Captured last night at Gosford Waterfront, in what may be my first and last glimpse of the Comet before it sinks below the horizon for the Southern Hemisphere and becomes a Northern Hemisphere object from around the 11th March onwards.
5s exposure @ ISO2000, f/5, 55mm with the Canon 6D and 24-105mm lens.
It was a nice naked eye sight, would look even better under dark skies. Couldn't spot it until about 8:03 in the camera zoomed in, and visually from about 8:10pm.
I drove 45 mins SW of Brisbane yesterday evening hoping to get away from the clouds, but was still completely clouded out. Did get a nice (albeit very brief) binocular view of Lemmon and its tail through a gap in the clouds in dark-ish skies though.
I drove 45 mins SW of Brisbane yesterday evening hoping to get away from the clouds, but was still completely clouded out. Did get a nice (albeit very brief) binocular view of Lemmon and its tail through a gap in the clouds in dark-ish skies though.
Cheers,
Stephen
Thanks Stephen. I never got a chance to image Lemmon so you're ahead of me there!
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Originally Posted by h0ughy
nice shot Mike - -is that buster the crash test dummy from mythbusters?
haha thanks Dave, I still have you to thank for telling me where to look!
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Originally Posted by Larryp
Very nice, Mike!
Thanks Larry!
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Originally Posted by multiweb
There's a lot of finger pointing and arm waving incantations in those latest shots of yours? Anything going on or is it East coast weather fever?
Great shot and composition as usual.
ROFL you're right I do like a human element in my astro pictures, I like the sense of scale and wonder it gives.
But a bit of east coast weather fever is certainly possible
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Originally Posted by Octane
It's an entry into the Malin's, Marc.
Mike, you're going to have to re-do the shot -- you're pointing at the lights on the hills!
Glad to see you managed to capture it before it goes AWOL.
H
It's just parallax error, H
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Originally Posted by RB
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi....
Lovely shot mate, would look great in a calender.
Glad you got to see/image it, no chance for me due to work commitments.
haha I remember that night well.. can't believe McNaught was 6 years ago! That was quite a comet.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
I like that one a lot. Beautiful colours and your clever framing and composition.
Greg.
Thanks Greg, appreciate the comments.
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Originally Posted by stardust steve
That camera complimented by the lens looks like a lethal combo. So clean and sharp. Love the reflections
Glad you capped it before sinking.
Thanks Steve - was hoping for a better foreground but didn't have time to travel out to Long Jetty. Loving the 6D still but really really hate the button placements still.
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Originally Posted by FranckiM06
Wow, it is great shot. I like this image.
Franck
Thanks Franck!
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Originally Posted by ourkind
Nice shot Mike! Putting yourself in the frame gives it that personal touch, I like it!
Thanks Carlos, I agree - like I said above I like having a human element in it.
