What’s wrong with this astronomy picture?
What the hell is that, you ask? Fair question. And the answer is that it is a three-minute exposure of the planet Venus ? and no, it?s not a handheld one. I utilized a tripod that held the camera perfectly still. I even triggered the shutter using the Canon?s wireless remote control.
Then what the hell went wrong, you ask? Another fair question. And the answer is that I failed to take into account that while the tripod performed flawlessly in keeping the camera it secured entirely motionless, the prevalent fact I failed to give consideration to was that the tripod was stationed upon the deck of a ship. A ship on the water ? the open Adriatic Sea, specifically. A ship that was moving forward through said water, while also being moved up and down and sideways by said water.
So writes Will Campbell about the photo he took.
(Thanks to Asymptotia for bringing this to our attention.)