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A giant glow in space's darkness
A giant glow in space's darkness
Pascal


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Kariani, Greece
Date: Sep 3, 2005
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 46 sec
Galleries: Science and Technology, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2005

 Image of M42, the great Orion Nebula
Equipment : Celestron C8 SCT Advanced GT, focal reducer f/6.3
Method : Prime focus

Statistics
Place: 198 out of 343
Avg (all users): 5.2794
Avg (commenters): 6.6364
Avg (participants): 5.1600
Avg (non-participants): 5.4639
Views since voting: 1697
Views during voting: 348
Votes: 247
Comments: 13
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Google Pixel 2
 09/17/2005 11:22:17 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a wonderful idea for the High Contrast Challenge, nothing much blacker than space, right? :)

The cropping seems a bit loose, maybe if you had tightened it up more around the Nebula and then the other stars wouldn't be so distracting.
It's a great shot otherwise, not really much I could add or detract from the shot. Well done.

Deannda
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 09/11/2005 11:09:48 PM
I love this photo.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/11/2005 11:01:08 PM
Is that a lens you have in your pocket or... :P Nice.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM
 09/11/2005 06:32:50 PM
I'm always fascinated by star shots. Cool photo.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 09/11/2005 08:47:20 AM
How did you do that? Very nice....
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/10/2005 12:57:34 AM
Supernovae?
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Fujifilm FinePix S3000
 09/08/2005 05:53:54 PM
Does the Hubble telescope have a Canon or Nikon mount? Spectacular shot....
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/07/2005 10:26:45 PM
Awesome shot!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 09/07/2005 01:42:23 PM
Great shot, although not the high contrast that would have allowed me to score it higher. Regardless - you are very talented and I love this shot.
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Panasonic DC-G9
Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro
 09/06/2005 11:49:17 PM
Wow...wish I could take this kind of shot.....
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/06/2005 08:10:11 AM
An incredible capture of the Orion Nebula (I think) M42 and M43. I can't wait to see the data on this shot! I'm amazed at the almost non-existent noise level here for what I would think would be a pretty long exposure. Damn, I need a telescope!!! I hope people here appreciate this shot, this is photography on a different level. Nice job!
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Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3
 09/05/2005 10:14:48 AM
WOW! cool shot. love to know how you did this.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/05/2005 12:39:07 AM
Another amazing space shot! These always capture my eye!
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