As was I. Lovely seaside (Puget Sound-side, actually) setting, tree framing the left side of the image, watching the sunset, made the more brilliant be the encroaching dark clouds beginning to fill the WSW sky from the horizon upwards. I took several exposures, straight shots as well as 2 min and 4 min Astrotracking exposures. Hoping the breaks in the clouds would reveal Pan-STARRS.
Packed up the cameras and tripod after I caught a couple of herons wading in the shallows. By then, there wasn't even enough light to image them. Tonight what I could see from home was crystal clear blue sky. I rationalized however, that though it was forecast to be raining for the next 4 or 5 days, I would still be left another ten evenings in which I may succeed. If that doesn't work out, then I'll drag out the prints I have from my evening with Hale-Bopp and the LX some sixteen years ago. On Mar 8, 2013, at 17:38 , John Sessoms wrote: > Still no joy. I was in position & set up about 5 min before sunset. Bright > blue, clear skies without a cloud anywhere except for the beautiful orange > murky haze on the western horizon. > > I watched until all the orange faded (about 1-1/2 hrs after sunset) and never > saw it. Joseph McAllister [email protected] It seems that I need to stop my mind running off at the fingertips. — Mike Wilson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
