I woke up at my usual early worm time of 4.30am this morning, ambled out to the computer, played about for a bit, then for some reason had a look at my Stellarium program, which showed me THIS (Stellarium screendump below) conjunction of 4 planets and the moon. For those who have trouble reading it - from the top Venus and Mercury with the waning moon to the left, and below mars (faint) and Jupiter (brighter and slightly lower).
http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.710979...1-may-2011.jpg
You never saw anyone scramble for the camera and tripod so fast in your whole life!
See, night owls, getting up early IS worth it.
H2 / P20 / HC50-110 zoom @ 85mm / f8 / 6secs / ISO 100
http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.710982...x800,070,f.jpg
The jpeg is quite noisy (tiff seems OK). I've just processed this in PS4 in my usual way - is there a better way to process dark shots, can anyone offer tips?
And sorry, those links don't work here although they link just fine on my photo forums - why is this?