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COMET 46P/Wirtanen with EF-M 32mm f/1.4 today... (PICS)

Started Dec 9, 2018 | Discussions thread
Sharif
Sharif Senior Member • Posts: 1,575
Re: COMET 46P/Wirtanen with EF-M 32mm f/1.4 today... (PICS)

Marco Nero wrote:

EOS M6 + EF-M 32mm f/1.4 lens + NiSi NN Filter - a view of the EOS 6D + 85mmL lens with the unmistakable green glow of Comet 46P/Wirtanen in the distance (upper center).

EOS M6 + 32mm f/1.4 lens + NiSi NN Filter. You can see the green glow of Comet Wirtanen above and the EOS 6D + 85mmL lens peeking out below.

EOS M6 + 32mm f/1.4 - I'd hoped to capture the comet through a crystal sphere that I'd pulled out of a windchime. But I couldn't focus in the dark through it using the camera's LCD. Manual Focused used here .. which was close enough. I was walking about with a Red glowstick which showed up in the refracted and flipped image here.

M6 + 32mm f/1.4 - Turning the 6D+85mL due South to shoot the Magellanic Clouds. Tungsten WB used - after removing the NiSi NN Filter in preparation of departure.

Hi Marco,

many thanks for your detailed report and for sharing your pictures. All of them are really great but the ones above are my favorites. I like those out of focus stars turned into bokeh disks preserving their original colors which otherwise get burned out if focussed correctly and not preserved by stacking exposures. It's amazing how the comet just stands out by its color when viewing those images.

Pls keep up with your project. Looking forward to the images from your observation trip next week.

Best regards,

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Canon EOS 5D Canon EOS 10D Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Canon EF 85mm F1.8 USM +8 more
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