Star Field Gallery

So sad that the air and light pollution in Hong Kong are getting severe and severe recent years. Even we went to countryside, the sky was not dark enough for wide field astrophotography most of the time. So as to have quality star field photos, the only way we can do is to image abroad.

Though DSLRs become very popularly used in astrophotography nowadays, to show the richness of colour in wide field images, especially for milky way, I would still prefer capturing with films, in spite of some enhancement of H-alpha light response having been made in some modified DSLRs.

Among those emulsions still available in the market, I think Kodak E200S slide film is the best one for shooting our milky way. 

Most of the images shown in this page were taken with E200S and Fuji Provia 400F professional slides in Australia. They were scanned by Epson flatbed scanner 4990 and processed with Level & Curve stretching on ONE single frame only in Photoshop. No flat field or layer mask techniques were applied as I don't know these skills. Once I obtain these skills, these images will be re-processed, and I am sure they will be presented in much better looking.

There are some original film images not scanned and processed yet. When I have time to do so, I will put them onto my page. Please check for them more frequently.

If you like some of them, which are coded with a number, you may send me emails for more details. 

Australia Trip in 2006

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	LMC & SMC    (Code #  2clouds_90mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	29 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 90mmF2.8 set at F2.8
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	20 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP non-goto equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 7-8/10 @-4 oC
	Remark	:	Heavy dew
	Coal Sag with 90mm 67 lens  (Code # Coalsag_90mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	28 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 90mmF2.8 set at F2.8
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	20 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP non-goto equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 8/10 @ ~8 oC
	Remark	:	Starting exposure when sky clear up, heavy dew
	Coal Sag with 150mm 67 lens  (Code # Coalsag_150mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	28 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 150mmF2.8 set at F2.8
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	20 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP non-goto equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 8/10 @ ~7 oC
	Remark	:	Starting exposure when sky clear up, heavy dew
	LMC  (Code # LMC_150mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	29 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 150mmF2.8 set at F2.8
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	26 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 7/10 @ - 4 oC
	Remark	:	Heavy dew and stopped exposure due to lens slightly dewed up
	Milky Way - Aquaila  ( Code# Milkyway_Aquila_90mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	27 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 90mmF2.8 set at F2.8
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	20 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP non-goto equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 7/10 @ ~2 oC
	Remark	:	Heavy dew and stopped exposure due to some thin cloud in
	Milky Way - core  (Code # Milkyway_core_45mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	27 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 45mmF4 set at F5.6
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	40 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP non-goto equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 7-8/10 @ ~5 oC
	Remark	:	Heavy dew
	Milky Way - north  (Code # Milkyway_north_45mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	28 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 45mmF4 set at F5.6
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	30 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 7/10 @ -1 oC
	Remark	:	Heavy dew and stopped exposure due to some thin cloud in
	Milky Way - south  (Code # Milkyway_south_45mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	28 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 45mmF4 set at F5.6
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	45 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 8/10 @ ~7 oC
	Remark	:	Starting exposure when sky clear up, heavy dew
	Setting Milky Way - Eta  (Code # SettingMW_Eta_45mm_Aus06)
	Date	:	28 Jul 06
	Optical system	:	Pentax 67 body + 67 lens 45mmF4 set at F5.6
	Emulsion	:	Fuji Provia 400F professional slide + 1 stop push
	Exp. time	:	40 min
	Mounting	:	Vixen GP equatorial mount
	Guiding	:	Unguided
	Location	:	Coonabarabran, Australia
	Sky conditions	:	T = 8/10 @ ~7 oC
	Remark	:	Starting exposure when sky clear up, heavy dew

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