Just got back .... all I can say is stunning, stunning, stunning!! The highlight from my dark site was when the Milky Way popped out above the Moon. Sky was clear, a early morning to remember, and a wonderful start to the day.
Think I got some great images, as long as they are focused properly.
Awesome pic Liz. What location were you at, was this from Sunshine coast ? Could you share your camera settings ?
I had major issues with dew setting on my lenses causing blurry images. Hopefully some are good.
Many thanks. I am hopeless at the beautiful close up images like David, did give it a bit of a go, but deleted them. This one was much easier.
I was about 30 km north of Townsville, and a fairly dark spot.
From memory, I pushed this image to ISO 1600, 17mm, f 3.6, for 35 sec at least.
Shame about the dew, I was worried took but air was pretty dry luckily.
Here is a sample of my efforts from a rather cool morning by the Brisbane River, tagging along with Mike (Iceman), Troy (Troypiggo), a couple of new friends that Troy found, plus a plethora of itinerant photographers that turned up at regular intervals. Needless to say, we astronomers had already bagged the best spots!
I felt sorry for Mike and Troy as we bade farewell, as both have a full days work ahead of them, not to mention the return flight home for Mike.
Oh the joys of a 3-day week!
It was great meeting up with Mike, our first face-to-face encounter since I joined IIS several years ago. I was glad to be able to show him some Qld hospitality, acknowledging the time, energy and effort he has poured into creating such a vibrant on-line and real-world community that is today’s Ice In Space.
The only rather unsavoury event that marred an otherwise perfect morning was those rotten cockroaches winning Origin 2! I am so glad that Sir H0ughy wasn’t there in person to gloat!
Great shots people.
I'm glad I posted my shots in another thread before I saw these shots, I wouldn't have bothered, these look really good.
Well done all.
Great shots Dennis, I posted a few shots on a thread in the Solar System forum. If the position I chose from Google Earth didn't prove suitable I was going to gate-crash your party... I did alright... happy with my results.
Here's a couple I didn't post on the other thread.
Would you kindly share your camera settings for the second pic ?
Also, how did you avoid the dew issue ? Or it wasn't a issue at all in the city.
I dont think I got a good focussed total eclipse snap. Will have to hunt through the shoot.
Thanks for the nice words.
To slow down the onset of the inevitable dew, I used the deep lens hoods of the telephoto lenses and the shallower lens hood of the wide-angle lens. In addition, I placed a thin, stiff foam mat over the top of the wide-angle lens to “shield” the lens from the sky above.
I used this device, Flare Buster, which fits in the camera hot shoe and provides you with a spring clip at the end of a flexible arm. Also, I used Live View x10 to manually focus the lens.
Photo details for #2 provided in the screen capture.
Could you kindly tell me your settings on getting such a great focussed shot ?
Do let me know the camera type and lens aswell.
I had miserable time focussing on the eclipse shots.
I was going to hook the camera to th elaptop and use Focus Assist or EOS Utility via Live View to focus... walked back to the car once already to get the laptop... forgot the cable!
I did what Dennis did, that is I used Live View at 10x to get focus on the spokes of the wheel... effective infinity. Modded Canon 450D, 70 to 300 mm lens @ 300 mm, ISO 800, f5.6, 0.6 sec.
