Comet Neowise
Jul 11, 2020 09:37:06 #
Every morning the sky conditions have prevented me from seeing this comet , this morning I got one decent exposure before the clouds hid it again... will try again tomorrow
Jul 11, 2020 09:48:39 #
gekko11 wrote:
Every morning the sky conditions have prevented me from seeing this comet , this morning I got one decent exposure before the clouds hid it again... will try again tomorrow
Great capture. Thanks for sharing Neowise with us.
Jul 11, 2020 10:13:33 #
Jul 11, 2020 11:55:07 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Very nice shot. What exposure length did you use (I didn't see any trailing in the stars).
Jul 11, 2020 14:58:37 #
Ballard wrote:
Very nice shot. What exposure length did you use (I didn't see any trailing in the stars).
Thanks Ballard,, I shot at iso 1000 125mm f3.2 for 8.0 sec . anything over that length resulted in too much star trailing for my taste. I think I was lucky , I will try my luck again in the morning
Jul 11, 2020 15:00:26 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Great capture. Thanks for sharing Neowise with us.
Thank You PixelStan, hope to have more to share.
Jul 11, 2020 15:05:35 #
alberio wrote:
Wow, you got a nice view of the tail. Quite long.
Thank you very much Alberio, Your pics from yesterday really got me motivated to get out and try this morning!
Jul 11, 2020 19:13:37 #
gekko11 wrote:
Thank you very much Alberio, Your pics from yesterday really got me motivated to get out and try this morning!
We have to keep this hobby alive in spite of all the craziness that's happening now. Long live clear skies and cold beer...or is it the other way.
By the way I rarely get a beer of any temp.
Jul 11, 2020 21:41:33 #
alberio wrote:
We have to keep this hobby alive in spite of all the craziness that's happening now. Long live clear skies and cold beer...or is it the other way.
By the way I rarely get a beer of any temp.
By the way I rarely get a beer of any temp.
I know exactly what you mean! Im getting a couple of different cameras ready for in the morning, if my brother joins me we will have three, 15mm, 200mm and a 400 to 800mm. it was 109 degrees here at my house this afternoon... thank goodness it cooled of since yesterday. Not a cold beer anywhere, so heres to clear skies Alberio!
Jul 11, 2020 22:04:07 #
gekko11 wrote:
I know exactly what you mean! Im getting a couple of different cameras ready for in the morning, if my brother joins me we will have three, 15mm, 200mm and a 400 to 800mm. it was 109 degrees here at my house this afternoon... thank goodness it cooled of since yesterday. Not a cold beer anywhere, so heres to clear skies Alberio!
Well we just had a severe thunder storm come through with 60mph winds and hail. It seems quiet now so I'm hoping tomorrow will bless us with a good sky.
Jul 12, 2020 05:55:47 #
I blew out badly last night. A lot of the problem are due to me forgetting to turn IS off when tripod mounted. But even so I got a very dull image and when I varied the exposure I got nothing at all.
Anyone got a starter suggestion.
Anyone got a starter suggestion.
Jul 12, 2020 07:55:37 #
Even though it is somewhat dark, its pretty good. At first I thought it was close to the top of a mountain, but I believe its clouds. Maybe set the ISO above 1200 and longer exposure. You are right keep the IS turned off. Getting good focus is hard in the dark so I find a bright star and do a live view at the focal length you will shoot with, then magnify the view 5x or 10x, then do your manual focus to get as close to a pinpoint star. What camera and lens are you using?
Jul 12, 2020 08:18:05 #
alberio wrote:
What camera and lens are you using?
CANON 6D mkII + 70 - 300 'L' series zoom at 300mm. I'll try again tonight with 400mm prime. No mountains around here - it's clouds.
Jul 12, 2020 09:05:39 #
John N wrote:
CANON 6D mkII + 70 - 300 'L' series zoom at 300mm. I'll try again tonight with 400mm prime. No mountains around here - it's clouds.
I used a Canon 60Da and 70-300 EF USM. I shot this at 70mm
400 might be a bit much IMO, but give it a try, you can easily go wider with that lens. Besides, with your camera, you can crop the comet pretty well. Using a wider field and higher ISO let's you use 3-8 second exposures. The hardest part right now is finding the comet in the bright sky.
Jul 12, 2020 10:02:50 #
John N wrote:
I blew out badly last night. A lot of the problem are due to me forgetting to turn IS off when tripod mounted. But even so I got a very dull image and when I varied the exposure I got nothing at all.
Anyone got a starter suggestion.
Anyone got a starter suggestion.
Would you mind if I played with this a bit?
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