Here, I just had a stab at making a cinemagraph of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) using frames from colleague Ángel R. López-Sánchez‘ excellent time-lapse movie “A 2dF night at the Anglo-Australian Telescope”. Ángel is an astrophysicist at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) and spends a lot of time using the AAT for his research.
As for the image, I made it with Adobe After Effects.
“The Bulge”; Single exposure, ISO 5000, 24 mm, f/2.8, 20 sec
If anything shows off the low light capabilities of the 5D Mark III, it’s astrophotography. For me this doesn’t go any deeper than wide angle shots of the night sky, but luckily I got to try out the camera on some really dark nights at Siding Spring Observatory earlier this year. What strikes me about the 5DIII’s high ISO noise performance is how much colour and contrast detail you can retain. Bear in mind all these shots are at f/2.8.. if only I had a 1.4! Continue reading
Canon 5D Mk III HDR mode; ±3 EV; “Art Vivid” style
I thought I’d try out the in-camera High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode on my 5D Mk III during a recent trip. In this mode, the camera takes three different exposures and blends them together in order to capture a wider range of brightness levels in the scene.
LabJG: James Gilbert 