Venus, Moon, Mars and Spica over Lake Wivenhoe [Archive]

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StephenM

12-09-2010, 09:48 PM

Hi all,

I've been away camping at Wivenhoe Dam (west of Brisbane) this weekend, and had beautiful clear skies on Saturday evening for this conjunction. Here are a few of the photos I captured. In the first few only the Moon and Venus were visible, and the last one was just as the Moon was about to set. The view over the lake was fabulous! - hopefully these images convey that. I also got some shots of the sun setting, which I'll try and process tomorrow.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

mswhin63

13-09-2010, 11:03 AM

Nice shot, I managed to catch these as well, but no where good enough as yours, I had a load of dew to deal with. It was a fantastic site to see them.

hotspur

13-09-2010, 11:10 AM

well done,no 4 is very nice.:thumbsup:

Liz

13-09-2010, 12:49 PM

Beautiful images Stephen!! :thumbsup:

troypiggo

13-09-2010, 04:51 PM

I was at a wedding on Sat night, went outside for some fresh air, looked up, saw this awesome conjunction and thought to myself "I bet Stephen will be out there, somewhere, imaging this!"

I won. :)

Awesome set there.

Matt Wastell

13-09-2010, 08:15 PM

Hi Stephen
Image 1 is a cracker - thanks for sharing!

StephenM

13-09-2010, 09:50 PM

Thanks very much Malcolm, Chris, Liz, Troy and Matt! I appreciate the comments.

When we decided to go camping I had this conjunction in the back of my mind, but I'd never been to this campsite before so I was expecting to have to go for a drive to get a good vantage point. As it turned out the first image was taken from almost the inside the tent, and I only had to walk about 10 m to take the others!

Cheers,
Stephen

firstlight

14-09-2010, 11:12 PM

Great sequence... like the colours of the first couple, but I REALLY like no 5 with the reflection of the Moon in the lake.

Cheers
Tony

lacad01

15-09-2010, 07:50 AM

Great set of shots Stephen :thumbsup:

Quark

15-09-2010, 12:31 PM

Fine work Stephen, you are certainly on top of your game with these wide field shots.

Regards
Trevor

StephenM

15-09-2010, 09:25 PM

Thanks Tony! Unfortunately the full size version of #5 is a bit noisy. I'll have to work more on it and see if I can remove the noise.

Thanks Adam, glad you like them.

Thanks Trevor! As I said above, the vantage point from our campsite was just about perfect, and the view was spectacular. So I was glad to come away with some images.

Cheers,
Stephen