McNaught makes a brief appearance...

[raezee]

Well, I'm still hoping I'll get something better if the gods bless me with a clear night.

But in the meantime, here's what I have so far - peeking from behind the clouds! It looks eerie this way don't you think?

Taken with Olympus C7070 wide angle digicam iso 400, 15 sec exposure, F3.5.

[matt]

Well, it goes without saying I'm mightily impressed

Now, can I have my binoculars back please

[Dennis]

Wow - that is SOOOOOOOOO much better than Matt's image posted the other day...hee hee hee

Cheers

Dennis

[matt]

Must ....... not ...... bite......

Must .... ignore ..... Big D......

[raezee]

Gee fanks Dennis ...I'll get months of mileage out of that

But I must give credit where it's due - if he hadn't told me what settings he used, I would have spent the entire time fannying about with shorter exposures and missed the opportunity altogether.

[matt]

Awww... what a gal!!!

(wonder what that's gonna cost me?)

[leon]

I quite like the setting of that image, really gives the Comet scale, well done

Cheers Leon

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by matt

Must ....... not ...... bite......

Must .... ignore ..... Big D......

Hey Matt

Don't worry; it’s also heaps better than my feeble efforts of the past few days too! You showed commendable restraint by the way - I tips me hat to you.

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by raezee

Gee fanks Dennis ...I'll get months of mileage out of that

But I must give credit where it's due - if he hadn't told me what settings he used, I would have spent the entire time fannying about with shorter exposures and missed the opportunity altogether.

Yep - that's our Matt, a top bloke!

Incidentally, is that horizontal strip of light below the comet an airplane trail, or the light pollution from some earthly dwellings?

Cheers

Dennis

PS - Just noticed it appears behind the low clouds so I suspect they are airplane lights.