4th morning running and finally saw what all the excitment is about, Very Mighty indeed, well half of it anyway : )
I been 30k to the south end of the Gold Coast each morning to aviod as much LP as possible and finally this time a gap in between cloud & showers which I had a tarp over the C8 fork mount and camera, Surf is up to 2-3m, wind blowing 10-15 knots, salt filming the lens when the cap was off, Very hazy at ground level, ect !
This is one of only three exposures, other two showed less comet due to fast moving cloud.
Kit was a 600D, 18-135 IS @ 26mm.
Exposure = ISO 800, F6.3, 90secs tracked, ICNR.
Thats a great image!
I really like the back drop, sounds like you really had some adverse conitions to contend with.
Merry Christmas.
Yu 2 Justin & glad you like, Adverse condish yep, not quite ideal for a full Can of Canon Whoop-ass, Lol.
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Yeah Bob, well done, and so glad you did see what all the excitement is about, a wondrous sight and you have it on hard copy now!!
Ta Liz, was expecting it to fade away at the rate was going, Lol. yes was a wonderful moment or two, hope to get a harder copy of it in darker sky next, cheers !
Nice work, it has come up well. It was windy this morning, I went down to Hastings Point and was glad I took big Bertha tripod. Unfortunately my cameras are no good at higher ISOs and a cloud bank came up and overtook the comet, and as I got home it rained. Tomorrow I'll keep heading south and hope for a dawn shot.
Cheers Darrin, the dark cloud @ low left rained over 10 mins after the shot, has cleared here quite well today !
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Lovecloud! Feel the lurv, Terry!
Love it love it!!!!!!!!!!:ro fl:
Richard
heh heh : ) oh what a feeling, Cloud-ota
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Congrats on the capture. It's well worth the sleep deprivation.
Cheers jjj, have caught some zzzed's today for tonight/morning, heading Wst away's for darker sky : )
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Well done Bob
Ty Clayton
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Good onya Bob, glad you got to see it. Sure is an amazing object.
Regards
Trevor
True words Trevor, not quite the McNaughty, but so impressive none the less
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Nice work, it has come up well. It was windy this morning, I went down to Hastings Point and was glad I took big Bertha tripod. Unfortunately my cameras are no good at higher ISOs and a cloud bank came up and overtook the comet, and as I got home it rained. Tomorrow I'll keep heading south and hope for a dawn shot.
Hi Analog6, Yep, I had a normal tripod for the 2nd camera but it was way too windy up high as I had a barricade to shoot over, so the heavier C8 fork mount was the only 'G O' ! and the dark cloud to the lower left of my image was the culprit for the rain event, got me too : )
I only used ISO 800, as long as the lens is inbetween 15-30 odd mm, then the longer exposure, say a minute should Not create too much star trailing ? All the best
Cheers Dave, quite a hazy gusty morning as shown by the Jetty lights, the immediate foreground is actaully the ocean surf swell, about 1.5-2m at the time !
