McNaught telling tails by busi2ness

Photography • Space • posted on Jan 19, 2007

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We were a group of ten grown ups watching comet McNaught setting this week. After it had gone below the horizon the tail showed up like smoke rising from a bush fire. No matter how hard I tried I could not capture this phenomenon with the camera in all its glory. I edited these two photos and played mostly with lighting and contrast in an attempt to reproduce what everybody agreed to have seen with the naked eye. The B&W was converted when I realized it contained unwanted false colors. I agree the photos are of questionable quality but I want to share the sheer size of the tail visible to us. You may check the link above to see how authentic my captures compare to other people's. This was certainly a Joyous Magnificent Red letter day for me!
Thank you for the favorable response to "I caught McNaught".
Other recent uploads from Anton, Andrid and Tunde appear below. I apologize if I have missed anybody's photograph as it was tough checking all the uploads and spend time out in the bush taking photographs after work.

Comments (60)

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meico

5:30AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

I'm just glad you were there for us to share. Thank you. Mike

kjpweb

7:23AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

Cool, cool, cool! Bravo piet!

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shahlaa

9:39AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

I didn't get to see it from Ohio in the states so I am so happy you shared it here with us. It must have been a breathtaking moment to watch it. Your capture of it is just beautiful!

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Stringy

9:59AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

I am also glad you shared these being such a rare event. Great combination!

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odie

10:12AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

I'm so glad you uploaded it! YAY!! It's Stellar & Spectacular! Nice to see in B & W, too. :0)

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CavalierLady

10:17AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

These have all been just wonderful, and it's great to see you post this, though I'm sure it cannot, in any way, match the awe and majesty of what you actually viewed. These are fabulous!

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Littlejock

10:43AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

Super outstanding pic and lovely colour, Very Good work

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Laelia

10:59AM | Sat, 20 January 2007

Impressiv again.. Good idea you had for the right one, it's excellent in B&W ! I love the colors and the great sky of the left one.. Wish to see it in a large size... Have a fantastic sunday, Piet q:)

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BountifulKnight

12:48PM | Sat, 20 January 2007

Wonderful photos! I know the challenge of getting these kinds of shots and I think the content is well worth it. This comet is so amazing! Thanks for sharing. :-)

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lior

1:04PM | Sat, 20 January 2007

So impressiv!

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morghana

1:32PM | Sat, 20 January 2007

What impression!... Wonderful and spectacular photographies! Fantastic!!! Hugss. Delia

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Sekadhar

3:51PM | Sat, 20 January 2007

Absolutely beautiful work! Superb!!!!!

netseawolf

4:01PM | Sat, 20 January 2007

I'm astronome since 39 year (i'm 40yers old) and i'm take a lot picture of comet and your picture is very good weldone.

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VelvetMoxie

6:55AM | Sun, 21 January 2007

These just leave me speechless....and you know how rarely THAT happens, LOL!

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Flannelman

8:37AM | Mon, 22 January 2007

Impressive for sure. Thanx for the shar ;-)

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amberlite

10:23AM | Mon, 22 January 2007

really does show off the tail! must have been pretty spectacular! wish I could've seen it but thanks to the photographers like you I have shared in it :)

frankie96

11:54AM | Mon, 22 January 2007

Very nicely done...thanks very much for sharing this series...

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lizzibell

5:23PM | Mon, 22 January 2007

Beautiful image...

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kimariehere

5:14PM | Tue, 23 January 2007

forgive me for being late !! I AM IN AWE HOW spectacular to capture such a grand and wonderful event passing through the sky!!! impressive !!! BRAVO!!!

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babuinodeoro

10:47AM | Wed, 24 January 2007

wwowww that extraordinary both shots

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kierab

2:59PM | Wed, 24 January 2007

Intriguing post work on these. I wish I could have seen it in person!

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elmurray

10:18AM | Fri, 26 January 2007

How did I manage to miss these! They are spectacular. Bravo!

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mitchman

10:37AM | Fri, 26 January 2007

Very nice, thanks for sharing!

logiloglu

12:08PM | Fri, 26 January 2007

^just right in time ! fantastic light and atmosphere ! excellent presented ! #:O) ^^^^^^^^

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carlx

6:02AM | Sat, 27 January 2007

Fantastic captures from the wonderful comet!!! Excellent done!!!

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marybelgium

9:18AM | Sat, 27 January 2007

fabuleux !

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three_grrr

11:27PM | Sun, 28 January 2007

Fantastic! This is the only way I would have seen it, and you did a magnificent job of showing it to us! Wonderful editing to make it seem that we were there!!

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npauling

7:10PM | Mon, 29 January 2007

This is a great capture of this awesome sight. We only had one night that wasn't cloudy but did see it and you have captured it exactly as we saw it. Looked again last night but it was only faint.

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