Seven Sisters

I took this photo a couple of nights ago. I decided to actually brave the scary dark and do some night photography. I only walked down the road where I could look into a field and see something interesting in the sky. In this photo you can obviously see the full moon, but above and to the right you can see a little cluster known as the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. It is part of the constellation of Taurus and actually has quite a few more that seven stars in it. The bright star to the right of this is actually the planet of Mars. On the very top left of the photo you can see the top three stars of the constellation of Auriga, the charioteer, and its brightest star Capella. The foreground is lit by streetlights which added a horrible orange cast. I removed most of this using a colour mask in photoshop. The white balance of the sky was altered to give it the nice purple hue in Bibble, and the whole thing run through Neat Image to remove noise that was clearly visible in the sky. I am not too keen on how blue the moon has gone, and I even got lens flair from it, but I am generally quite happy.
Posted 11:50pm Tuesday, 27th September 2005
Camera Model Name | NIKON D70 |
Shooting Date/Time | 2005:09:23 23:55:27.20 |
File Type | JPEG |
Lens | Sigma 17-35mm f2.8-3.5 |
Shutter Speed | 20 |
Flash | No Flash |
ISO Speed | 400 |
Focal Length | 17.0mm (35mm equivalent: 25.0mm) |
Aperture | f2.8 |
ExifTool Version Number | 5.53 |
File Size | 2326KB |
File Modification Date/Time | 2005:09:23 23:55:28 |
File Type | JPEG |
Mime Type | image/jpeg |
Make | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera Model Name | NIKON D70 |
Orientation | Horizontal (normal) |
X Resolution | 300 |
Y Resolution | 300 |
Resolution Unit | inches |
Software | Ver.2.00 |
Date/Time Of Last Modification | 2005:09:23 23:55:27 |
Y Cb Cr Positioning | Co-sited |
Shutter Speed | 20 |
Aperture | f2.8 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif Version | 0221 |
Shooting Date/Time | 2005:09:23 23:55:27.20 |
Date/Time Of Digitization | 2005:09:23 23:55:27 |
Components Configuration | YCbCr |
Compressed Bits Per Pixel | 4 |
Exposure Compensation | 0 |
Max Aperture Value | 2.8 |
Metering Mode | Spot |
Flash | No Flash |
Focal Length | 17.0mm (35mm equivalent: 25.0mm) |
File System Version | 2.10 |
ISO Speed | 400 |
Quality | Fine |
White Balance | Auto |
Focus Mode | Manual |
Flash Setting | Normal |
Flash Type | Unknown |
White Balance Fine Tune | 0 |
Exposure Difference | 3.3 |
Compression | JPEG (old-style) |
Preview Image Start | 2400 |
Preview Image Length | 25268 |
Flash Exposure Compensation | 1.0 |
ISO Setting | 400 |
Image Boundary | 0 0 3008 2000 |
Flash Exposure Bracket Value | 0.0 |
Exposure Bracket Value | 0 |
Tone Comp | Auto |
Lens Type | D |
Lens | 17-35mm f/2.8-4 D |
Flash Mode | Did Not Fire |
AF Point | Center |
Shooting Mode | Single-Frame |
Color Hue | Mode1a |
Light Source | Natural |
Hue Adjustment | 0 |
Noise Reduction | Off |
Red Balance | 1.94531 |
Blue Balance | 1.70703 |
Lens Data Version | 0101 |
AF Aperture | 2.8 |
Focus Position | 5 |
Focus Distance | 13.34 m |
Lens ID | Unknown Nikkor or Sigma D |
Lens F Stops | 7.00 |
Min Focal Length | 17.3mm |
Max Focal Length | 35.6mm |
Max Aperture At Min Focal | 2.8 |
Max Aperture At Max Focal | 4.0 |
MCU Version | 28 |
Effective Max Aperture | 2.8 |
Sensor Pixel Size | 7.8 x 7.8 um |
Serial Number | No= 20032c6b |
Shutter Count | 2563 |
Image Optimization | Normal |
Vari Program | Unknown |
User Comment | Unknown |
Sub Sec Time | 20 |
Sub Sec Time Original | 20 |
Sub Sec Time Digitized | 20 |
Flashpix Version | 0100 |
Color Space | sRGB |
Exif Image Width | 3008 |
Exif Image Length | 2000 |
Interoperability Index | R98 |
Interoperability Version | 0100 |
Sensing Method | One-chip color area |
File Source | Digital Camera |
Scene Type | Directly photographed |
CFA Pattern | [Blue,Green][Green,Red] |
Custom Rendered | Normal |
Exposure Mode | Manual |
Digital Zoom Ratio | 1 |
Focal Length In 35mm Format | 25 |
Scene Capture Type | Standard |
Gain Control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject Distance Range | Unknown (0) |
Thumbnail Offset | 27808 |
Thumbnail Length | 8537 |
Image Width | 3008 |
Image Height | 2000 |
Image Size | 3008x2000 |
Preview Image | (Binary data 25268 bytes, use -b option to extract) |
Scale Factor To 35mm Equivalent | 1.5 |
Thumbnail Image | (Binary data 8537 bytes, use -b option to extract) |
Circle Of Confusion | 0.020 mm |
Depth of Field | inf (3.67 m - inf) |
Hyperfocal Distance | 5.05 m |
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