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Charlie Hein
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I'm pleased to announce Film Astrophotography's Finalist - Nightfly:

Western portion of Sagittarius and southern Ophiuchus. Details as follows:
May 3, 2008 2:30-3:10 A.M. EDT Pentax 67 with 165mm @ f/4 40 minute exposure on E200 Pushed +2 stops Scanned on an Epson 4490 flatbed scanner and processed with Adobe Photoshop and PixInsight LE.
Please join me in wishing Nightfly congratulations and best of luck in the finals!
Charlie
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Nebhunter
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Reged: 10/04/03
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Kudos to Jim. Great photo.
Igor
-------------------- TEC 140 "Katyusha" - with field flattener
Skywatcher Equinox 80 - Orion 80 guide scope
Atlas EQ6 SynScan GPS ADM conversion
PENTAX 67 - 90 135 200 300 400EDif lenses.
OM-1 300 Tamron - Konica 35-100 Varifocal STI Pro Stiletto. 60mm Spacemaster - 7 X 50 Bino's
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THEPLOUGH
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Reged: 01/11/08
Posts: 3433
Loc: Carlisle, Cumbria, ENGLAND
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A stunning photograph. Many congratulations Jim.....
-------------------- Geoff...
Nexstar 8SE -- 9X50 RACI Finder scope... 6.3 F/R.-- 13 & 17mm Hyperion EPs.. 25mm Celestron E- Lux EP.. 2X Celestron X-Cel Barlow-- + A few bits and pieces..
Don't think expensive equipment will make up for lack of talent or practice..
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AstroBobo
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Great photo Nightfly!
-------------------- Boris Stromar : AD Infinitum member : Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
P75SDHF : P105SDP : MN71 : HEQ5
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Nightfly
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Reged: 06/20/07
Posts: 149
Loc: Sullivan, Maine
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Thank you all for the kind words. I was pleased with this image as well. A film astrophotographers best friend is dark skies. The transparency was particularly good the morning of this shot. Everything worked.
Currious, when was the last time a film forum member won the T-shirt?
Jim
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Sullivan, Maine, USA
www.nightfly.zoomshare.com
Survey Astronomer - Starlit Communities Project
Full Sky Light Pollution Measurement
Island Astronomy Institute
www.islandastro.org
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Nebhunter
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Enough with the excuses. I'm not buying it. Has a film image ever won? If there is an image that has a shot at it, this is it.
-------------------- TEC 140 "Katyusha" - with field flattener
Skywatcher Equinox 80 - Orion 80 guide scope
Atlas EQ6 SynScan GPS ADM conversion
PENTAX 67 - 90 135 200 300 400EDif lenses.
OM-1 300 Tamron - Konica 35-100 Varifocal STI Pro Stiletto. 60mm Spacemaster - 7 X 50 Bino's
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Nightfly
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Reged: 06/20/07
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Loc: Sullivan, Maine
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No T-shirt this time. I feel pretty good about third place. There is an aweful lot of talent out there to compete with. It's all fun! I'd like to see more photos posted by others. Get out there and shoot!
-------------------- Jim Cormier
Sullivan, Maine, USA
www.nightfly.zoomshare.com
Survey Astronomer - Starlit Communities Project
Full Sky Light Pollution Measurement
Island Astronomy Institute
www.islandastro.org
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Charlie Hein
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Hey, you certainly had nothing at all to be ashamed of with your image - first class piece of work.
To answer the question I don't think that Film has win the T-Shirt yet but there have been plenty of times when I thought you could have. It'll happen, I'm certain of it.
Charlie
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