Moon-Venus-Jupiter conjunction, Brisbane, 30th November 2008

[Dennis]

Hello,

Here is my attempt at the Moon-Venus-Jupiter conjunction as viewed from Brisbane on the evening of 30th November 2008.

I used the Canon 40D with 70-200 F4L mounted on a photo tripod. Exposure was at fl of 70mm, F4, 4 secs at ISO400. I waited until this airplane flew into the field before pressing the shutter release. Focused using in-camera Live View and exposed in Live View Mode, which locks up the mirror to minimise camera shake.

This view is lost in our back garden (our house gets in the way) so I had to hop over the back fence and set up in adjacent parkland.

I found that even at 4 secs, I was getting a little star trailing, which more or less disappeared at around 2.5 secs, although I then lost some of the background stars.

Cheers

Dennis

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Well done Dennis
Nice touch with the jet trails

[firstlight (Tony)]

Great shot Dennis,

Here is my attempt from this evening from Acacia Ridge. I was trying to work out what the light thingies and the banana shaped thing in the sky was .

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice images guys!

[Liz]

Great pics Dennis and Tony, all looking forward to tonight.

[h0ughy (David)]

lovely shot dennis, i like the GT stripe effect. nice work Tony

[RB (Andrew)]

Very nice images Dennis and Tony !
Wishing everyone clear skies again for tonight.