Formal gardens and landscape at the National Historic Site of Hampton just north of Baltimore.
Ektachrome E100 with Wista SP and Nikkor-SW 75mm lens. Developed with Arista E6 kit. Somewhat underexposed, so had to play around in Photoshop to bring up the brightness. So either the metering was wrong, or the shutter on the lens is off at 1/4s, or the chemicals are getting old, or my development temperature or times were off or who knows
Still looks great, but yeah, who knows with film. Could have been none of the above, all or some combination As George said, this is part of the joy though.
Impressive that you are developing the slide film your self. Well done
Doug is a VERY hard act to follow but here is my attempt at an image of Neowise.
I drove out to a high, open spot after sunset and was totally underwhelemd by the comet. The sky was still too bright. I was however surprised that its elevation was greater than anticipated. I took a few shots and came home totally disappointed.
My house is surrounded by trees and to my suprise there was a gap that allowed me to view the comet from my back garden. It was midnight. Game on......
D610 & 105/2.5 PC.
Copying Doug's focal length. It is just about right in order to capture the long tail and some foreground framing.
Hopefully I will get another chance to shoot the comet in the coming days having learnt what works and what doesn't from the images I took.
Some CineStill 800T from last night. F100 & 55/1.2 S.C. Had a few slow shutter speed issues as no one was interested in lugging the tripod around for me. I should have asked George
Took these from a friend's balcony, 47th floor on different days.
Triborough Bridge and the white dome center right is Arthur Ashe Stadium, home of the US Open Tennis Tournament. Further right is the 1964 World's Fair complex.
H.C 50/2 @ f/5.6:
Hopefully I will get another chance to shoot the comet in the coming days having learnt what works and what doesn't from the images I took.
Colin:
Yes, that's how my first image came about. It was just a scouting trip. In the other images I had seen, there was always a certain amount of orange in the photo from the sunset. So we got out there at about 10 (sunset at 9:30 here) and waited and waited until we could actually see some stars. The we kept scanning the whole area below the Big Dipper with binoculars, until we finally caught the first glimpse at about 11:15 local time. The photo I posted (through the trees) was taken at about 11:45. There was only a little light left in the sky to the naked eye, but of course, the camera is picking up more orange that you can see.
Now that you know when and where it is, you can make plans - and remember, the new moon is almost here, so the skies will be dark for some Milky Way shots when you are done with the comet!
I was central in this map (yellow area) looking NNW towards the darker orange of Newbury.
For my first attempt I had driven west into the smudgy green area.
Maybe you can guage the relative 'darkenss' for you own location relating it to my location and my image.
105mm is a good FL. I might try the 138/2.8 next time. 180/2.8 was a bit long given the lack of perspective from my back garden.
Have you a converted UV or full spectrum camera?
I love infrared and have toyed with the idea of getting a UV rig to shoot at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Outside of those really expensive dedicated lenses then UV capable lenses are hard to find.
I was central in this map (yellow area) looking NNW towards the darker orange of Newbury.
For my first attempt I had driven west into the smudgy green area.
Maybe you can guage the relative 'darkenss' for you own location relating it to my location and my image.
105mm is a good FL. I might try the 138/2.8 next time. 180/2.8 was a bit long given the lack of perspective from my back garden.
Good luck!
Colin
I agree with Doug and Colin. 105mm on an FX body works well for getting a decent size comet and working in foreground objects. Try to get to an area with as little light pollution to the NW sky as possible. Great images Doug and Colin!
Have you a converted UV or full spectrum camera?
I love infrared and have toyed with the idea of getting a UV rig to shoot at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Outside of those really expensive dedicated lenses then UV capable lenses are hard to find.
Colin
Hi Colin,
Both. I have the Fujifilm S3 UV/IR, Fujifilm IS Pro, and up til last week a 5D MKII converted to Full spectrum. The shutter is now damaged. I will shortly have a 5Ds converted to full spectrum. I can also shoot UV with my Leica Monochrom.
One of the high expenses is getting a filter that passes only UV. Many of the filters allow a small amount of IR. Many of us use a telescope filter Baeder that doesn't allow IR through. Others with stack filters eliminating and IR bump.
UV has it's expensive dedicated lenses, but there are many lenses that go into UV at varying wavelengths. Some further than others. Some great site for further information are
http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html - No longer updated. At the bottom of the page are links to various lenses and ratings Birna associated with many lenses. Also IR ratings. Birna is now on www.ultravioletphotography.com
Vivek is another good resource he shoots Sony's modified to full spectrum and likes the Voigtlander 50 APO.
graytrekker wrote:
Colin:
Yes, that's how my first image came about. It was just a scouting trip. In the other images I had seen, there was always a certain amount of orange in the photo from the sunset. So we got out there at about 10 (sunset at 9:30 here) and waited and waited until we could actually see some stars. The we kept scanning the whole area below the Big Dipper with binoculars, until we finally caught the first glimpse at about 11:15 local time. The photo I posted (through the trees) was taken at about 11:45. There was only a little light left in the sky to the naked eye, but of course, the camera is picking up more orange that you can see.
Now that you know when and where it is, you can make plans - and remember, the new moon is almost here, so the skies will be dark for some Milky Way shots when you are done with the comet!
You initial photos and setup info on Flickr helped me a lot.
Thanks for doing the groundwork and making it easier for me, and hopefully others, to take up a late night challenge!
What you describe resonates exactly with my own experience.
Will need to wait until Monday night for my next opportunity since the clouds have rolled in.
Colin, thanks. I scrolled across the pond and looked over here. Looks like quite a bit of travel is required to get to your levels of visibility. I am thinking of the 135, but let's see if its even visible around these parts.
I was central in this map (yellow area) looking NNW towards the darker orange of Newbury.
For my first attempt I had driven west into the smudgy green area.
Maybe you can guage the relative 'darkenss' for you own location relating it to my location and my image.
105mm is a good FL. I might try the 138/2.8 next time. 180/2.8 was a bit long given the lack of perspective from my back garden.
As George said, this is part of the joy though. 
