July 19, 2020 — Richmond, California
No dramatic foreground. Mostly a practice shot. Conditions: Not so good. Hazy sky. Thin high clouds. Still, the tiniest wisp of the ion tail shows on my monitor, if not here. Seeking a clear dark sky. San Francisco Bay Area in July doesn’t like to produce such a thing. Tomorrow’s weather forecast looks a little better, however.
(Nikon D500, Tamron SP 24–70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2. ISO 800, f/2.8, 3 sec. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 3.3; Noise reduction in Topaz DeNoise AI. Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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Wonderful picture; dramatic; doesn’t need a foreground. 🙂
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Thank you. I’m not done yet, if the weather would cooperate.
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Looking good! Beautiful shot!
Still no sight for me! Not even from the countryside… 😞
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About 10 PM local time. Are you under lockdown or is there some other reason you can’t get out of town?
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No lockdown. I do have access to the top of our building and there is a fair visibility of the stars (Big Dipper is easy to spot) but no Neowise. On our visit to the countryside we couldn’t see it either.
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A camera may pick it up even if you can’t see it. If you have a tripod I would suggest a fairly wide angle lens. Look at my blog post for how I exposed it.
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Oops… my reply got misplaced!
I will, thank you!
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And you captured neowise…I’ve not seen it either…so it’s wonderful and so sharp. Have a creative day Michael ☺️💫
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Thank you. If the weather’s good it’s in the northwest sky directly under the big dipper at about 10 PM local time. Actually it’s there even if the weather isn’t good but you won’t be able to see it. 😉
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Perhaps next time you’ll turn the ion tail into a lion tail.
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I can but I hope
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If you said otherwise you’d be lion.
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I will! Thank you!!!!!
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Well, practice makes perfect so looking forward to your next effort. That’s 100% more than I have seen here and I have sort of tossed in the towel. It is currently cloudy and supposedly will clear later but not until around midnight. Not sure I’ve got that in me. Good luck with your next shot.
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Thank you. I’m gonna be trying more inland away from the clouds.
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Cracking shot
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Ta!
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I have too many trees around me and I was too lazy to go somewhere out in the open to watch Neowise. Now I do not need to. Thank you.
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Glad you like it. But I must say, it really is worth the effort.
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It’s pleasing though, and I like the way you composed the frame.
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Thank you very much. Yes, it is pleasing but I’m trying for something even better. Wish me luck.
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