Was the Tokina a mirror lens? Wasn't able to see the comet because of clouds in my area. Now, I understand, you have to travel to the southern hemisphere to see it.
Jim A. > I left work around 4:00 PM yesterday. Zipped to the local department store > to pick up a cheap pair of binoculars and a compass (I hate when I forget > things at home). > > My goal was to find an unimpeded view of the south-south-west horizon. I > started driving to the local ski area above Boise. As I suspected, the > best > view was from the top (where the road ends) at the base of the ski area. > > It was very cold, around 13F. There was only about 1/2 hour of time from > when the comet became easily visible, between sunset and the setting of > the > comet. Fingers so numb I couldn't feel the dials on the camera. > Fingertips > still hurt four hours later and actually are a little tender feeling even > now. > > Here's one shot, a 50% crop, fairly noisy. Curves adjustements performed > and > USM that didn't do much before it started degrading the image. I've got a > few others I may try to work with that include the horizon. It was > exciting > to see and worth the effort regardless of the quality of the images. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5448426 > > *ist D and Tokina 500/8 lens. ISO 400 at 1/200. > > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
