> On Jul 17, 2020, at 3:04 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nice images Larry. I like the comet images with terrestrial references over > those images of the comet alone - YMMV.
Thanks. I pretty much figure that when it comes to photos of celestial objects in isolation there’s no way I can compete with the hubble, or anybody with a real telescope and equatorial mount. Even so, it can be a fun challenge to see what I can accomplish. > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry Colen <[email protected] >> Subject: How to find Comet Neowise >> >> I did some test shots of Neowise tonight, I tried to get some really wide >> angle one to show where it was in relation to the Big Dipper, but >> unfortunately constellations don’t really show up well in photos, so I sort >> of cheated with Lightroom to draw in the Big Dipper: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50122251052/in/album-72157715131030577/ >> >> It’s a bit of a hack, but I don’t have things dialed in well on my new >> laptop. >> >> Here is a fun shot, that I couldn’t have done this well if I had tried. >> crossing the tail: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50122248862/in/album-72157715131030577/ >> >> The comet was down in the fog, I definitely need to find someplace higher up >> to photograph it from. >> Full set here, nothing spectacular, but it is definitely getting a lot more >> visible than it was last week. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157715131030577 >> >> At the moment, it seems that my best results are with astrotracer at 10 >> seconds. I really wish astrotracer worked at shorter times than 10 seconds. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
