I was fortunate to have clear sky to capture this before it left the Northern Hemisphere night skies. Over Olympic Mountains west of Whidbey Island on Puget Sound.
Desaturated in RAW conversion to B&W to eliminate orange sunset glow and enhance comet tail. Contrast boost and noise removal.
Nikon Coolpix 8800
1/4s f/5.0 at 83.0mm iso100 2007011105.jpg
Posted by Rick Lundh on January 12, 2007 at 4:13 AM
Cool! Congrats on the capture.
Posted by Eric Hahl on January 12, 2007 at 10:09 AM
Very cool!
For others that might be interested. This comet might still be seen very low in the sky early AM Friday in the Southeast and very low in the SW before the Sun sets Friday evening.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on January 12, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Are you set up to shoot them yet, Eric??
Posted by Eric Hahl on January 12, 2007 at 12:30 PM
Ned, As far as Astro-photography goes the answer is no. I have the mount and some accessories but my telescope is still a month out. I'm chompin at the bit waiting for it though.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on January 12, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Posted by Marc Adamus on January 12, 2007 at 2:15 PM
Neat catch, Craig. Very well done.
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on January 12, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Craig, this is a wonderful shot! To my eye it becomes even more dramatic if you crop off the area at bottom so all you have is black mountains, sky, and the comet...
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on January 12, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Really nice... I saw a color photo of this in the Orgonian today.... I like this B&W even better.
Discussion
9 repliesDesaturated in RAW conversion to B&W to eliminate orange sunset glow and enhance comet tail. Contrast boost and noise removal.
Nikon Coolpix 8800
1/4s f/5.0 at 83.0mm iso100 2007011105.jpg
For others that might be interested. This comet might still be seen very low in the sky early AM Friday in the Southeast and very low in the SW before the Sun sets Friday evening.