Moon, Venus & Spica

The Moon, planet Venus ...and the brightest star in Virgo (Spica) form a close triangle in the early morning sky 6.58am on the 3rd Dec 2018

2 Exposures of 5secs blended together
1 @ f4 for Moon (no diffraction spikes) top layer.
1 @f9 for Venus ( with diffraction spikes) bottom layer (Moon cloned out)
Venus from lower layer registered exactly and blended to top layer by selecting 'lighten' in blend options in Photoshop.

Liked by pauljay stub hocusfocus bjolester

Uploaded27/12/2018 - 21:24

CategorySpecialist / Abstract

BodyPENTAX K-5

Shutter Speed5 sec

Aperturef/9.0

Lenssmc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED/AL [IF]

ISO1600

Focal Length24mm

Unique Views / Likes22/4

Tagsastrophotography astronomy stars night nightsky night sky sky morning conjunction moon

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Date Taken	03/12/2018 - 06:12
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	5 sec
Aperture	f/9.0
ISO	1600
Focal Length	24mm
Lens	smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED/AL [IF]

GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 28/12/2018 - 05:14 Link

Really nice

PPG

bjolester bjolester

981 posts
16 years
Trondheim,
Norway

Posted 28/12/2018 - 14:48 Link

Great shot! LIKEd

Bjørn

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Plus Member hocusfocus hocusfocus

60 posts
9 years
All the best,
hocusfocus

Posted 28/12/2018 - 14:48 Link

Technical accomplishment. Thinking paid off. Like.

mikeyscope mikeyscope

96 posts
17 years
Lesmahagow,
South Lanarkshire

Posted 28/12/2018 - 15:17 Link

Thanks for positive feedback on the image chaps... much appreciated!

I'm not a great fan of photo manipulation but often comes with the territory in astronomical imaging due to either lack of light... or large brightness differences between two or more subjects.

I prefer to be honest when manipulation is used and give summary of the process rather than mislead anyone otherwise how can others learn, I always try to keep it subtle.

Mike

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