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BigAl
Jan-18-2007, 06:56 PM
Had our first clear skies last night. It was pretty dark when it first became visible. I really had to fight with the camera (in the dark) to get it to take pics. Ended up using manual exposure and manual focussing at ISO 1600. Taken with Bigma.

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/124016189-L.jpg

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/124016202-L.jpg

Gallery:
http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/gallery/2368071
Skippy
Jan-19-2007, 03:57 AM
Had our first clear skies last night. It was pretty dark when it first became visible. I really had to fight with the camera (in the dark) to get it to take pics. Ended up using manual exposure and manual focussing at ISO 1600. Taken with Bigma.
Gallery:
http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/gallery/2368071

Glad you got to see it Al... but alas another evening of clouds for us :dunno
...... thanks for posting your Comet shots...... Skippy
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DJ-S1
Jan-19-2007, 05:53 AM
Nice! Good thing you took a chance those clouds would clear out.
Awais Yaqub
Jan-19-2007, 11:32 AM
great thanks for sharing
BigAl
Jan-19-2007, 11:13 PM
Thanks for kind words Skippy, DJ and Awaias.

Here's the first on with a bit of PP and an "artistic" crop :D

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/124223060-L.jpg
Lord Vetinari
Jan-20-2007, 12:17 AM
Excellent pics and a lovely sight Al.
Brian V.
BigAl
Jan-20-2007, 09:06 PM
Excellent pics and a lovely sight Al.
Brian V.Thanks Brian. I'd love to see it with the fluffy tail as shown in Gus's pic, but we had clouds again the last two nites :cry
gus
Jan-20-2007, 09:09 PM
Thanks Brian. I'd love to see it with the fluffy tail as shown in Gus's pic, but we had clouds again the last two nites :cry
Mate my heart goes out to anyone whom cant see it live....its honestly a thing of beauty in the sky. Heres good luck for you over the next few nights...we have maybe a week or 3 to keep getting it.
Seneca
Jan-21-2007, 01:47 PM
We've had 2 weeks of clouds...hopefully tonight will be better...so I can get a glimpse.
BigAl
Jan-21-2007, 11:26 PM
Had "clear" skies again last night, but couldn't get a decent shot of the tail (or rather, the tail didn't make a decent showing). Prolly too much light pollution.

ISO 200, 30s F8 50mm (Bigma) uncropped

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/124714388-L.jpg
gus
Jan-21-2007, 11:51 PM
Had "clear" skies again last night, but couldn't get a decent shot of the tail (or rather, the tail didn't make a decent showing). Prolly too much light pollution.

ISO 200, 30s F8 50mm (Bigma) uncropped



A comet none the less mate. I recon Table Mt would be a good spot. I walked that once.
BigAl
Jan-22-2007, 10:27 PM
A comet none the less mate. I recon Table Mt would be a good spot. I walked that once.The people from Cape Town are getting some seriously good shots over the ocean. Table Mt should be a good spot (bit chilly though). I have a feeling I've had my chance - the moon was already way too bright last nite :cry
Brucek
Jan-24-2007, 03:11 AM
This is my first post on this Site ,Here is my best photo of the comet so far.
Don't be harsh , I am just learning .
D70s and 28-200 mm lens , also got 135-400 sigma
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/kelleher/Scenery/DSC_2163.jpg
BigAl
Jan-25-2007, 09:21 AM
This is my first post on this Site ,Here is my best photo of the comet so far.
Don't be harsh , I am just learning .
D70s and 28-200 mm lens , also got 135-400 sigma
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/kelleher/Scenery/DSC_2163.jpg
Nothing wrong with that! :clap

I'd maybe have not cropped it so tight, and maybe would have tried to get the comet slightly lower in the frame to try and pick up more detail on the leftover tail which you can see clearly in your pic.

ps: you may want to check waxy's thread (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=117) on including an image in a thread.
pps: in a case like this you should consider starting your own thread as many folks think they've looked at this one, so don't expect new stuff and don't look again...
pps: welcome to dgrin!
Skippy
Jan-25-2007, 01:50 PM
This is my first post on this Site ,Here is my best photo of the comet so far.
Don't be harsh , I am just learning .
D70s and 28-200 mm lens , also got 135-400 sigma
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/kelleher/Scenery/DSC_2163.jpg

Hey there Brucek you sure got the tail in that shot :clap
I've taken a few shots myself but I haven't been happy with any that I've done so far :dunno

Nice to see you on board here at Dgrin Brucek, this is a great place to learn from many many different people with a variety of interests.

Keep Posting :thumb thanks for sharing your comet shot..... Skippy
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