More McNaught Pics

[adame]

Hey guys was nice clear night here lastnight so i went out and snaped a few pictures.






Cheers
Adam

[BT*ist]

WOW!! The second one provides a nice context, but I really like the first

[vikin70]

winner!

[Killakoala]

Man, they are just beautiful images

[thelastname]

They are both great shots, but in the second i find the ground a little distracting. Maybe a slight crop would help.

[dodge]

WOW I really do like the first pic..Well done



cheers Joe

[Mal]

Simply beautiful. Love number 1.

[ekynox]

Awesome pictures mate. I really enjoyed both of them. This is the sort of picture I wouldnt mind getting printed onto canvas and hang it in my apartment.

Care to share your setup information please

[Yi-P]

OMG

You sure you didnt launch that projectile on #2??

[adame]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

Care to share your setup information please

D200 with 18-70 kit lens........ 30 second exposures for both f4.2 for the first f3.5 for the second....... and ISO 640, both were really dark still but i brought them back in PP

Cheers more to come from tonight.

[blacknstormy]

WOW !

[Gordon]

What white balance setting did you use on these Adame? They look very blue! The tail is made of dust and shines by reflected sunlight, so should be yellow/white in colour. That will be modified on the lower parts where you are looking through more atmosphere- which will make the coma (head of the comet) appear more reddish- just like the sky near the horizon at sunset.
see : http://members.ozemail.com.au/~loomberah/mcnaught.htm

Clouded out again here tonight ;(

G

[NJ]

amazing! i think everyone else have used up all the words to describe these, you must be very pleased with those results!

[Steffen]

Wow, with all those comet shots posted recently (and in the dim light of my own feeble attempts) I wonder whether the fabulously large tail is a product of the comet getting closer to the sun, or simply the result of using long exposures with a tracking mount?

Cheers
Steffen.

[Gordon]

Both! + changing geometry. The tail is there and can be seen with the naked eye, the eye is very sensitive, so it takes a short time exposure to show it all with a camera. The comet is actually moving away from the sun now, and has been for the past week.

[adame]

What white balance setting did you use on these Adame? They look very blue! The tail is made of dust and shines by reflected sunlight, so should be yellow/white in colour. That will be modified on the lower parts where you are looking through more atmosphere- which will make the coma (head of the comet) appear more reddish- just like the sky near the horizon at sunset.
see : http://members.ozemail.com.au/~loomberah/mcnaught.htm

Clouded out again here tonight ;(

G

I donlt know with them pictures mate as i only sho them as jpegs and modified the color to look right by memory...... let me finish proscessing the ones from lastnight and ill eb able to give you some sort of idea of the white balance setting..

Cheers
Adam

[Gordon]

If you check the EXIF data for your images the white balance should be included. If it was on auto it may have turned the images very blue because of the yellow foregrounds.

[adame]

If you check the EXIF data for your images the white balance should be included. If it was on auto it may have turned the images very blue because of the yellow foregrounds.

Ok i have a couple more....To get the look i wanted i had to adjust the color temp to 4000K, i think the color has been lost in the coma because of the long exposure that it required to expose the sky its burnt the color out of the coma....





Cheers
Adam

[obzelite]

my only suggestion would be to have the comet to the left of the frame and let the tail trail across the centre and right.
At the moment it feel unbalanced with clear sky filling the left of the frame.