Matt Laur Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Important: please keep your image under 1000 pixels on the longest side for in-line viewing, and please keep the FILE SIZE UNDER 300kb. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site (at Flickr, Photobucket, your own site, etc). Are you new to this thread? The general guidelines for these Wednesday threads are right here:http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00W7km. This forum's moderators are allowing up to three Nikon Wednesday images per week, so share some work! Second to last Nikon Wednesday of 2020, and here I am posting a casual snapshot. Casual, in the sense that I had about 90 seconds to grab a camera, lens, and tripod and try to get this conjunction shot before Jupiter and Saturn dove behind some clouds, and then the horizon. So, overextended the wrong tripod, set up a wobbly wooden deck boards, didn't have time to bracket exposure or even really be sure of focus ... you know, a snapshot! So, this a a pretty aggressive crop of a marginal shot that many astro photographers have of course done a thousand times better But, considering this was out the kitchen door with no warning, I'm going to live with it (since it won't happen again for another 800 years!). I am reminded, though, how mind-blowing it must have been when Galileo first got a look at those Jovean moons and Saturn's rings. Talk about shaking up your understanding of ... well, everything! Please share some better quality images than mine! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 We had fog, so no conjunction images. Taken in Jack E Hill Park, Elk Grove, CA 2 December 2020 @2:55 PM Nikon D750 1/1600 sec, f/7.1, ISO 640 (Auto), Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD A022N @ 550mm, Range: 63.10 meters Please view full-sized 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) since it won't happen again for another 800 years! Well, apparently this time you only have to wait 60 years, the next time Jupiter and Saturn will be getting as close is in March 2080: Great conjunction - Wikipedia After that, one will have to wait until 2417, with the following one in 2477. D500, 500 PF [ Edited December 23, 2020 by Dieter Schaefer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Nikkor AF-S 70-300 (300) on DX 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_halliwell Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) grab a camera, lens, and tripod What's the techie info on this great shot? My EXIF only gives me it was a Nikon D810! Sadly, we had thick cloud in my part of the UK...:( Edited December 23, 2020 by mike_halliwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark45831 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Davies Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Z6 24-70G@24mm 1/50th f10 iso 100 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Cannery Row, D300, 18-200mm Nikkor Zoom 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 There are 53 Wednesdays this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Good week for dining out. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Longwood, Natchex MS octagonal plantation house left unfinished at the start of the War of the Rebellion Nikkormat FTn, PC-Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_niemi1 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 D750. 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Fight Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Please share some better quality images than mine! [ATTACH=full]1369181[/ATTACH] Not better than yours Matt, my attempt through a not very sturdy telescope. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 There are 53 Wednesdays this year? Yes there are. January 1, 2020 was a Wednesday: Nikon Wednesday 2020: #1 And December 30, 2020 is also a Wednesday, such that we have 53 Nikon Wednesdays this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 These two images provide a snapshot of this Covid era. Pho Kim Long is a popular Vietnamese restaurant in the Silicon Valley. In early December 2020, outdoor dining was still allowed in our county, such that they set up a tent in the parking lot for the diners. A few months ago, there was an incident that an elderly driver lost control of his SUV and plowed into some diners in another parking lot, killing one and injured a few more. :eek: Therefore, they parked a few cars around the tent to protect everybody inside. Nowadays, even outdoor dining is no longer permitted so that they are open for take out only. The tent is still there but is all empty. Both images, Nikon Z6 with 20mm/f1.8 S lens. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik-Christensen Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 [ATTACH=full]1369193[/ATTACH] Nikkor AF-S 70-300 (300) on DX OK, I give up. What are they doing, beside looking like they are having a very good time doing it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnelson Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Ok. Here's my sucky photo of the Christmas Star. Heavy duty tripod, D7100 150-600mm 100 iso Mirror lock up with 1.4 dx enhanced. RC release. NOT going to spend money on astronomy telescopes. One and done! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchen Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 It is sandhill crane season here in New Mexico. Nikon D850, 500mm PF at f5.6, cropped. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnelson Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Something a little sharper. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay M Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Botanical Garden UC Berkeley CA, Nikkor 28/2.8 AIS 5 workonit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybeach_1961 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybeach_1961 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Well, apparently this time you only have to wait 60 years, the next time Jupiter and Saturn will be getting as close is in March 2080 Something to look forward to when I'm 118 years old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Something to look forward to when I'm 118 years old. Since the event will be in March, I'll be 117 years old then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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