Starship Asterisk*

Venus transiting the Sun. The shot was taken at Kos island, Greece. The weather conditions almost ruined my chance to capture this rare astronomical event. After a battle against time and the cloudy sky I was fortunate to take some pictures! http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/sun/20120606SunVenus07...

Temple of Poseidon, Sounio, Greece. The shot was taken with an 8 inch Dobsonian telescope. Well... Yes, it's true! You can actually take a photo with a dob!

More details:
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/moo ... ioPano.htm

Hello.
This is a Last Quarter moonrise and the temple of Poseidon at Sounio, Greece.
Technical:
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/moo ... onrise.htm

Thanks.
Chris.

Castle vs Moon This is a 360 degree little planet night panorama of a medieval castle at Fyla, Evia - Greece. The bright spot at the left is the overexposed Moon. During the shooting and later at post processing, I didn't expect that the final result would resemble an alien, pacman like creature, m...

Nice sunrise!
Clouds form strange patterns some times like this black hole like sunset:
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/sun ... Sunset.htm
(Do you see something similar or is it just me?)

Fire in the sky! This is an image sequence containing 70 lightning shots, taken at Ikaria island during a severe thunderstorm that took place the night of the total lunar eclipse at June 15, 2011. In order to make the sequence, I set the camera to a tripod taking 20 second shots. After 83 minutes I ...

Airplane transit in front of the Moon. This photo consists of three continuous stacked shots taken approximately at 1/3 second intervals.
Technical info:
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/moo ... nPlane.htm

Thanks.
Chris.

Thank you all for your kind words! I feel very lucky for being there at the right spot, the right time. I use photoshop to enhance the information that is already there and to fix cosmetic imperfections (hot pixels etc). See for example these photos I took the same night. They are both completely un...

Thank you all for your kind words! This is the best possible result of more than two years of effort. :mrgreen: Alnilam I'm sorry you didn't like it. As my friend Anthony said it is a matter of process. Have a look at the ship wreck startrails. You can actually see the tide at the little pool in fro...

Moonrise over the temple of Poseidon at Sounio, Greece. More info:
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/moon.htm

Well done Anthony. That's a perfect moonrise!
I love the sequence as well:
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scene ... non-06.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scene ... non-07.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scene ... non-08.htm

Congradulations!
This is one of the best DSLR deep sky photos I have ever seen!

Thank you all so much for your kind words!
This was the most demanding photo for me so far but I enjoyed every minute of it!

Hi everybody! Many thanks for your kind words! Also thanks to whoever didn’t like the picture. A bit of criticism always helps me to improve. I had to travel approximately 700 km in one day to take this photo (from Athens to Gytheio, Peloponnesus and back to Athens because the next day was Monday an...

Well done Anthony!

Hi. Thank you all for your comments. I'm glad you like it! I think that I was relativelly safe because I stood there for about 5 seconds when the storm was far. Then i went under a big bridge (the one at the right) and enjoyed the light show. Also many thanks to Drs Nemiroff and Bonnell for publishi...

Hi.
They are all really nice pictures.
Thank you for your votes!
I just voted for myself...


Chris.
http://www.greeksky.gr

Hi Chris, Thanks for posting! It's an honor hearing from the photographer himself (or herself in other cases). Is there a story behind the taking of this image? If so, then please do share any part of it you feel comfortable sharing. - RJN Thank you! The honor is all mine! To be honest, there is a ...

Gentlemen,
Many thanks for your kind words. It's always a pleasure to contribute to APOD!