Siuya
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Please post your comments here for the May comp entries.
Thanks
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Chris
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PeterMerritt
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wow - love Hotblack's 'Downs' ... very moody.
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stenchbings
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ill second that. great shot hotblack.
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sjaszczak
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ill second that. great shot hotblack.
Ditto... a fantastic shot!
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Steve
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APchris
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Very nice Richard 
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Chris 
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tazio35
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ill second that. great shot hotblack.
Ditto... a fantastic shot!
Yup, I agree. Fabulous.
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Adam
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Hotblack
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Thank you everyone. 
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Cheers
David
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beejaybee
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OK, so vaguely sky related ... on Tuesday evening (May 6th) there is a rare opportunity to photograph the planet Mercury very close to a very thin "new" Moon, with luck this should make a nice photo, there's not many people have even seen the planet Mercury! It's almost always too close to the Sun to see clearly, this is an unusually good elongation and it's specially good luck to have the Moon apparently in close proximity to it.
You need a flat NW horizon and (obviously) a clear sky. Mercury, and the Moon, will become visible about 5 degrees (a skinny fist's width) above the point on the horizon where the Sun went down, about 30-40 minutes after sunset. Binoculars will help you find them earlier, but do not start sweeping whilst the Sun is above the horizon, you could easily blind yourself.
Mercury will be visible using much the same method for about another week, fading gradually before diving back in towards the Sun.
A 200mm to 300mm lens is ideal for making the image. A tripod will also come in very handy!
Good luck....
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Bawbee
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There are some crackers entered at this very early stage, loads of sunsets, etc., but my favourites so far are AntSmith and APchris for their unusual, and out of the ordinary, interpretations with their reflections.
Should be a tough one for Damien this month.
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Bawbee BSRIPN
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
Bawbee Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Edited by Bawbee (05/05/2008 18:52)
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sjaszczak
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I think my top three at the moment are:
Hotblack
RadoAds
Neil_L
...it's looking like it's going to be a good month...but for me anyway, I think Hotblack is going to be hard to beat.
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Steve
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BigWill
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I see Chris has pulled out all the stops this month. Excellent!
BigWill
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john_g
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That clocktower... Margit innit?
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John
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Siuya
Cool Hand Chris
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I see Chris has pulled out all the stops this month. Excellent!
BigWill
Thanks - yes, a bit more effort this month 
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Siuya
Cool Hand Chris
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That clocktower... Margit innit?
Yeah, tis
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Chris
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APchris
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There are some crackers entered at this very early stage, loads of sunsets, etc., but my favourites so far are AntSmith and APchris for their unusual, and out of the ordinary, interpretations with their reflections.
Should be a tough one for Damien this month.
Thanks Bob, I do try!  ...but I think Ant's 'Skylight' is a whole world better than mine. Then there's Mark's 'Staggered Sunset', Glyn's 'Storm Power' and MartyG's 'View to a cloudy sky'. All cracking interpretations
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Chris
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ermintrude
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Oooooh Phil you bad man, I hate sunsets more than I hate the lone tree, but Ill let you have that one...
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PhilW
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Oooooh Phil you bad man, I hate sunsets more than I hate the lone tree, but Ill let you have that one...
hehe
The 2 cars that had to wait behind me on the single track mountain road when I saw the sky, sreeched to a halt and jumped out and started snapping might not agree with you :-)
I did give them a cheery wave when I was done though.
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Phil Winterbourne
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ermintrude
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Oooooh Phil you bad man, I hate sunsets more than I hate the lone tree, but Ill let you have that one...
hehe
The 2 cars that had to wait behind me on the single track mountain road when I saw the sky, sreeched to a halt and jumped out and started snapping might not agree with you :-)
I did give them a cheery wave when I was done though.
What a gent
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Bawbee
Out on a whim
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That's a wonderful image Phil Good Luck.
Is there a larger version available to view?
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Bawbee BSRIPN
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
Bawbee Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Edited by Bawbee (15/05/2008 19:41)
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PhilW
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Large version here:
http://www.pbase.com/calis/image/55879039
It's not quite the same as I re-edited it slightly (crop and saturation reduction)
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Phil Winterbourne
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