Moon and Jupiter rising with Orion

[rogerg]

Hi all,

Driving home from the Perth Observatory on Friday evening I couldn't help myself go "wowowow!" when I drove around the corner of Mundaring Weir and saw the Moon and Jupiter rising over the water. The two of them were so crisp and dominant in the sky low on the horizon, and the reflection in the water perfect.

I was extremely late getting home so really didn't want to stop with a busy day on Saturday but just had to, so made a very rushed effort at photographing them.

The first image attached is a crop which quite accurately reflects the feel of what I saw, asside from the overexposed moon :( I quite like this one for giving the wow impression of how big and close they felt.

The second image is the full crop to include Orion overhead, which was an extra bonus.

Both have been adjusted to show more accurately how it was, rather than to bring out the most detail or colour.

Regards,
Roger.

[colinmlegg]

Nice shots Roger. Conjunctions are always so beautiful.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Great capture Roger!

Like the stark contrast, very evocative.:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[iceman]

Looks like a lovely sight, nicely odne.

[rogerg]

Thanks for your comments Colin, Justin and Mike. Much appreciated. I forgot to say - just how amazing it felt to whip the camera out and take some photo's like this, after several weeks of no photo's and lots of AP business work instead cramming in to my spare time :(

[Danny_86]

Good work mate :D

[rogerg]

Thanks :)

[rogerco]

Very nice. I tried but failed. I would be interested in the details and what adjustments you made to the second one, if you wouldn't mind :help:

[rogerg]

No problem.

For the most part it's a single exposure with the following details:
Canon 6D
ISO 1600
Tamron 24-70mm F/2.8 @ 24mm & F/2.8
2.5 second exposure.

It is blended with a shorter exposure to retain some extra detail in the reflections, making it somewhat of a HDR. But very little is taken from that second exposure.

If I hadn't been in such a rush and so tired I would have done a better HDR to retain lunar detail. I did a few but mist a critical exposure. I do have data for another shot which would make the scene look quite surreal and other-worldly bringing out much more of Orion etc, but haven't got time to process that right now.

Processing of this was minimal, in DPP (white balance, reduction of saturation) and Photoshop (levels and noise).

Regards,
Roger.