Dance of the Planets from Lake Macquarie NSW 26 May 2013

[h0ughy]

Goodness me - i was granted a leave pass to go and take some images of this tonight by my lovely wife - then had to return quickly to cook family a BBQ.

it was a gorgeous sight to behold that's for sure.

mix of canon60D and 650D with a 18-50mm lens and a 70-250mm lens (standard canon ones)

[h0ughy]

and more

[Deeno]

Nice view:thumbsup:

[Larryp]

Good shots, David

[Astroman]

Nice work David, looks terrific

[h0ughy]

thanks guys.

[Matt Wastell]

Hi David
Super pics - I honeymooned at Lake Macquarie!

[h0ughy]

Eastern Side or western - Did you stay at the Squids Ink

[Octane]

Some corkers in there, David. It's amazing how fast the planets seem to sink behind the horizon. I was moving my camera into a portrait orientation and before I knew it, Mercury was gone!

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[h0ughy]

yep it didn't take long

[astronobob]

Cool captures David, a nice time by the water ! !

[h0ughy]

Thanks Bob - it was very pleasant until the sun went down - then it got very cool very quickly - dropped 10c in 20 min

[iceman]

Nice shots Dave! Love #3

[h0ughy]

thanks Mike - i have added a few others - the conditions were so good, wished i was better imager

[h0ughy]

i added a couple of other shots

[multiweb]

I like the wave pattern and the light on the first one in the last batch. Pretty cool res those canons. Might get one someday. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

well these are resized to 1280 from the full res images. i wonder how it would have been with a 6D:question:

[StephenM]

A great series David. I really like the second last one in the final batch!

Any luck tonight?

[h0ughy]

rain!!!:sadeyes: i like that one as well

[Matt Wastell]

Eastern side from memory - we hired a house right on the lake - not the most sought after destination but we chose to use our money for a house deposit.
Man, that is now 17 years ago - thanks for the flashback!

[h0ughy]

there are some classic homes on the lake - some with complete water frontage.

i did contemplate going to Belmont South overlooking swan bay out towards mt sugarloaf but the travel time was going to get me. so i settled on warners bay. I wanted to get somewhere a bit shielded from the evening breeze and get some calm water to get the reflections

[Draco]

nice shots david.
do you remember how long you waited after sunset? I read online that I had to wait around 30min after sunset but by then they all had disappeared :(

[h0ughy]

yeah thats about right - too much bright skies around 5 and by 5. 20 was into action:help: