I walked down our street to get out of the few street lights we have here and set my tripod up on our green space to the north of our house. These next shots were taken around 11pm. I wanted to have some foreground images so moved to get the tree line into frame.
I had my 150-600mm zoom lens on but kept it at the 150mm range to include some foreground. I hope to get a calm clear evening this month to zoom right in a get a clear close up shot of the comet. I was still getting a bit of camera shake from the wind which you can see in this next image where I cropped into the comet on my computer.
The next clear night I plan to go for a drive to find a more interesting foreground. I have been seeing a lot of well done composite images of the comet with a barn or church in the foreground but I do not know how to layer 2 or 3 photos or use Photoshop to create those composite images. The images I share here are pretty much what you should see with a pair of binoculars.
Here is a great chart for those living in Southern Manitoba.
I also turned my camera to Jupiter as it is in opposition (equivalent to a full moon as the earth is between Jupiter and the sun right now) now so very bright in the sky. You can see 4 of its largest moons with a pair of binoculars as well. You'll find Jupiter in the SSW sky, you can't miss it! Here is the shot I got of it with its four moons. I had not idea I had captured the moons until I loaded the pictures onto my computer, happy accident!
Thank you! I enjoyed this post so much. I felt as if I were seeing the comet myself, and Jupiter's moons are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for sharing your fantastic pictures of God's amazing light shows in the sky. ---"Love"
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