At 10:34 PM -0600 1/12/07, Charles Robinson wrote: >So... > >We finally got a clear sky here in Minneapolis. > >It was 7 degrees F outside. Brr. > >The sun set at 4:56 and I finally spotted the darned comet at 5:12! > >Cooooollllldddddd outside. Did I mention that?? > >I had the DS on a tripod, and the Vivitar Series1 70-205 zoomed full- >out to 205mm. > >This is full-frame, converted from RAW and fiddled with six ways from >Sunday to try and up the contrast where the comet is/was to make it >more visible. > >I wish we'd had clear skies a few nights earlier. By the time I >left the 12th floor roof my fingers were in pain. > >2.5 meg JPEG linked below - large file, sorry. And it's not very >good but it's the best I was capable of while using a purloined key >to go out on the roof during work! > >http://charles.robinsontwins.org/images/imgp5058b.jpg > >Did anyone else manage to finally see this elusive thing?
Nice shot...as good as I've seen. I saw it on the 10th and 11th. Very nice on the 10th; heavy cirrus on the 11th. I did not have a camera on the 10th but attempted to photograph it on the 11th through my (open) bedroom window with the ist D. I started with my 35mm F3.5 M and then the 50mm F1.7 A, and then switched over to the 28-105mm FA. Unfortunately I forgot to turn the autofocus back on so all my shots with the latter lens are out of focus! Duh! I also took a few exposures with my ancient Miranda Sensorex II, a Miranda 105mm F2.8 and E200 film; maybe they'll come out better. At least they'll be in focus! -- Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
