Nature's Odd Painting
by Pascal

Comment by tonyv:
I think that this is a fantastic picture. The muted colours and the softness of the plants make one look more carefully to see if there is anything hidden there.

Nature's Odd Painting
by Pascal

Comment by train:
awesome image I love this 10

Nature's Odd Painting
by Pascal

Comment by Scapeshots:
This is really nice...i love the processing you've done here. 8

M81, M82 - Galaxies in Ursa Major
by Pascal

Comment by scooter97:
Thanks for the info. Sounds a little out of my realm of knowledge for now but it does help explain why there are no star trails.

M81, M82 - Galaxies in Ursa Major
by Pascal

Comment by Pascal:
Star trails won't appear under some certain conditions. At first the mount has to be well balanced. Next step is a carefull polar alignment and finally the autoguiding of the mount is correcting slight imperfections. The whole procedure is quite hard sometimes and demands patience and precision.
The Takahashi EM200 mount if the 1st and 2nd condition are satisfied, is capable of delivering 4 to 5 minutes of unguided exposure, for the given focal length of the imaging scope (600mm).

M81, M82 - Galaxies in Ursa Major
by Pascal

Comment by scooter97:
Pretty sweet image. How did you avoid Star Trails with a 105 minute exposure?

Together
by Pascal

Comment by epescala:
It's a bit OOF, and it needs more contrast IMO.

Together
by Pascal

Comment by Denise:
I think this would have worked better if they had been walking closer together.

Together
by Pascal

Comment by Kine:
nice capture and framing

Together
by Pascal

Comment by Jedusi:
nice contrast between their clothes and shoes.