Meteor shower~!!!!!!

• redstone

  9 Dec 07, 06:16

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  Mine also very lousy leh.
  
  Set to Max ISO, every thing is so grainy. Can't even see my pi sai.

  Theres a method of noise removal for astro. Forgot the actual term.
  
  You take a photo of whatever your subject in the sky is. Take note of your settings. Then you take the same photo, this time with the lens cap on, so this 2nd photo will only capture the noise.
  
  Then in photoshop, subtract off the 2nd photo from the first photo.
  
  Else the noise is so bad that you dont know if the white dots are stars or noise.
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 06:18

  Originally posted by redstone:

  Theres a method of noise removal for astro. Forgot the actual term.
  
  You take a photo of whatever your subject in the sky is. Take note of your settings. Then you take the same photo, this time with the lens cap on, so this 2nd photo will only capture the noise.
  
  Then in photoshop, subtract off the 2nd photo from the first photo.
  
  Else the noise is so bad that you dont know if the white dots are stars or noise.

  
  
  So complicated..
  
  Me no have PS.
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:18

  Originally posted by redstone:

  Hmm my camera is only prosumer, still has its own limitations. Would love to try meteor photography one day. But i dont have remote!

  Have never done it before either so will be nice to give it a shot. Thinking of using an old manual Nikon FM10 for it. Might be nice... I don't have a remote either. Just hold your breath, don't move for 30 seconds and click.
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:19

  Originally posted by redstone:

  Theres a method of noise removal for astro. Forgot the actual term.
  
  You take a photo of whatever your subject in the sky is. Take note of your settings. Then you take the same photo, this time with the lens cap on, so this 2nd photo will only capture the noise.
  
  Then in photoshop, subtract off the 2nd photo from the first photo.
  
  Else the noise is so bad that you dont know if the white dots are stars or noise.

  Cheem... like double exposure?
• redstone

  9 Dec 07, 06:21

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  Cheem... like double exposure?

  Yea, think of it as reverse double exposure
  
  I've tried before, lying on te ground, lookin thru viewfinder and taking long exposure shots, by pressing cam to my face to stablilse
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:24

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:
  
  
  [b]For closer view..
  
  South-east direction is when it starts to appear -> around 1am
  Best watch at East coast park
  
  South direction is about 2am.. Perhaps best view at Sentosa
  
  South-west direction is about at 3am.. Best view at Sentosa/Jurong Area.
  
  South-west west at 4am.. Tuas will be a good place to watch..
  
  Hmm~ about 1am+ can see the meteor shower... I guess sentosa will be very packed..
  
  So maybe i'll go ECP..
  
  For better view..
  
  All the way North of Singapore.. like Woodland, Yishun etc.[/b]

  12mp! (show off)
  
  ECP will be good! I remember watching a meteor shower at Changi Beach before but ideally can go to a higher land (say a hill or something?)
  
  And if it rains then we can make drape mini ponchos over the camera and try taking pictures of lightning.
  
  
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:35

  Originally posted by redstone:

  Yea, think of it as reverse double exposure
  
  I've tried before, lying on te ground, lookin thru viewfinder and taking long exposure shots, by pressing cam to my face to stablilse

  What were you snapping?
  
  Think I have an amateur lie on the ground shot, long exposure but that was color reversal film. Lying on the floor wasn't necessary but it felt kindda cool, getting grubby for 'the moment.'
  
  I think this was the one taken so many years ago...
  
  
  
  noob shot.
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 06:39

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  12mp! (show off)
  
  ECP will be good! I remember watching a meteor shower at Changi Beach before but ideally can go to a higher land (say a hill or something?)
  
  And if it rains then we can make drape mini ponchos over the camera and try taking pictures of lightning.
  
  

  12mp digital camera = lousy for meteor shower capturing leh.
  
  mine is not SLR.
• redstone

  9 Dec 07, 06:40

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  What were you snapping?
  
  Think I have an amateur lie on the ground shot, long exposure but that was color reversal film. Lying on the floor wasn't necessary but it felt kindda cool, getting grubby for 'the moment.'
  
  I think this was the one taken so many years ago...
  
  
  
  noob shot.

  Was taking photo of Sirius and some nearby building for fun
  Also tried in Desaru once, and shot Scorpius and Centaurus. Too lazy then to take more shots. Too busy admiring the stars. Should had shot more!
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:41

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  12mp digital camera = lousy for meteor shower capturing leh.
  
  mine is not SLR.

