Bridge and Lights

[iceman (Mike)]

When I took my Venus and Mercury Conjunction images on Friday, I also turned around and faced the other way, and took these long (15 seconds or so) exposure shots of the Hawkesbury River Bridge.

I also created my own diffraction spikes in the second shot using a bridge-side made star-cross filter I found 2 small straight firm pieces of dry grass on the ground, set the camera to 10s self-timer, pressed the shutter, and then held the 2 pieces of grass in a "+" pattern across the front of the lens

Was a fun experiment, i'll probably make something more permanent that I can use for the night light shots.





Thanks for looking.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

cool

[beren]

Hey Ice ...great idea with the grass ,gonna try it .....nice pics btw

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I like that! That's a special image that second one Mike

[RAJAH235]

Mike, Nice pics. Your *grass* idea reminded me of what an old (now deceased) chap, used to do. He was a member of the Illawarra Astro. Soc. years ago. He put a piece of FLY screen (full ap.) over the end of his 6" dob. The effect was startling. Talk about coloured spikes!! Something different eh! He used to attend the open nights when the kids came along.
Old Cec had lots of ideas like that. Great fella.
ps. our club pres. now has that 6".

[rowena]

Hey Rajah,

quick question for you..as your a wollongongite like me, have you been to both astro societies down here, and do u have a preference and why? - i haven't had a chance to check them out, and for the past two months i swear every weekend has been cloudy!

Rowena

[RAJAH235]

Hi Rowena, If you want to attend the next meeting night, come to the Unanderra Comm. Centre on 3rd March about 7.30 pm. We meet on the 1st Thursday of each month.
Yes I was a member of the I.A.S. years ago, along with a few others.
Oh, check out my profile at the bottom of the post.
Just the facts m'am.