Lovejoy from the West

[midnight (Darrin)]

Yet another one but hey, it's an awesome sight when you see it for the 1st time.
Comet C/2011 W3 Lovejoy.

1st Shot is a single frame from below. Bit of a purple theme going on there.

2nd shot is :
7D 35mmF1.4L at F3.5 ISO 1600, 15 seconds
7 frames taken and stacked in DSS
1 Frame taken to layover the terrestrial section at the far bottom as DSS obviously adjusts each frame and eventually blurs any stationary objects.
PS to adjust levels and curves and saturation.

All taken from the Leschenault Peninsula Nature Reserve north of Bunbury looking back over Leschenault (where I got eaten alive by blood thirsty, famined mozzies)

It's a magnificant Christmas gift to us astro guys and girls.

Merry Christmas to all!!

Darrin...

[renormalised (Carl)]

Very nice shots there, Darrin. You've got some funky colours going there!!!

[anthony.tony]

Nice work -wish I Owned a fast lens- Tony

[bartman (Bart)]

Great shots Darrin.
The colours are great!
Like the second one the best!
Cheers
Bartman

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Nice stuff Darrin, clear skies

[rogerg (Roger)]

Very nice shots, I like the colours and clarity.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Real good scale there Darrin, classy colors and check out that forked tail, A Beaut Capture !
'Ave A 'Appy !

[Quark (Trevor)]

Nice work Darrin, a superb sight.

Cheers
Trevor

[midnight (Darrin)]

Thanks for all of your comments.

The end of the tail sorta reminded me of the end of a prawn

Good luck if you're heading out again!!

Darrin...

[naskies (Dave)]

Spectacular - these would look amazing as large canvas prints. You've done a really great job with the tail definition on the second one (bluer).

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by midnight

The end of the tail sorta reminded me of the end of a prawn

A Comet Prawn....little too big to slap down on the barbie!!!!

Unless it's 865000 miles across