-= T2i / 550D users UNITE! (2) =-

Vectoria wrote in post #12291890
Welcome, you will love the T2i, shots are awesome, can't wait to see more pictures

DigitalTuned wrote in post #12291901
Great job I love that last one

Thanks! I'm definitely loving this camera.

DS_Monsoon wrote in post #12291915
Welcome! I don't think we have anyone who's been showing concert photography. It'll be interesting to hear your impressions on best settings for the low light, etc.

Nice shots, BTW!

Thank you! I shoot mostly concerts (usually once a week), so hopefully that's what I'm most knowledgeable about. I feel like I got some good photos over the weekend.

klock wrote in post #12291859
Hello! Obviously I'm new to the forums. I've only had my T2i since December, so I'm still learning more about it each day. Right now I only have the regular 18-55mm lens and then a slight telephoto EF lens that I bought because it will also work with my Canon film SLR. It will quickly be obvious to everyone that I love concert photography, but I'm hoping to expand beyond that.

There's a camera show in October, so I'm hoping to get a decent wide angle lens there for my concert photography (USM would be nice...but I'll probably be getting a more decently-priced used one).

Anyways, here's a few photos of mine:

Hello, and WELCOME ABOARD!! I got my T2i in December too, and I'm just loving it.

Great series of shots. Looking forward to more.

So cool! Love the first two!

Chad, what were the details on the Milky Way shot? This is something I've been meaning to do but have had no luck. How many shots did you stack and at what settings?

Oh, Maru's got a new competitor in his race! Awesome shots 04yellowf150!

That first and last one are really nice. More info ?

klock wrote in post #12291859
Hello! Obviously I'm new to the forums. I've only had my T2i since December, so I'm still learning more about it each day. Right now I only have the regular 18-55mm lens and then a slight telephoto EF lens that I bought because it will also work with my Canon film SLR. It will quickly be obvious to everyone that I love concert photography, but I'm hoping to expand beyond]

Good shot. Hope to see more of your pictures.

Rivest wrote in post #12292483
Oh, Maru's got a new competitor in his race! Awesome shots 04yellowf150!

That first and last one are really nice. More info ?

Yes. The Milky Way has eluded me thus far, so I'm quite jealous over that shot!

marubozo wrote in post #12292411
Chad, what were the details on the Milky Way shot? This is something I've been meaning to do but have had no luck. How many shots did you stack and at what settings?

Rivest wrote in post #12292483
Oh, Maru's got a new competitor in his race! Awesome shots 04yellowf150!

That first and last one are really nice. More info ?

Hey thanks for your comments!! Here is the details of the tree and milkyway pic.

Tree Picture: kit lens 18-55mm
Exposure: 37mins
F/ 4.5
iso-100
18mm
I was going for 45mins to an hour but I was sitting in the middle of the woods at 3am and heard some movement in the bushes behind me, we have bears around here and well.... I shined a flashlight and seen 2 eyes glowing, it was a deer. But I just chanced it with 37mins and went back to the house LOL


The milkyway: kit lens 18-55mm
Exposure: 14mins 23 seconds (37 stacked images with dss, no darks or flats)
f/3.5
iso-800 and 1600
18mm
This picture is of the sagittarus star cloud, at this point in time it was around 5am, and unfortunantly there was alot of light pollution This is more of a summer constalation, so the closer it gets to the summer the earlier in the night it can be seen. I need to find a darker place and Im going to use my 50mm f1.8 next time.

04yellowf150 wrote in post #12292630
The milkyway: kit lens 18-55mm
Exposure: 14mins 23 seconds (37 stacked images with dss, no darks or flats)
f/3.5
iso-800 and 1600
18mm
This picture is of the sagittarus star cloud, at this point in time it was around 5am, and unfortunantly there was alot of light pollution This is more of a summer constalation, so the closer it gets to the summer the earlier in the night it can be seen. I need to find a darker place and Im going to use my 50mm f1.8 next time

Very helpful, thanks. Yeah, I've never been up early enough to catch a shot closer to the galactic center so I'm hoping this summer I get a better chance. I've done a lot of stacking, but usually only for the orion nebula or other deep space objects, so trying it with the whole sky at a wide angle should be interesting.

