Thursday, January 25, 2007

Hand waving

I decided that I really wanted to get a picture of that comet, even though I don’t have a tripod. So I figured hey, why not at least try a 60 second hand-held shot? The first few attempts were hopeless, but by holding the camera on the top of a fencepost, with a wooden block to brace it against, I did manage to get a few shots where the comet is visible. This one only required a little bit of contrast correcting:

3 comments:

ScienceWoman said...

Cool!

ScienceWoman said...

Lab lemming - send me an email (address on my page) and I'll tell you about the incident. You will be amused.

Remotely Mars said...

Pretty darned good for a hand held pic!