06-06-2012, 02:46 PM
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5:06am No sign of Venus here... hang on, that's not the sun is it. Wrong direction!
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5:11am The view looking in the right direction. Cloud...
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5:22am I see you!
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5:27am Although it had moved away from the low cloud, it moved into another band.
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5:31am At last, a clear shot.
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5:39am Making contact on the way out...
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5:42am The kit in action.
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5:54am Barely visible still... the sun went behind some thin cloud after this so I didn't catch the exact moment Venus disappeared.
Kit used:
Canon 7D and 600D.
Canon 100-400L and 15-85.
Baader solar film ND5 on the 100-400L.
I also took some video I might sort out later.
<a class="bbc_url" href="http://snowporing.deviantart.com/">dA</a> Canon 7D2, 7D, 5D2, 600D, 450D, 300D IR modified, 1D, EF-S 10-18, 15-85, EF 35/2, 85/1.8, 135/2, 70-300L, 100-400L, MP-E65, Zeiss 2/50, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300/2.8, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic 20/1.7, Sony HX9V, Fuji X100.