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| Stargazers watch Comet NEOWISE in Sioux County, Nebraska, July 2020. (Photo by Daniel Binkard) |
I wanted to see what I could get for photos of Comet NEOWISE, so I went to a spot near Fort Robinson State Park. With lightning in the distance and clouds gathering as the sky darkened, it was questionable if I would be able to see the comet. Several other people stopped at the same place, and we all lucked out. I took several photos of the comet against the stars, then used some of the stargazers as a foreground element. I should have brought a faster, shorter lens, because I was running a six second exposure at f/5.6 and ISO 6400. That also meant I had to keep shooting and hoping the folks in the foreground held still enough. This is the last frame, and I like their positions, along with the last bit of sunset color in the sky. Shooting at f/2.8 would have been great; I could have cut the time in half and still gotten a cleaner exposure. Oh well, it will work well enough despite being noisier than I'd like.
