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iceman
18-07-2007, 08:21 AM
Hi all

I took the camera and tripod to work yesterday, hoping to get an opportunity on the way home to take a picture of the conjunction.

The timing worked out favourably, and I stopped at the Gosford Waterfront near home and spent 15 minutes grabbing a few shots. I would've preferred to have waited until they were a little lower, and I would've preferred a few light clouds to give some depth, but I'm fairly happy with how they turned out.

Taken with the Canon 350D on a fixed tripod, with the Sigma 17-70mm lens.

The first shot is at 25mm, f/9, 8 second exposure @ ISO100.
The second shot is at 70mm, f/9, 10 second exposure @ ISO100.

The second one has also been cropped a bit tighter, but neither have had any other processing except for resize + sharpen for the web.

Thanks for looking.

h0ughy
18-07-2007, 08:33 AM
very nice images Mike

RB
18-07-2007, 08:57 AM
Excellent mate, well done.
Very nice with the foreground interest.

:thumbsup:

Dennis
18-07-2007, 09:29 AM
Nice work Mike, although I prefer the starker, minimalist, uncluttered foreground of H0ughy's photo's....:P :lol:

Cheers

Dennis

h0ughy
18-07-2007, 12:48 PM
:P

ving
18-07-2007, 02:20 PM
that first one looks very nice :)

Dietmar
23-07-2007, 07:03 AM
hi Mike,

one great shot!!!
I definitly like th overview the most - it is terrific!