Moonlight amongst 'friends', 1st Sept 08

[RB]

Well for lack of a better title, here's my capture from yesterday's group shot of the moon, Venus, Mercury and Mars just after sunset.

It truly was a spectacular sunset here so I waited till it was the last of the sunlight available so I could capture the brilliant tones across the horizon.

This shot was at 34mm at f/2.8 and 13 sec (tripod) exposure with ISO 200 on the 20Da.

Also here's the larger file size version (390kb)
http://www.astro-image.org/page/ss/mvmm.htm

Hope you like it because I decided to overexpose the crescent moon so I could capture the beauty of the sunset and also the lovely starry sky.

[h0ughy]

lovely shot RB

[iceman]

Beautiful RB! Lovely view to the west.

[Matty P]

Excellent image Andrew!

I love it. :)

Very well done. :thumbsup:

[RB]

Thanks guys, glad you liked it.

:)

[StephenM]

Nice one Andrew, I love the colours and the bare tree in the foreground!

[Dennis]

An excellent photo RB; very atmospheric and quite pleasing to the eye. I can just make out some detail in the Moon, which adds a further element of interest and shows your mastery in the art of exposure and controlling highlights!

Cheers

Dennis

[RB]

Much appreciated Stephen and Dennis for your kind words.

Looks like another nice sunset shaping up this evening.
:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Well done on the mention on spaceweather too, RB!

Lovely shot.

[gmbfilter]

Almost becoming too good Andrew, you won't want to talk to me.

[war bird]

great shot and composition.

[RB]

:D Thanks Mike !


LOL Geoff, nah I'm still the same ol' RB, you know me better than that ! :lol:

[RB]

Ah thank you so much war bird !

:thumbsup:

[Inmykombi]

Very Nice RB.

Great colours with an interesting foreground as well.
It was a nice touch to overexpose the Moon to get the stars. You have captured them so well.

In all its a really beautiful shot.

Cheers Geoffro.

[sheeny]

Very nice RB! The earthshine is certainly bright, but you've gotten away with it well. I expected more glare from the illuminated portion of the moon. Lovely colours in the sunset too.

There is something about the silhouette of a leafless tree against a sunset that I like... like anti-lightning or something...:P:lol:

Al.

[Phil]

Love the colour very nice. Be a great poster shot.
Phil

[Deeno]

Beautiful!!!
Would look fantastic as a 20"x30" framed and hanging on the wall.

[RB]

Cheers Geoff, Al, Phil and Deeno glad you guys like it and thanks for your nice comments.
I'd like to get this one printed up.


LOL 'anti-lightning', I like that description Al.
It does resemble that.

:thumbsup:

[Rick Petrie]

Excellent RB.Just such a relaxing air about it. I particularly like the silhouette of the trees in the background sky. You have captured the twilight feeling beautifully.:thumbsup:

[RB]

Cheers Ricky glad you liked it.

:)

[Garyh]

Lovely capture Andrew! I think going for as long a exposure as you have done has brought out those lovely sunset hues! :thumbsup:

[Rodstar]

Lovely shot RB!

Judging by the title, I half expected a slightly inappropriate image of a gathering at the Pony Club with someone hunched over, exposing their black hole to rest of us.

[Omaroo]

Very serene photograph you've tken there Andrew.... :)

Dang pity about that wavering bush, it's a little distracting, but fabulous colour and composition! Noice :thumbsup:

[RB]

Yeah Gary I took a bit of a risk and allowed the exposure to run longer so I could capture more detail, hence the unavoidable slight movement in the trees as Chris said, since it was quite breezy that evening.

LOL Rod, :P , do you recognise the spot at all?
It's were we met up that night to view/image McNaught and we ended up with an audience and an undeterred visitor. :lol:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=22536

Glad you all liked the photo.

:)

[Rodstar]

Nice memories, RB. When do you think we will get another scene like that?