  MP means mega pixels right? Why is a 12mp camera lousy for capturing meteor shower?
  
  Mine is also a 12mp.
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:43

  Originally posted by redstone:

  Was taking photo of Sirius and some nearby building for fun
  Also tried in Desaru once, and shot Scorpius and Centaurus. Too lazy then to take more shots. Too busy admiring the stars. Should had shot more!

  True... my only experience watching meteor shower was: when somebody saw a meteor, they would point and scream, by the time the rest of us turn around, the meteor is gone already. I think it comes and goes in a split second. Share some of your Scorpius and Centaurus shots?
  
  
• redstone

  9 Dec 07, 06:49

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  True... my only experience watching meteor shower was: when somebody saw a meteor, they would point and scream, by the time the rest of us turn around, the meteor is gone already. I think it comes and goes in a split second. Share some of your Scorpius and Centaurus shots?
  
  

  Haha I'll just lie down on the ground and stare at the sky. But somehow I'll usually miss a few, either I'm scanning somewhere else or I'm distracted by all the chatting. hehe.
  
  http://redstonean.deviantart.com/art/Constellation-Scorpius-60414514
  http://redstonean.deviantart.com/art/Constellation-Centaurus-60414573
  
  
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:52

  Originally posted by redstone:

  Haha I'll just lie down on the ground and stare at the sky. But somehow I'll usually miss a few, either I'm scanning somewhere else or I'm distracted by all the chatting. hehe.
  
  http://redstonean.deviantart.com/art/Constellation-Scorpius-60414514
  http://redstonean.deviantart.com/art/Constellation-Centaurus-60414573
  
  

  Seriously dude you took them? Sh*t good man.
  
  This is pretty eerie but cool.
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 06:53

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  MP means mega pixels right? Why is a 12mp camera lousy for capturing meteor shower?
  
  Mine is also a 12mp.

  Yar. MP is mega pixel.
  
  12MP ultracompact =/= 12MP DSLR
  
  mine is ultracompact
  
  The picture quality difference is like Sky and Earth....
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 06:54

  Wah. That two picture very nice leh.
• popikachu

  9 Dec 07, 06:57

  soli but what is meteor? >.<"
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:57

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  Yar. MP is mega pixel.
  
  12MP ultracompact =/= 12MP DSLR
  
  mine is ultracompact

  Oh I see... whether an ultra compact or DSLR, they are still cameras. Still can take photos. Do you have any pictures to share?
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 06:57

  Originally posted by popikachu:

  soli but what is meteor? >.<"

  Shooting stars~~~~~~
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 06:58

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  Wah. That two picture very nice leh.

  yeah man... this one is my favourite so far from his/her pool of stuff. Very reflective picture.
  
  
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 07:00

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  Oh I see... whether an ultra compact or DSLR, they are still cameras. Still can take photos. Do you have any pictures to share?

  Last time I went to take the Orion constellation.. The picture soo grainy..
  
  I nearly vomit blood when I saw it on my laptop..
  
  /vomit blood.
  
  
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 07:01

  Originally posted by popikachu:

  soli but what is meteor? >.<"

  Hmmm... this may be helpful.
  
  Metero Shower
  
  Other mesmerizing sights could be the orange moon. Forbidding and mysterious. Sometimes I see it around the ECP.
  
  
• soleachip

  9 Dec 07, 07:04

  Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:

  Last time I went to take the Orion constellation.. The picture soo grainy..
  
  I nearly vomit blood when I saw it on my laptop..
  
  /vomit blood.
  
  

  Maybe try shooting on a film camera or invest in a better one lah. My ISO at 800 is like this, so quite cool.
  
  Where did you take the Orion constellation? Singapore?
  
• popikachu

  9 Dec 07, 07:08

  me still dun understand how meteor come from
  
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 07:08

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  Maybe try shooting on a film camera or invest in a better one lah. My ISO at 800 is like this, so quite cool.
  
  
  
  Where did you take the Orion constellation? Singapore?
  

  Ya.
  
  Around 12am~1am. East side of Singapore. It's slight above.
  
  Almost every night I went to see...
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Dec 07, 07:09

  Invest? Me saving up to buy a DSLR..
  
  Probably by next year..