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Originally Posted by steve000
The clouds finally cleared for a crystal clear night.
I am going to punch someone at the BCC though. who thought it was a good idea to install a street light across from my place.
no ordinary street light.. one of those twin fluro on angle thingos that dont shine on the ground but shine everywhere else inc my bedroom, camera etc.
the lights blew a few months ago. maybe i need 2 make them blow again 
Anyway... 5 mins drive later im parked across from an empty lot.
pics attached. im not very happy with them, tommorow hopefully i will try iso 100 instead of 1600. and better focus.
Taken with a 450D |
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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hello,
Against the grain of the recent weather patterns and gloomy forecasts, the skies in Brisbane were clear this morning, Saturday, 30th April. 
Having not expected this, we were unprepared, setting off hurriedly for the 15km drive to Mt Coot-tha at 4:30am. Along the way, I mentally rehearsed the camera settings procedure, as I had not touched the night skies for ages.
The only mistake I made was that although I did set the lens to Manual Focus, I did not subsequently check focus during the session. During the session, whilst tilting the camera from horizontal to vertical, I must have inadvertently touched the focus ring and disturbed the focus. Luckily, I was using a 17-40mm lens so I (almost) got away with it!
Moral of the story – plan, plan, plan and then rehearse at least once if you have not done this for over 2 years! Also, don’t shoot wide open – the corners were horrible! 
Cheers
Dennis |
wow some excellent results guys
- fully clouded out and raining here this morning i hope it clears a bit for tomorrow morning
