的美好。

袋鼠岛是一个没有围栏的动物园，经常我一个人包场拍摄。

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美女团友，用手机记录一下旅行的美好😊 https://www.instagram.com/p/BrKGHz4nRUf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r16m73qjmh3j

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Lorne Jetty Sunrise by Huawei P20 pro half year ago. (at Lorne, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6M3FlgAl6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wl862qcdlqm0

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天凉凉的极光，静静的飘舞。 北纬66℃，天凉凉的冰岛，神秘绚烂的欧若拉女神在草帽山静静的舞动极光，欧若拉是一位美丽的女神，每天早晨时分飞向天空，用极光向大地宣布黎明的来临。

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Huawei mate20 pro sample https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp0VgixHrXe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sb947k2tt6c5

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Nest Point Lighthouse

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Sydney Opera House  

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My Landscape Gear – Camera Body

Could you guarantee a good DSLR camera to shoot a good photo?

No we can’t.

  It’s a stupid idea but very popular in the Amateur photographers.

But a good camera body can give you a stable working environment and make sure you can shoot what you want to shoot.

  I start my landscape photography from a Canon EOS 60D APS-C about half year and I upgrade it to 5d mark ii. After another half year I continue upgrade to 5d mark iii. Now I use the flagship Canon EOS 1dx, it is the best camera body in Canon world.

  60D

5d mark ii

  5d mark iii

1DX

This is my upgrade line of the camera body in the last 3 years, it is not a usual photographer should be. I am a strange man and please don’t do it like me, waste money.

Let’s do a test, here is a 4 photo use these 4 camera body shooting, could you try to find what camera take the photo.

       No.1 Bayan Har Mountains Sunset

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkjetcity/12418969914/

     No.2 Hallet Cove Cliff Wave

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkjetcity/7636657616/

    No.3 Sellicks Hill Bales

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkjetcity/6562864213/

    No.4 O'sullivans beach sunrise

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkjetcity/11493860284/

  Could find any difference between these four photos? To be honest, even myself it is really hard to find the difference of the image quality in this small size photo or after retouch etc. You can find the answer on my Flickr image’s EXIF information, I know it is really stupid test, but a lot of people keen on this.

Use the eye behind the camera is more important than the camera itself.

In that way, you can’t see the difference but you upgrade you camera body frequently.

Why?

Answer a: I have enough budget let me upgrade it, I earn money from wedding photography and use the money back to camera gear. I always like to buy the most expensive gear which I can afford, I upgrade from 5d mark ii to 1dx because I need them in my wedding photography not in landscape photography.

Answer b: The flagship will make you like a PRO even you are not a PRO.

Answer c: Better camera body will give you more chance to focus on shoot. Waterproof or very cold place etc.

Answer d: Higher ISO performance or better noise control, and photo big ddynamic range etc.

I believe a full frame camera is good enough for normal photography tours, EOS 6d, 5d mark iii or Nikon D600 D800 all will be fine. Full frame provide you a wide angle to see the world, off-course you can use APS-C wide angle lens to shoot landscape but Canon or Nikon best lens is design for the full frame, you can use the luxury  lens on a APS-C camera body but you will lose a lot of by time 1.6 or 1.5.

Do I need a second camera body for backup or fitting with other lens for energy use?

I don’t think so, now the process quality of the camera body is all good. It is rarely to have trouble, on the other hand, landscape is not an Olympic game final match, we can wait and enjoy the landscape even we don’t have a camera on hand. I have this situation but it is cause by out of the battery, so buy a backup battery is more important than a camera.  

I only have one tripod with a ball head, so I can control other camera at the same time. When I found some very beautiful landscape, I’d like to focus to think how to do it in my mind, when I have some idea then I will take shoot, I don’t like to shoot landscape photo as quick as I shoot in a wedding. I believe landscape is a slow photography, more slow you will get better image.

  My conclusion is that up to 15-20% of you camera budget to buy a camera body.  To be continued.

