Moon, Mercury, Mars, Milky Way... Mmmm

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

I decided to go for a bit of a drive out of Brisbane this evening, to try and capture the Moon and Mercury below Mars and the Milky Way. This is a single 30 sec exposure with the Tokina 11-16mm @ 11mm, f/2.8 and 3200 iso just at the end of astronomical twilight.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice capture, Stephen

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Nice one, Stephen.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nicely done Stephen, great image!

[Liz]

Great image Stephen.

[hotspur (Chris)]

good work Stephenworth the drive-you will have to come up to Blackbutt Range and camp a few nights-we had astronomers from IIS this past new moon.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks very much Laurie, Colin, Mike, Liz and Chris! This was a bit of an experiment really, to see how this lens performs with the relatively bright Moon and Milky Way in the same shot.

Here's a couple more: the first is a repro of the original shot (adjusted colour balance and without labels), and the second was taken about 10 minutes earlier.

Cheers,
Stephen

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Beautiful shots!

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Rolf!

Cheers,
Stephen

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yes, excellent capture, I like how the Milky Way seems so long and straight.

Mike

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yes, excellent capture, I like how the Milky Way seems so long and straight.

Mike

Thanks Mike!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Ross G]

Great capture Stephen.

Looks great.

Ross.