Mercury, Moon, Venus, Saturn & Discovery from this morni

Frank, what can I say, that is a superb shot, there is great colour balance along with a great sense of being there to see that wonderful sight - and that a winner in my book,

right place - right time ! 10 out of 10

Keith..

Truly magic shot - I love it!

Maybe there should be a separate area to post images like this, with a brief description, but without the facility for others to critique it?

I know this is the astrophotography forum so the constructive suggestions are expected (and no doubt welcomed).

I'm suggesting that maybe there's a place for a separate area to post fabulous images, like this one, for no other purpose than for non-technicians (like me) just to browse and enjoy them.

Technical discussion of f numbers, alignments, exposures, flats, darks, stacks and lens caps will just draw my attention to stuff I didn't see and would never have seen otherwise, and hence will spoil my first impression of the image.

I truly am not criticising anyone for making suggestions for improvement - no doubt that's how many of you got so good at it in the first place and continue to get better - but I saw the photos and the description and thought "Wow, that's fabulous".

I'd like to be able to browse a gallery of great shots like this and just enjoy them without having my attention drawn to defects I as a non-photographer would never have noticed.

Oops, maybe there already is a gallery? :oops:

Either way, no offence intended to anybody - I just set out to compliment a fabulous photo and make a suggestion. Sorry if I trod on any toes.

Oops, maybe there already is a gallery? :oops:

Either way, no offence intended to anybody - I just set out to compliment a fabulous photo and make a suggestion. Sorry if I trod on any toes.

Sort of

www.flickr.com/search/?q=irishastronomy&ss=2&z=t

There was a fire on the horizon which caused a strange effect on the Moon & Venus but I think it looks cool.

very light polluted fire!

Oops, maybe there already is a gallery? :oops:

Sort of

www.flickr.com/search/?q=irishastronomy&ss=2&z=t

Point taken Albert but that's not an Irish Astronomy.org address.
That's a bit like Dunnes telling me "Oh yes, you can get that at Tesco".

That's a bit like Dunnes telling me "Oh yes, you can get that at Tesco".

Want a laugh? Listen to this:
youtube.com/watch?v=OIIRmIQVXrE

Point taken Albert but that's not an Irish Astronomy.org address.
That's a bit like Dunnes telling me "Oh yes, you can get that at Tesco".

Yea completely agree! It was to be a temporary setup but it works well and I dont know if the web lads are going to put in another gallery here anytime soon. It is linked on the front page of this site though

Want a laugh? Listen to this:

Class!