  Please check my website for my landscape portfolio | 500px | Facebook Page | Flickr

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James’s landscape photography equipment

Because we are photographers so we like photographic equipment, it sounds very natural things, people always say camera is man’s toys.

I agree it because camera is truly my toys.

Alright let me show you my toys – my gear for landscape photography.

Camera body

Canon EOS 1dx

Canon EOS 5d mark iii

Canon EOS 5d mark ii

Canon EOS 60d

Lens

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Lens

Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L Tilt-Shift Lens

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens

  Tripod & Head

Gitzo GT-2532S 6X Systematic 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs

BH-55 PCPRO: Full-sized ballhead with PC-PRO clamp

Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Head - Supports 11 lbs (5kg)

Gron Titanium Spikes (3 Pieces) for Gitzo Tripods

Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod with 496RC2 Ball Head and Case Kit

Gitzo GT-2532S 6X Systematic 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs

Gitzo GT-2531 Mountaineer 6X Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs - Supports 26.4 lbs (12kg)

Filters

LEE Filters 4 x 4" Big Stopper Filter

LEE Filters Graduated Neutral Density Soft Filter Set 4 x 6" (.3, .6, .9)

L EE Filters Graduated Neutral Density Hard Filter Set 4 x 6" (.3, .6 and .9)

Singh-Ray 100 x 150mm Daryl Benson 0.9 Reverse Graduated Neutral Density Filter

Marumi 82mm EXUS Circular Polarizer Filter

B+W 82mm Kaesemann XS-Pro Circular Polarizer MRC Nano Filter

GRON 100mm filter holder with 82mm + 77mm Adapter Ring

LEE Standard 4x4", 4x6" Filter Holder with 82mm Adapter Ring

 Accessory

Canon Timer Remote Controller TC-80N3

Canon GPS Receiver GP-E2

Computer & Printer

Dell Ultra sharp U2711 27” Monitor

Epson Stylus Photo R3000 Wireless Color Inkjet Printer

Epson Stylus Photo R2000 Wireless Color Inkjet Printer with pigment ink refillable cartridge

Epson Artisan 1430 Wireless Color Inkjet Printer with pigment ink CISS

Xrite Colormunki Photo

Xrite Colorchecker Passport

Wacom Intous Pro Large

Wacom Bamboo

Note: The gear with strikeout means I've sold

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Who am I - a strobist or landscaper?

Hello everyone, welcome to this place for amateur photographer learning photography. I am quite happy to share my experience and tips of landscape photography or portrait photography.

At first, please let me introduce myself. I am start learning photography at 1996 with film camera (Seagull DF200, Canon EOS 1n and Minolta X700) when I was a university student. I learn the film development and enlarge photo in darkroom. Five years ago 2009 I immigrant to Adelaide South Australia with my family - Jo and Tina. It is a huge change for me, fortunately I picked up the camera ready to shoot again. Now I am a full time Epson printer salesman and a freelancer wedding photographer, I am a part time guide of Tibet photography tours. Busy? Yes but I am enjoy it. 

Back to the topic, I am a landscape photographer and also I love strobist. I can’t give up each of them, who care?

A lot of friends ask me about how I can improve so quickly. I fellow a lot of photographer no hidden share on internet. Like Dustin Diaz and David Hobby. In their appeal I start writing my own photography tutorials in Chinese two years ago. More than ten million page views because of the population of China. A large number of readers encourage me keep writing and sharing.

Now it is time to do something in the west world which is the most photographer share their informations, which is a world speak in English. To be honest, English is the biggest challenge for us Chinese born photographer, sometimes we want to discuss but we can't write anything except great photo or V&F in 500px etc.

Anyway I will try my best to do this job and welcome your critical comments for everything - photography or English grammar, looking forward to see you again and again. Together with the intention of learning photography.

Let's get started.

My portfolio with music http://www.jamesphotography.com.au

My Flickr http://www.flickr.com/inkjetcity/

My 500px http://www.500px.com/jamesphotography/

My Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jamesyuphotography

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O'sullivans beach sunrise on Flickr.

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