November 2012 "Show Us Your Best Shot" Contest (filter, Canon, Nikon)

[Poncho_NM]

November 2012 "Show Us Your Best Shot" Contest


Place your photos in this thread

Rules To The "Show Us Your Best Shot" Contest

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RULES CHANGE (13 Nov 2011):

1. Title changed from "in your Home State" Contest to "Show Us Your Best Shot".

2. Only one photo per person.

Everybody happy? Discussion continues here: Photography Contests - Overall Discussions

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Post your pictures in the appropriate thread.

Please read the appropriate DISCUSSION THREAD to be up to date before posting. You may post as many photographs in the discussion thread but the actual contest thread is limited.

The photo you enter in the "Show Us Your Best Shot" contest is any photograph which you took within 30 days of the date you submitted it.

To be able to stay on a monthly schedule, the last day for submitting entry photographs will be five days before the end of the month, ie, if the month ends on the 30th then photos must be submitted no later than the 25th. If the month ends on the 31st then photos must be submitted no later than the 26th. Etc...

There are 30 days in November 2012, so, entries will end on November 25th, 2012.

The poll will be opened the day after last day for submitting entry photographs.

Only users who have been registered on City-Data over 30 days and who have at least one valid post may enter the contest or vote on the contest (Rule added Feb 3, 2012)

One photograph per contest and one vote per member.

All photographs must have been taken within 30 days of the date you submitted them.

You may not vote for yourself.

If desired you may add your ©copyright signature to your photograph when sharing over the internet.

Please add the title of your photo and any information that you want to share. We do enjoy knowing and the title is placed in the Poll.

You have 90 minutes to alter/edit your post. If you need help with the title or information, just DM me Poncho_NM and I will fix it for you.

Do not use the entry thread for discussions. There is a separate thread to be used for discussions.

If you have an suggestions, you may DM me Poncho_NM .

Thanks and good luck!


Rich

[WFW&P]

[algia]

Dreamy Daisy

[Poncho_NM]

Seems like everyone is on a cell phone these days... Dia de los Muertos Marigold Parade in Albuquerque, New Mexico's "South Valley"
on Sunday, November 4, 2012:

[alpha_1976]

[PawleysDude]

1947 Chris-Craft Runabout

[Snikt]

Dark night sky in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Nikon D7000 Sigma 10mm, f/4, ISO 6400, 20 second exposure

[orogenicman]

This is the core of the Heart Nebula. This nebula is so large that I couldn't get it all in my field of view (50.7 x 76.1 arcmin). This is my longest exposure to date. The extra time made all the difference in the world.

Image:

Prime Focus
Image scale: 1.17 arcsec/pix
FOV: 50.7 x 76.1 arcmin
24x5min, 2 hours total exposure at ISO 800
8 darks
51 flats
40 bias frames
Stacked in DeepSky Stacker, processed in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Framed in CorelDraw

Equipment:

Imaging Camera: Hutech Modified Canon T1i
Scope: Modified 200m f5 Konus Newtonian with Baader MPCC coma corrector and Baader UV/IR cut filter
Mount: Losmandy G-11 Gemini GoTo V.1.04
Tripod: Losmandy Heavy Duty
Autoguide Scope: 80mm f5 Orion Shorty
Autoguide Camera: Orion Starshooter using PhD Guiding

Image acquired on 11/12/2012 at the LAS Baker Observatory, Curby, Indiana

Transparency 5/5
Seeing 4/5

[madcapmagishion]

Snowy Egret!

[N8!]

Sandia Mts -y- Single Speed
ABQ, NM