The Sun

martinturner · 14 Oct 2008 at 13:54

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/the_sun.html

Thought I'd share

Mr Jones · 14 Oct 2008 at 14:02

Wow... now that's something

600 F4... + 2x... + stacked 1.4x....

cannot achieve

Amazing shots~

chimponarope · 14 Oct 2008 at 14:02

Those are awesome.

blastman · 14 Oct 2008 at 14:16

very impressive.

I reckon my 200mm tamron won't get that close!!

A.N.Other · 14 Oct 2008 at 15:03

blastman said:
I reckon my 200mm tamron won't get that close!!

Yeah, it would melt

jaybee · 14 Oct 2008 at 15:10

How do they photograph it? What kind of kit?

blastman · 14 Oct 2008 at 15:11

A.N.Other said:
Yeah, it would melt

Na mate. I don't think you've fully comprehended the build quality of my 5 year old cheap Tamron lens

(especially since I had to fix the zoom and AF myself after they stopped working...)

Mr Jones · 14 Oct 2008 at 15:13

jaybee said:
How do they photograph it? What kind of kit?

A big big big big big and long telephoto lens at f80.
Or the Hubble

Russinating · 14 Oct 2008 at 15:19

Amazing. Will have to pop back on at home, I'm sure there's a desktop waiting to be had from there.

Steeps · 14 Oct 2008 at 15:26

jaybee said:
How do they photograph it? What kind of kit?

They photograph it at night when it's not as bright

A.N.Other · 14 Oct 2008 at 15:29

Steeps said:
They photograph it at night when it's not as bright

Magic answer

jr1104 · 14 Oct 2008 at 16:24

Maybe they just have a really good UV filter.

muttclugg · 14 Oct 2008 at 16:53

They are amazing. The pictures of Mercury and Venus(?) passing it make you realize how small the other planets are compared to the Sun.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 14 Oct 2008 at 17:18

muttclugg said:
They are amazing. The pictures of Mercury and Venus(?) passing it make you realize how small the other planets are compared to the Sun.

Yes it really does but I am actually supprised by the one of the moon crossing it. I thought the sun dwarfed earth but if thats how big the moon is then I am a little supprised. Im sure I saw something showing the scale of the sun to our well known planets and other suns..

Those photos are truly just amazing.

I call for HD footage of the sun over 6 days!

Mr Jones · 14 Oct 2008 at 17:20

Fstop11 said:
Yes it really does but I am actually supprised by the one of the moon crossing it. I thought the sun dwarfed earth but if thats how big the moon is then I am a little supprised. Im sure I saw something showing the scale of the sun to our well known planets and other suns..

You do realise the moon is much much closer, thus it looks bigger?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 14 Oct 2008 at 17:21

Mr Jones said:
You do realise the moon is much much closer, thus it looks bigger?

Yes. I think I am confusing what I said with a scale image I saw once showing how our sun is actually tiny compared to other ones seen out of our galaxy. I think the biggest one started with the letter b...

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 14 Oct 2008 at 17:23

yeah I was.. This is what I was thinking of..

check these out

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...e+sun+compared+to+earth+scale&um=1&hl=en&sa=N

Mr Jones · 14 Oct 2008 at 17:29

Ah~ I understand now

I have seen those pictures before too, makes one feel so much insignificant to what is around us, that tiny little sparkle in the sky.

dirtybeatfreak · 14 Oct 2008 at 18:41

love number 16!composition really could be better on the rest

midville · 14 Oct 2008 at 21:24

This picture shows the true scale of it all.