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Old 01-December-2008, 08:52 PM
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Hi all

Here are my images from last nights "Smiley Face Conjunction" of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon.

Clouds threatened to spoil the event for me as the evening approached, but luckily they cleared just enough to grab some images.

I ended up going to a different spot, as I didn't want the same type of images from the day before, with the same foreground interest. So I found a nice reserve at Green Point, overlooking Brisbane Water.

After getting rained on for 5 minutes, attacked by mosquitoes, sniffed out by a wet dog who went for a swim just near me, stepping in water on the rocks (cause I left my red light torch at home! ), and almost missing the entire thing due to clouds, I'm happy enough with how the shots turned out

Low res shots are attached. My full report and higher-res images here:
Pictures of the Smiley Face Conjunction

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It was absolutely gorgeous!
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Really pretty shots Mike. Thanks and clear skies.

A friend of mine in Scotland managed to capture the occultation - maybe I can persuade him to post a pic here.

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Those are stunning. Thank you!
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WOW! Mike they are beautiful thank you for sharing.

clear skies

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Mike, that is a tremendous set of shots. The clouds really add great visual interest.
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Beautiful. Love the last two.

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Awesome shots! Kinda cool seeing the conjunction 100+ degrees different to what I saw tonight.
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Very Beautiful surroundings and backdrops, Simply Tops! Clear Skies my friend
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Hi Mike,

Nice shots, mate. Just trying to work out where you took them from - hazarding a guess...looking out over Brisbane Waters from the Tascott or Koolewong area??

Actually, no - the directions are wrong. From Point Frederick?
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Those are awesome. Do you mind if I show some of my friends your pictures?

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Absolutely beautiful.
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Good shots Mike. I was visiting Kingscliff at the time, and I had a good view of it, but I didn't have my SLR with me, unfortunately. Its a very beautiful sight "in the flesh" , but you have done a good job of capturing it photographically.

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Hi Mike,

Nice shots, mate. Just trying to work out where you took them from - hazarding a guess...looking out over Brisbane Waters from the Tascott or Koolewong area??

Actually, no - the directions are wrong. From Point Frederick?
Thanks mate.
Close, I considered going to Point Frederick but have been there before and the foreground interest was limited.

I ended up at Green Point. There's a google map in the following post which shows exactly where.
Sunset Photos over Brisbane Water

The photos in there were taken before it got dark enough to see the conjunction.
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Those are awesome. Do you mind if I show some of my friends your pictures?

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Thanks Isaac. I don't mind at all! You could send them a link to my site. Pictures of the Smiley Face Conjunction

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Thanks Judd and everyone else for your kind comments.

I've got 2 more images to post - one is a reprocess and one is new. They're both HDR shots.
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Thanks mate.
Close, I considered going to Point Frederick but have been there before and the foreground interest was limited.

I ended up at Green Point. There's a google map in the following post which shows exactly where.
Sunset Photos over Brisbane Water

The photos in there were taken before it got dark enough to see the conjunction.

Mate, your sunset panorama from that link is stunning - I've seen Ken Duncan's at Erina Fair going for hundreds that aren't a patch on that.
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Great shots Iceman! Fascinating how different the sky looks in different parts of the world.
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Beautiful. wish I could have caught some sunset colour but I was stuck at work. Ah well, at least I can pay the bills. Truely lovely work.
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Thanks Isaac. I don't mind at all! You could send them a link to my site. Pictures of the Smiley Face Conjunction

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Thanks! I didn't want to post your photos on another board or send them here. They'll appreciate the link.
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Very nice; I especially like 4th from left. Thanks.
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I didn't. Congrats Iceman!

I think I'll make that my Background for a while...
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Many thanks for your comments, it's very much appreciated.

It's very exciting to be featured on APOD today. I've received loads of encouraging feedback from people around the world and it's humbling that my image has had such a positive effect on them.

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