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Moonrise at St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest
Copyrights: György Soponyai




2017.10.18.
Budapest, Hungary

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 100/2.8 macro
3 x 2 sec, F 2.8, ISO 200

Moonset at Belém Tower Copyright: György Soponyai Belém Tower (Torre de Belém) is a fortified tower at the mouth of Tagus river in Lisbon, Portugal. It was built in the early 16th century in Portuguese Manueline style and since 1983 it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its significant role ...

The Observing Field Copyright: György Soponyai The annual astro camp of Hungarian Astronomical Association is held in Gerecse Mountain near Tarján (~50km southwest from Budapest). Every year ~ 300-400 amateur astronomers come together for common sky-wathcing in a long weekend. This year some techni...

Moonset in 15 Minutes copyright: György Soponyai Europe is recently suffering the extreme heat coming from the South. Besides warm air the winds have blown a lot of Saharan dust that makes the moonsets very colorful. This is some kind of experimental photo as using long exposure times I have always...

The Puszta at Night Copyright: György Soponyai That night was an ideal one for some wide field astrophotography. The New Moon, the crystal-clear skies and the moderate light pollution led me out to this well near Kiskörös at the border of Kiskunság National Park. This kind of old draw well is the s...

Startrails at HHH Copyright: György Soponyai Hármashatár-hegy (well-known as "HHH") is a mountain in the city of Budapest, Hungary. Its name comes from the fact that the borders of 3 cities (Buda, Óbuda and Pesthidegkút) met at this point in the 19th century. Today these cities have merge...

Conjunction of Venus and the Moon above Budapest with some NLC Copyright: György Soponyai Today early dawn I planned to capture the conjunction with the Hungarian Parliament in the foreground when an unexpected companion joined to the Lunar-Venusian duet on the Northwestern sky: the most wonderful ...

Moonlight Sonata Copyright: György Soponyai Figuring out an idea to take a photo like this was easy. Years ago I saw a digital painting with the same subject: full Moon with wires of an electric pole resembling a note in a sheet music. I always wanted to "reproduce" it as a real photo. Fi...

A Night at the River Copyright: György Soponyai Dömös is a Hungarian village in the Danube Bend (Dunakanyar) located 45 km north from Budapest. The Dunakanyar is often considered as one of the most beautiful part of river Danube where it flows between Börzsöny Mountain and Visegrád Mountain. I ofte...

Moonset and Mercury-set
Copyright: György Soponyai




Photo details:

2017.03.29. Dunakeszi, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 200/2.8 L
3 x 2.5sec, F 2.8, ISO 800

Liberty Statue, Budapest
Copyright: György Soponyai



Photo details:
2017.03.13.
Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 200/2.8L
1.3sec, F4.0, ISO100

Moonrise on Hármashatár-hegy Copyright: György Soponyai Hármashatár-hegy is a mountain in the city of Budapest, Hungary. Its name comes from the fact that the borders of 3 cities (Buda, Óbuda and Pesthidegkút) met at this point in the 19th century. Today these cities have merged into Budapest but t...

The Edge of Darkness Copyright: György Soponyai Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Mg: -0.04. Hand-held due to technical problems. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2250/32874170405_53ab4b42ae_z.jpg Mogyoród, Hungary 2017.02.10-11. Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 200/2.8L 12 x 1/1250sec, ISO 100, F2.8

At the Top of the Country Copyright: György Soponyai Hungary is located in Carpathian Basin surrounded by the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. As a result of this geographical position, the country (and mainly the amateur astronomers living here) "suffer" every Fall and Winter from dens...

The Lookout Tower of Galyatető Copyright: György Soponyai The geodetic tower of Galyatető was build in 1934 atop of Galya (part of Mátra mountain) 955 meters above the sea level. At the beginning of the age of GPS these kind of towers became obsolete. The old and unused building was renovated in 20...

Moonset over Buda Castle Copyright: György Soponyai This photo was taken on the evening of 3rd November, 2016 from the riverbank of Danube in Budapest at the time when the vaxing crescent Moon was about to set over Buda Castle and the Chain Bridge, oldes bridge of the city. https://c4.staticflickr....

A Day in the Astro Camp Copyright: György Soponyai https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8098/29167304932_13abeb937c_z.jpg This picture is the result of a 33-hour-long photo experiment I had been planning for more than two years. Besides analemmas and solar eclipses, whole-day-long Little Planets were alwa...

The Rising Milky Way at Lake Balaton Copyright: György Soponyai Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe is a popular tourist destination in Hungary. Three weeks ago I spent a weekend in Balatonakali, a village at the northern shore of the Lake to do some camping and I found this small fishing p...

Hi Case,

You are right, I was standing exactly at the position you linked. I am working in the office building visible at the right edge of the photo.

Budapest is a beautiful city indeed. If you have a free week don't hesitate to visit here, you won't regret!

György

Analemma of the Sun Copyright: György Soponyai Two years ago I completed my first two analemma projects from Budapest, Hungary the same location at the bank of river Danube. Sun (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanamonde81/11815465285/) and Moon as well (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanamonde81/1389...

Rise of Mars at Lake Szálka Copyright: György Soponyai I had only one weekend in May to do some "recreational" nightscape photographing and those nights the sky was unexpectedly clear. Szálka is a small village in South Hungary with an almost perfect Southern horizon. The small lake near ...

Moonset over Buda Castle
Copyright: György Soponyai




Photo details:
2016.05.08. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 100/2.8 macro

Size-comparison of Venus, Moon and Mercury (astro-poker) Copyright: György Soponyai Yesterday I observed and photographed the transit of the Mercury in front of the Sun however the clouds and the terrible seeing prevented taking my expected photo sequence in every 10 minutes. However there were cle...

Moonrise sequence above St. Stephen's Basilica
Copyright: Soponyai György



Photo details:
2016.04.05. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 100/2.8 Macro

Moonrise at the Plain



2016.02.06. Kiskőrös, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Samyang EF 24/1.4
6sec, F2.0, ISO3200