Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shot of the conjunction Howard! The rest are beautiful too. We have just had rain - and more rain :-( Peter On 24/12/2020 21:07, Howard Cummer via LUG wrote: > On December 21 more than 6 inches of snow was dumped on Pender Island. > Power went out, of course, as snow laden fir branches crashed down on the > power lines. > It was cloudy so no change to catch the closest Great Conjunction of > Jupiter and Saturn. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008314w.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008314w.jpg.html> > > And the next day was a winter wonderland: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008311-Panow.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/L1008311-Panow.jpg.html> > > By the evening of the 22nd the clouds had cleared away and I had a good > view of > the Great Conjunction; > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/GrtConjunction.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/GrtConjunction.jpg.html> > > Nikon D500 with 200 - 500 VR plus 1.4 extender. On tripod and closely > cropped. > > Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. > > Howard (with the power back on) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig