A Timely Conjunction

[Phil Hart]

Had to travel to find the foreground.. and standing in the middle of the street trying to take a mosaic on a tripod is not the best idea :-)

http://philhart.com/gallery/Astrophotography/Sun/TimelyConjunction1_small.jpg.html

Phil
www.philhart.com

[Dennis]

Top shot Phil - very original!

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

well mate that was a timely decision!! some people go a long way for a timestamp

[Liz]

whoa ... great shot Phil.

[cookie8]

Great stuff. Very very creative!!

[iceman]

Beautiful image, Phil. I wondered what you'd come up with.

Lovely theme.

[RB]

That's a fantastic shot !

[Phil Hart]

I wondered what I would come up with too :-) Was inspired by a pic in S&T of a lighthouse. Although I happened to be down at the Gippsland Lakes for a few days (supervising a leader training weekend at Camp Cooinda), I was a very long way from the nearest lighthouse. Bairnsdale was the nearest town but they don't have a clock. I used Google Street View to check out the one in Sale before making the drive. Apart from lingering cloud, my other concern was whether the clock had any lights but I had to be there to find out!

[Garyh]

Nice one Phil, definably worth the drive to get this shot!

[seeker372011]

wow, great shot!love it

[Jen]

:thumbsup: very clever shot :thumbsup:
we have a town clock here too but it is never has the right time on it :doh:

[strongmanmike]

Now "that" my friend..is the money shot!!

Excellent juxtaposition of time keeping and planetary astronomy - simple but very clever :thumbsup:

Now had it been Big Ben in London......:eyepop:

Mike

[Deeno]

Excellent
:2thumbs::2thumbs::2thumbs:

[Phil Hart]

thanks mike..

i wish i could have done it with big ben! Flinders Street in melbourne would have been good and normally just a short bike or tram ride away from home, but on the night even Sale was a one hour drive.

see the attached grab from Google Street View.. i think i made this little town clock appear a bit bigger than it's true size :D it also shows how much trouble i had dodging trees, powerlines, street lights etc to get the shot.

[peeb61]

Nice Phil...its good to see many get that clear shot.

Paul

[Screwdriverone]

Awesome.

[spacezebra]

Absolutely brilliant image Phil
Excellent as always!

Cheers Petra

[Ric]

That's a beauty Phil, a very original idea.

Cheers

[g__day]

Impressive!

[cwjames]

Hi Phil,

I love this shot. The time you have taken to compose this has really made it something special !

Well Done

Chris

[ChrisM]

Phil, that is a superb photo. I figured that you would have to be a long way back to do that, and your street view confirmed it. I am interested to know what equipment you used, please.

Cheers,
Chris

[Phil Hart]

Check out the original on my website which has all the details..

http://philhart.com/gallery/Astrophotography/Sun/TimelyConjunction1_small.jpg.html

[AstralTraveller]

I'm very impressed.

[starfinder]

Lovely composition Phil. Well done.