11 June 2012

Venus Transit

Well, it happened.  The last transit of Venus until 2117.  The viewing weather locally was pretty awful:  all clouds and little sunshine.  My dad's telescope was out, but saw nothing.

I paired my 400mm Nikkor (the old AI-S f/5.6 IF-ED version of the lens; not anything newer) with the D7000 and the Hoya ND400 (9-stop) filter, and I managed to pull out two shots between the clouds:

5 June 2012 18:16 EDT

5 June 2012 18:19 EDT
While the results were relatively meager, it was a successful use of the filter, and I'm looking forward to seeing what else I can do with it in the future.  The weeks have been busy lately, and I'm hoping to get out to take more photos soon.  I have been continuing to work on my raw workflow, too.  More pictures after the jump.