Comet McNaught
Comet Mcnaught showering the night sky over the Brisbane Valley, Queensland Australia.
Canon 30D (with 50mm f1.8 plastic fantastic) & long exposure.
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Mason Jones
beautiful shot great job
ma9rk
Thank you. I shared the night with the comet..the bats & the mosquitos. I sight i wont ever forget.
Julie Thomas
wow… this is amazing!
ma9rk
Thank you…it was beautiful to sit & stare at.
Darren Post
Brilliant capture ! :-)
Uphoto
brilliant capture..
Uphoto
I should have read what Darren wrote before i wrote my comment :-)
Kurt Golgart
Stunning photo. Oh, the things to see in a lifetime – this has got to be one of them.
ma9rk
Tks guys. It really was something to witness. I have another of it over the city which i will post shortly.
Xenedis
Stellar image. I love blue, and the job you’ve done capturing this is fantastic.
Karen Cougan
Went out hunting this thing for nights after nights getting eaten alive by mozzies…........glad you are sharing, cause I never got to see it this good
well done
xkc
ma9rk
Tks gys….Karen there was really only one night to nail it & that was the one moonless night that the cloud cleared for a few hours. I sat up on top of the one of the glasshouse mts for hours in total darkness on my own just staring at it.
Craig Shillington
EXCEPTIONAL!!!! I tried ;) And failed ;) Well, not failed, but nothing like this :)
Lukas Carruthers
awesome!
hfuller
This is so beautiful!!!
Dayonda
W0W!! What a beautiful photo! Thanks for sending this photo our way!
This is prime!
Dayonda
Congratulations! Your work has been Featured in our Group. Your Art is exceptionally beatiful, as well as unusual.
Christian Hartung
i remeber this i thought it was amazing and you captured it beautifully, well done
Judy O'Neil
What a fantastic shot. :-) Judy
Gino Iori
Great night capture – congrats !
ma9rk
Thank you everyone. It was spectacular to view.
DesignsByDeb
Wonderful!
ma9rk replied
Thank you deb.
kathy s gillen...
awesome capture
ma9rk replied
Tks kathy
Rosina Lamberti
Congratulations on being top ten in the-
—- Out Of The Blue challengema9rk replied
Im always late replying..sorry. Thank you heaps Rosina.
EOS20
Fantastic capture!
ma9rk replied
Tks EOS. It was a long night on the mountain.
David de Groot
Much better than my effort from Mt Coot-tha (still happy I caught it though).
ma9rk replied
Tks David. Well worth the mozzie bites.
Mike Salway
beautiful image, nicely done.
ma9rk replied
Tks Mike.
dinghysailor1
astonishing capture! brilliant work
ma9rk replied
Thank you dinghy. I really didnt think it would be worth keeping when i took it.
Cheryl Lunde
Fantastic capture, a fave!
ma9rk replied
Tks Cheryl. Its sort of my fav of my photos also. Tks again.
InkRain
That looks awesome! Low lights shots are really hard but you got it perfect.
Tim Sanders
Nice one! the bats & the mosquito’s make it worth it.
Meeli Sonn
Magic shot.
lorilee
Wow – that’s really incredible!!!!!! An amazing image!!!!!!
BettinaSchwarz
ohhhhhh breathtaking !!!
Joanne Bradley
Exceptional capture! Congrats on homepage feature!
LavenderMoon
Spectacular work… absolutely incredible. Definitely homepage material. : )
Jezhawk
good grief – it looks like you’re following behind it, not watching from below!! Awesome shot.
chazz
Awesome!!! Congrats on the Home Page
Cadence Gamache
Beautiful :)
digidreamgrafix
great work.
Megan Dacy
Wow, incredibly gorgeous!
funkyfacestudio
Incredibly beautiful !
ma9rk
Holy smokes batman…thank you everyone that commented.
Rajdev D
Brilliant capture
Shannon Paskaruk
gorgeous!
georgiegirl
Wow!!! Thats incredible!!! When did the comet visit?
Mohsen Bayramn...
oh wow! one the best I’ve seen this week!
you’ve done an amazing job with that little 50 1.8. this is priceless!
linda858100
STUNNING
ma9rk replied
Thank you linda.
OldBirch
Awesome!
ma9rk replied
Thank you OldBirch & every one for commenting.
invisible
well done ..GREAT ARTWORK ! BRAVO ! great energy too !..
Xenedis
This is a fantastic image. Really well done.
ma9rk replied
Tks mate & everyone else.
Andrew Widdowson
Great shot. Looks like it was worth the wait!!
ma9rk replied
Certainly was if not to photograph then to sit & watch it.
Laurie Search
Wow, magical!
ma9rk replied
Tks Laurie.
Scott d'Almeida
amazeing work;
ma9rk replied
Tks scott.
jesika
So many stars in the clear sky and the wonderful comet adding his awesome beauty. Wonderful image.
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ma9rk replied
Thank you jesika.
Richard Veal
Awesome capture.
ma9rk replied
Tks Richard.
Andrew Murrell
Stunning View of the comet. I was observing it from a good dark sky and you have captured the tail detail perfectly. Thanks for sharing.
ma9rk replied
Thanks.you dont get these sort of opportunities twice in a life time so i made the most of it.
Andrew Murrell
I know what you mean. I only had a Nikon D70 at that stage and its performance in low light was terrible at best so my images of the comet are nowhere near your quality. Seriously thannks for sharing.
ma9rk replied
My set up was the $70 canon plastic fantastic 50mm f1.8 & 20D. I just knew i needed moon-less & position position position.
Wojciech Dabro...
Fantastic shot…will have to try astrophotography myself one of those days…your image trully inspires me.
ma9rk replied
Thank you Wojciech.
Mariann Rea
Excellent!!!
ma9rk replied
Thank you Mariann.
skyhorse
stunning capture
ma9rk replied
Thank you skyhorse.
melbourneguy75
Beautiful image :) How long was the exposure on this?
ma9rk replied
Tks mate…hmm i cant remember…maybe a min or 2.
Virginia McGowan
oh by crikey I am speechless! brilliant no need to reply I am flat out, bowled over !! and I am off to recover !!! gee wish somebody had told me about this happening !! have vague memories of it being cloudy!??
ma9rk replied 24 days ago
Thank you.
BigD
thatkellychic
this is one of the best photos i’ve ever seen!
ma9rk replied 24 days ago
Cheers tkc…
Puggs
That’s a great shot, one of the best i have seen of it…
ma9rk replied 24 days ago
Tks Puggs.
shadowlee
Stunning just stunning
ma9rk replied 24 days ago
Thank you.
Barbara Brown 24 days ago
What an awesome capture!!!!
ma9rk replied 24 days ago
Cheers Barbara.