July 14, 2020, 9:49 p.m. — San Mateo County, California
My second shot at it. Not bad. I’m glad it will be around a bit longer.
(Nikon D850, Tamron SP 24–70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 3.2; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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That’s pretty damned cool!
Thanks!
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Thank YOU!
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great
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Thank you.
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You can be proud of that effort.
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Thanks very much. I’m looking forward to it being higher in the sky. Also looking for a more dramatic foreground.
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Oh, brilliant shot of the comet, my friend!
[I missed it 😦 ]
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Thanks very much. It’ll be visible for another ten days or so.
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I hope I’ll be able to see it. To us it’s supposed to be visible for an hour after sunset but close to the horizon… Hard from the city.
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Must leave the city and have a clear view to the north west. A high vantage point would be better.
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That I cannot do… unfortunately. Best I can do is go to the terrace of the building and hope 😉… 🤞
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Set up a camera on a firm tripod and try and exposure. About 80 to 90 minutes after sunset it will be directly below the big dipper fairly close to the horizon.
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Ah, thank you! I’ll try it!!!!! 😊
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Lovely. I’m hoping to see it in our evening sky a few days from now.
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Thank you. It should be visible now if you get away from urban light pollution.
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That’s very nice to work with the settings of our machines and be able to see things we don’t see with our eyes normally.
Nice shot!
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Obrigado! It is visible to the eye in the northwest sky about 80 minutes after sunset, if you get away from city lights.
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So great!
I had that experience a few years ago here. But with a bit of effort to see it to the eye. The result in photos is special. 🙂
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Keep looking. I saw it easily last night. Away from the city lights, however.
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Amazing shot! I particularly like how you included a bit of horizon.
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Thanks very much. I hope for a shot with a more dramatic foreground in the next few days.
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I’ll have to keep an eye out 🙂
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I am busily scouting locations.
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Cool! Amazing you can see the tail.
Signs & Portents, oh man! Er, I meant, omen!
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Nailed it!
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Thank you very much. I think things will get better as it gets higher in the sky out of the twilight mud. We shall see…
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Wonderful! Very good to see this! 🙂
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😊
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Glad to see that you got such a nice image of the comet, Mike. Oddly, we have had morning clouds nearly every day since the comet showed in the skies…not here though.
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View it night about 80 minutes after sunset.
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I’ll try. 🙂
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Love it
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Thanks very much!
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What a pleasant evening picture, made even more appealing by that faint band of warm color across the bottom. “Not bad” understates it.
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Thank you very much. I have to say, however, that I was hoping for a lot more detail in the tail. I think in the next couple of nights I’ll be able to get it because the comet will be higher in the sky out of the twilight glow.
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By the way, our word comet goes back to Greek komētēs, which at its most literal meant ‘long-haired,’ based on komē, which meant ‘hair.’ Good luck getting more detail in your celestial object’s long hair.
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Appropriate for Marin County.
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yes lovely capture I love the composition as well ~ 🙋♀️☺️ smiles hedy
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Thank you very much. Trying for even better in the next couple of nights.
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Really, really beautiful Michael. I’m so glad you didn’t exaggerate anything, the way most photos of things like comets do. I get so tired of all the shots one sees of night skies and such that are just ridiculously over-the-top. This is refreshingly true to life. That’s the way the sky really is at night, the way the earth really looks after sun’s gone down, the way the stars appear, and the way a comet really looks. That inky sky is luscious!
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Thank you very much! I am going to go out in the next few nights and try again when the comedy is higher in the sky and I can get a longer exposure on the tail to get more detail. But although I love doing artistic things with photography, messing with the comet itself steps over the line.
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Your favorite assistant had fun with you! Check out the second line. 🙂 Maybe we need to bring the comedy back down to earth, maybe not….
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Digital assistance certainly are pesky. I think there needs to be comedy in the sky, on the ground, in the water, everywhere. Seriously, the world needs to lighten up.
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All the best for future
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