Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Mars (and a few stars) put on a little light show as part of the conjunction of August 8th, 2010.
Venus is the brightest planet in the overall picture. Saturn is just to the right of Venus, and Mars is the bright planet above Venus. This trio forms a triangle. Finally, Mercury can be found as the brightest planet just above the brightest clouds.
Shot half-way between nautical and astronomical twilight, somewhere between Manar and Braidwood, New South Wales.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
30s f/5.6 at 17.0mm iso3200
Beutiful picture of the conjuction with great foreground. Over here we celebrate the national day of Singapore and i too was looking at the Venus-Mars-Saturn just nice to fit in 10x70 fujinon FOV. Mercury is lower horizon.
The reason for the description (even though it comes across as teaching people how to suck eggs) is that I post my images on other forums, and, they all get the same description.
As for IOTW, nah, it's not that good -- check out Alex's Milky Way, now, that's an IOTW!
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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone
Beautiful framing H!
Yeah, we know what we are looking at, but the colours and the perspective as well as the lighting and clouds really give it some PUNCH.
Definitely a keeper for the wall of fame, one to be proud of....a simply stunning picture!
Vote 1 for Humayan for IOTW..
(Written, typed and authorised by Screwdriverone for the Humayan for IOTW party)
Cheers
Chris
Carl,
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by renormalised
Great shot H
It's a pity our own eyes can't capture the true beauty around us like a CCD/CMOS sensor can. But then again, could our mind's handle that??
Michael,
Cheers!
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Originally Posted by michaellxv
Only good things to say about that one. Fabulous image.
ykchia,
Thank you, and, good on you for taking your pictures, too. : )
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Originally Posted by ykchia
HI:
Beutiful picture of the conjuction with great foreground. Over here we celebrate the national day of Singapore and i too was looking at the Venus-Mars-Saturn just nice to fit in 10x70 fujinon FOV. Mercury is lower horizon.
Thank you, my friend! This was shot quite late, but, early twilight is a magical time, indeed.
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Originally Posted by luigi
Very beautiful, I really think you chose a very good time to make this photo. Really nice!
César,
Thank you!
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Originally Posted by mexhunter
Beautiful picture.
Grettings
César
Stephen,
Cheers, mate. I don't think that's zodiacal light, despite the conical shape. I'd say it's more light pollution from whatever town that is in the west. I'll have to look it up.
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Originally Posted by StephenM
Nice shot Humayun. Is that a hint of zodiacal light that you've captured as well?
Cheers,
Stephen
Petra,
Thank you. : )
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Originally Posted by spacezebra
Excellent!
Cheers Petra d.
Thanks so much, everyone, for looking and taking the time to leave a comment. Appreciate it!
Wow! Breathtaking! You beautifully captured the light play on the field, and the contrast between the green field, the pink wispy clouds and blue sky, and then throw the stars in for an extra spectacular light show which further enhances the beautiful light display on the ground. The field seems to go on forever, matching space itself above. And not to forget to mention the line up of planets going on in the meantime. This pic has is all. Now, if you only had the crescent moon in there, that would really have topped it off! Go back out tonight?? Go on, you know you want to.
I would like to buy this print in a large size, so will visit your website for pricing and info.
H, just when I think you have excelled yourself you go and top it off again.
Oh, I just realised I don't have your web addy yet!
