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iceman
10-03-2008, 05:49 PM
Hi all
This was taken last Thursday morning, when there was a beautiful conjunction between the waning crescent Moon, Venus and Mercury.
Unfortunately clouds ruined most of my chances to get a "poster shot", but I was able to snap a few images in-between the grey matter.
Taken out at Terrigal Beach, on the Central Coast of NSW.
Used the Canon 350D on a fixed tripod, with the 75-300mm lens for the close-up, and the 17-70 Sigma for the wide views.
Thanks for looking.
Rainsey
10-03-2008, 09:08 PM
Mike,
Absolutely awsome shots. What were the time and exposure settings for the wide angle...
Cheers
Graham
erick
10-03-2008, 09:30 PM
Thanks Mike, I like those photos. Nice of the ship to be in position! And the cloud added to the first photo rather than detracted.
Dennis
10-03-2008, 11:06 PM
A very nice portfolio Mike, each one showing quite a different and enchanting view of this conjunction. I particularly like the 1st one due to the beautiful and dramatic setting, as well as the 3rd one with the ghostly earth shine adding an attractive 3-D effect to the scene.
Top job!
Cheers
Dennis
h0ughy
10-03-2008, 11:21 PM
great work mike, love the middle one
iceman
11-03-2008, 07:24 AM
Many thanks for your comments.
The clouds are ok, but I would've preferred lighter, more sparse clouds that turned pinkish in the sunrise, rather than the drab grey ones that filled my scene.
It's not exactly what I had in my minds eye, but i'm fairly pleased to have captured anything. Of course it was the only morning last week that was cloudy :rolleyes:
Graeme, it was a 10s exposure @ ISO100, 33mm f/4.0.
StephenM
11-03-2008, 10:47 AM
Great shots Mike!
Alchemy
12-03-2008, 06:15 PM
love the first image mike, beautiful setting. conjunction is a bonus.
AUSMCMLXXXV
12-03-2008, 09:46 PM
nice shots dude, much better at my attempts thursday morn when i couldnt sleep. no tripod and clouds didnt help either lol.
cheers
fringe_dweller
13-03-2008, 02:36 AM
wow a rare under non-blobing 5% illuminated (4%) moon with bright planets in interesting tight 3-degree-grouping conjunction, nice one Mike, they dont come along often! :thumbsup:
pity you didnt get the occultation of neptune by moon not long after that! :lol: :D awesome! i hope to get out there myself again one day!
glenc
13-03-2008, 07:42 AM
Mike I like the first one best, great image.
All are great Mike, I especially like the second one and the green glow off the ship in the first one.
sheeny
13-03-2008, 04:53 PM
Excellent, Mike! All great shots but I really like the conjunction with the ship in the second one!
Al.
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