Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/07/19

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] IMG: comet NEOWISE
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:52:57 +0100
References: <4012E7DC-9D28-4E6D-8129-0C4A413AEFDD@mac.com>

Nice to see it, as the weather has not been too conducive to comet 
spotting over here.
Douglas

On 16/07/2020 16:23, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
> I took my Sony 7mkII and my Fuji gfx100 out to spot the comet.
>
> We arrived at our shooting location (less that idea since there were 
> motion activated pathway lights that our doggies triggered at odd 
> intervals) about 8:30. We were able to see the comet about 9:20 or so. The 
> cameras picked it up before either of us could see it with binoculars!
>
> I played around with the GFX100 with it?s 250mm lens to see how it would 
> do shooting this tower backlit by the sunset. I have used Topax AI noise 
> and AI Sharpener on this image. I like these programs a lot - but if you 
> don?t want to die of old age you need a SERIOUS graphics card. Each 
> application pegged the processor in my card for about 30-45 seconds at a 
> time.
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-X7BZHL6/A>
>
> Finally the comet arrived. This first shot is from my Fuji camera with a 
> 250mm lens:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-BkNXhMT>
>
> This one is from the Sony with a 400mm zoom lens taken about 5 minutes 
> later:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-8Gzn5VH>
>
> And finally a full-frame image with some of the after-glow from sunset:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-dGmLqCq/A>
>
> Thanks for looking.
>
> I should have shot with a higher ISO and a shorter shutter speed on all my 
> images. I?ll remember the next time.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Adam
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



In reply to: Message from abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] IMG: comet NEOWISE)