I'm guessing that with this method if there's something in the foreground you'll have to do a little photoshop work to take a single image to isolate the foreground and blend it into the stacked starry sky to eliminate that blur effect.

Either way, should be interesting, so that's for the details on your setup. Can't wait to try it myself.

Vectoria wrote in post #12291688
where is this content healing on photoshop at? Which Photoshop do you have? I have CS4

Nice shots that goodnes the duck lives

Agree with John

04yellowf150 wrote in post #12292630
Hey thanks for your comments!! Here is the details of the tree and milkyway pic.

Tree Picture: kit lens 18-55mm
Exposure: 37mins
F/ 4.5
iso-100
18mm
I was going for 45mins to an hour but I was sitting in the middle of the woods at 3am and heard some movement in the bushes behind me, we have bears around here and well.... I shined a flashlight and seen 2 eyes glowing, it was a deer. But I just chanced it with 37mins and went back to the house LOL


The milkyway: kit lens 18-55mm
Exposure: 14mins 23 seconds (37 stacked images with dss, no darks or flats)
f/3.5
iso-800 and 1600
18mm
This picture is of the sagittarus star cloud, at this point in time it was around 5am, and unfortunantly there was alot of light pollution This is more of a summer constalation, so the closer it gets to the summer the earlier in the night it can be seen. I need to find a darker place and Im going to use my 50mm f1.8 next time.

Stupid question but does this mean you did 37 pics over a period of 14 min 23 seconds or is it 1 picture at that exposure?

itzmered wrote in post #12292878
Stupid question but does this mean you did 37 pics over a period of 14 min 23 seconds or is it 1 picture at that exposure?

When you're stacking images you're taking many exposures over a period of time and combining it into a single image. So, it would be a few dozen exposures to add up to the total exposure time. If you didn't do this and tried a single long exposure the stars would appear as streaks instead of points of light. But the DSS (Deep Sky Stacker) program will align the multiple images based on the stars and layer them on top of each other so it looks like a single exposure. That's why the foreground is blurred because the stars aren't really stationary in the sky, so as the software aligns the images based on the points of light created by the stars the foreground shifts a little with each exposure.

marubozo wrote in post #12292907
When you're stacking images you're taking many exposures over a period of time and combining it into a single image. So, it would be a few dozen exposures to add up to the total exposure time. If you didn't do this and tried a single long exposure the stars would appear as streaks instead of points of light. But the DSS (Deep Sky Stacker) program will align the multiple images based on the stars and layer them on top of each other so it looks like a single exposure. That's why the foreground is blurred because the stars aren't really stationary in the sky, so as the software aligns the images based on the points of light created by the stars the foreground shifts a little with each exposure.

So do you set the timer to take a picture say every 20 seconds? We have a cabin up in the middle of no where and it there is no light pollution. The stars are spectacular up there. I need to read up on this and get some pics this summer.

itzmered wrote in post #12292947
So do you set the timer to take a picture say every 20 seconds? We have a cabin up in the middle of no where and it there is no light pollution. The stars are spectacular up there. I need to read up on this and get some pics this summer.

It all depends on the lens and settings you use. At wide angle you can usually do 20-30 second exposures without getting much star movement. But at narrower focal lengths you may have to resort to shorter exposures, say 10-15 seconds. And then it really depends on aperture and ISO speed because you can dial in how many stars you really want to show in the image. But yes, ideally you'd have a remote shutter trigger of some sort that locks down and it will continuously take shots of the exposure you set until you release the button and then you can go from there to manipulate the images if you need to.

It's a fun thing to experiment with and you'd be surprised what your camera can pick up after some trial and error. It really does transform how you view the night sky.