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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 8/16/2009
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Thanks Gary. Humble is the word. Wide angle and telephoto are probably used more often than needed.
This was a big event and it came and went so quickly. I am so glad that I had conjured up the means to capture it with a time exposure instead of using some super fast film.
Were you able to see it where you live?
I am pretty sure this was taken on KR64 and rethinking now, I believe 4 minutes was the duration and 1.8 or 1.4 was the aperture. I was able to do that only because of the wider aperture choices with the 50mm then on my 300L and 70-210 f4 lenses.
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 8/16/2009
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Thank you Saad. You are so right about size only.
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Billy Bloggs
{K:51043} 8/15/2009
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Amazing and to think you caught this with a humble standard lens! Amazing
Regards, Gary
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 8/15/2009
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an other fine shot,
as for your asking,it is larger than we could imagine,and we are small by the size only.
my regards,
Saad.
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 8/15/2009
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One other thing Brigette.
For a true sense of scale, note the first three stars in the big dipper's handle. (the three bright ones.)
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 8/15/2009
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No telescope. It was my 50mm lens alone. This comet was huge if you were fortunate enough to have dark skys to view it.
Thank you so much for your overwhelmingly generous comments Brigette.
I will show a 're make' of my old Hale Bopp image tomorrow night. Tho it looks better in some ways that my old one because of my terrible presentation, the digital image lacks the details.
You will see what I mean tomorrow night.
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Brigitte R.
{K:25989} 8/15/2009
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING SHOT, Randy!!! Was this taken directly through the camera lens or was it with the aid of a telescope? Truly, amazing capture... love the density of the stars and the great colors in the comet and it's tail. Into my favs it goes! 7+++++++++++++++ P.S. You have some incredible photos!
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