Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

[josephandrews222]

M6MkII + 11-22mm; handheld (oops); cropped after a bit of Topaz



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iPhone 12 Pro Max 1x (massaged with Topaz)



...I plan to try again tomorrow with better and more equipment. If at first you don't succeed...(?! )

 

[becceric]

M6MkII + 11-22mm; handheld (oops); cropped after a bit of Topaz

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iPhone 12 Pro Max 1x (massaged with Topaz)

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...I plan to try again tomorrow with better and more equipment. If at first you don't succeed...(?! )

Great to see. While waiting for it, I've been watching the clouds roll by...

 

[docsmith]

A bit of foliage with the comet?

 

[josephandrews222]

Great to see. While waiting for it, I've been watching the clouds roll by...

Good luck with the cover...

 

[becceric]

Good luck with the cover...

Thanks. Tonight was also a bust. The next two nights I'll be trying different locations.

 

[neuroanatomist]

I may try again tomorrow night with a shorter exposure time.

 

[josephandrews222]

...massaged to show (approximately) what I really saw (hint: look on the left)
R5II + RF 24-70 2.8 (2.8 and 24); tripod used



Will try again tonight.

I need to be a bit smarter with what I'm trying to do...and especially smarter with (1) new gear; (2) near total darkness; and (3) rather cold temperatures!

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iPhone 12 Pro Max 1x -- a minute or so earlier than the above image

 

[neuroanatomist]

Another attempt tonight...

Comet C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender, 0.8 s, f/5.6, ISO 6400

 

[docsmith]

This is processing one of my closer up images (taken with 70-300L) with lens profile turned off as the LR profile was adding noise. I just upgraded and I still see the pattern noise, but with lens profile off, I get:




I may try again soon:

 

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Well done, guys!

 

[becceric]

From last night.