Astronomy Twist

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OK, I know the concept has probably been done before so nothing new, but I just wanted to have a bit of fun and see what I could come up with.

The tagline with this was/is "The Milky Way as seen from the surface of Mars"

EXIF data;
Body: D5100
Lens: 18-55mm DX VR
ISO: 800
Focal length: 55mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter speed: 1/15s
Exposure: Aperture priority

I'm looking for what might have been improved on in this shot (no PP done aside from a resize).
Was there a better way to maybe get more of 'Mars' in focus, could the 'Milky Way' have been further or made to appear bigger, etc.

Any other info needed please ask :)

DSC_1232_Twisted_Astronomy.jpg
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Keep in mind, the size of these objects were small, the Milky Way around 1" long, and the Mars bar around 2", as that's the only sizes left in the house.
 
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§am

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Scott - I did try but I was having to put the Milky Way too close to make the Mars text tangible, or so far away that the shot would frame too much background and not enough source objects.

Maybe a full size of each chocolate would help - these were just fun size portions that you get in selection boxes :)
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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Ok well I am out of ideas, the only other thing I can think of is maybe suspend each with fishing line so that they are in mid air / space...
 
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§am

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Now there's an idea - might get the kids to make a space background for me as an art project - will keep them occupied enough for me to setup the hanging bits :)
 
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§am

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Jack - I went up to f/22 on this but for some reason just couldn't get both objects in focus. I think it was because I was as close to the subjects as I could be to eliminate any extra space (excuse the pun). Maybe if I backed up a little and then cropped the image in PP the higher aperture might have worked.

I'll keep that in mind for phase 2 (or even 3) of this concept :)
 
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