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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 |
Great shots Dennis! I'll be back at that same spot tomorrow morning for a follow-up shot from the one I took a week ago.
Weather forecast looks OK at this stage...
Cheers,
Stephen