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ASTRO: M8 and M20 with DSLR and 300mm lens



 
 
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Old August 12th 08, 10:34 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Robert Price[_2_]
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Default ASTRO: M8 and M20 with DSLR and 300mm lens

Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 27 July 2008.
Taken with a Canon 300mm F/4 lens at F/5.6. One 20 minute exposure at
400ASA and two 20 minute exposures at 100ASA using a Hutech modified
Canon 40D. Image reduced to 25% of original.



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Old August 13th 08, 02:48 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Richard Crisp[_1_]
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extremely nice Robert

I like it and it is always a wonderful target


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Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 27 July 2008.
Taken with a Canon 300mm F/4 lens at F/5.6. One 20 minute exposure at
400ASA and two 20 minute exposures at 100ASA using a Hutech modified
Canon 40D. Image reduced to 25% of original.





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Old August 14th 08, 12:09 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
John N. Gretchen III
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Default ASTRO: M8 and M20 with DSLR and 300mm lens

looks great Robert!

Robert Price wrote:
Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 27 July 2008.
Taken with a Canon 300mm F/4 lens at F/5.6. One 20 minute exposure at
400ASA and two 20 minute exposures at 100ASA using a Hutech modified
Canon 40D. Image reduced to 25% of original.




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Old August 14th 08, 01:12 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
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Robert Price wrote:
Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 27 July 2008.
Taken with a Canon 300mm F/4 lens at F/5.6. One 20 minute exposure at
400ASA and two 20 minute exposures at 100ASA using a Hutech modified
Canon 40D. Image reduced to 25% of original.


Image and text in the same file. Almost didn't realize it was you!

But then the image shows your mastery of the DSLR so it was obvious.

I do have to get some wide angle gear up and running but there are so
many narrow angle targets still on my to-do list it's hard to get moving.

Rick

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