Venus and Comet Leonard (Richard Smith)

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Venus and Comet Leonard

Revision title: Reprocess

Venus and Comet Leonard

Revision title: Reprocess

This was challenging to pull the comet out of the twilight while balancing the glare from Venus (and associated flare from the kit lens I was using). I managed to get 10 minutes of data, then lots of work in Photoshop post-stacking to try to pull out as much as I could from the comet. Not the best, but pleased that I got something from this alignment

20x 30 second images, ISO 800 with 70-300mm kit lens at 105mm f4.5.
Stacked in SiriL (star registration and comet/asteroid registration) then merged into single sky layer in Photoshop
Foreground, 15 seconds single frame @ ISO 800
Final processing in Photoshop and Lightroom

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Title: Reprocess

Description: Had another go at this less than ideal set of data to try to keep the comet visible in a more natural looking twilight colored sky, and trying to reduce the glare from Venus

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