Taken while photographing the Solar Eclipse, 2020 these pics are quite nice and an attempt to understand RAW file processing.
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Sunset from Signal Hill
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The Great Conjunction 2020
Jupiter and Saturn were the closest they have been and will be for decades, less than 1 degree. I took some photographs but was hampered by aerosols in the air so I got a soft focus look, but some pictures none the less.
A major problem was the fact that the planets were so close to the sun, forcing me to use a very high ISO setting (6400) so that I could get long aperture settings. There was also a huge gale force wind blowing affecting the length of exposure too.
I have never photographed a solar eclipse for so when the December 2020 eclipse happened I was thoroughly unprepared. Despite this, I managed to get some sensible picture. Not crisp and clear cut, but the eclipse is visible. Note that these pictures were taken as and when the sun popped out from behind clouds. The sun had set before total which was a disappointment though not unexpected.
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Random Photos
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Clouds over Grootvadersbos
Storm clouds at sunset over the Cape Nature Reserve
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Random Photographs
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Lightning Storm
The thunder woke me at 3 am and I stumbled out of bed to witness one of the better thunderstorms I have seen recently. It lasted well over an hour. I have edited it so that best bits are shown and some have been slowed down to give a better view of the lightning bolt.
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Moon Mars Conjunction
Mars is very bright tonight and right next to the moon.
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Moon Venus Conjunction
Astrophotography from Cape Town CBD is not an easy thing, but you can get some rather nice photographs if you try hard enough.
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Full Moon
Recently I bought an attachment that would allow me to take photographs with my cell phone mounted on my 8″ Newtonian reflector. After much cursing and swearing, I captured some great pictures. These two photos were possibly the best.
