Pelican 14-5-2012

[carastro]

This is my first try at this object as a "stand alone" object.

Pity I chopped off the end of it's beak.

Hope to add to it, or better still get all of it in next time!!!

This is 1 hour 40 mins in total

20 x 5mins 800 ISO Modified Canon 450D CLS filter

Skywatcher ED120 F7.5

Guided with QHY5 ST80 on NEQ6

Processed in DSS and Photoshop

[Quatermass]

Thats a lovely image how did you manage to get rid of the clouds long enough to do it? Weather here has been dire.

[Bizibilder]

What a wonderful bird is the Pelican,

It's beak can hold more than its bellican!!

[carastro]

how did you manage to get rid of the clouds long enough to do it?

Well I did have to do it between 2 and 4am, so maybe you guys had gone to bed and didn't see that the clouds had cleared.

Carole

[Gina]

Lovely shot Congratulations in finding a hole in the clouds!!

[Quatermass]

Well I did have to do it between 2 and 4am, so maybe you guys had gone to bed and didn't see that the clouds had cleared.

Carole

Hats off to your perseverance and dedication Carole :)

[Gina]

I need my beauty sleep Doesn't work of course

[Quatermass]

lol I gave up on beauty sleep years ago in favor of great imaging sessions and zombie impersonations the next day if I get woken up too early by the grand children.

[carastro]

Thanks for your comments every-one.

Well I am retired now, so if I don't go to bed until 4.30 am I can sleep through until about 10am if I want to.

Can't do it too often though as it catches up on me. But if I am in the obsy and it's a clear sky and I don't have to get up in the morning for anything I try to make the most of it.

Carole

[Spikey]

That looks really nice Carole. Very good for the amount of time you have spent on it.

Have you got rid of the 314?

[sologuitarist61]

Beautiful image - very well done!

[Quatermass]

I love staying up late but we have grandchildren coming round every other day and I need some sleep to cope with them, mind you with all the cloud we have had next clear night I get I will be up all night long for sure.

[carastro]

I need some sleep to cope with them

Yes I know what you mean - they are lovely but can't half sap you energy.

Carole