Venus and Crescent Moon

JohnMurphy
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17 years 7 months ago #46161 by JohnMurphy

Venus and Crescent Moon was created by JohnMurphy

Taken on Saturday night using Canon 350D, 300mm, 2 sec, ISO100.

Print it out and use it as a bookmark maybe? heh-heh

Clear Skies,
John Murphy
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17 years 7 months ago #46166 by Mike

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John

Simply stunning is how one can summon the results of this image! Is this the raw image or was any post processing done? I took a similar picture on Saturday night at about 22:30 and the raw image is almost identical to your photo. In fact I thought there was no need for post processing as the photo captured the essence or beauty of the moment.

Well done and clear skies
Mike

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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say; "I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER".

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17 years 7 months ago #46178 by JohnMurphy

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Mike,

The only processing done was a bit of level adjustment to bring out the earthshine and obviously cropping. I was surprised to see the 'spikes' on venus as the lens is just a 300mm zoom. The timing was similar - around 10:30.

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John Murphy
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17 years 7 months ago #46182 by carlobeirnes

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Hi John,

What a great shot. The focus is spot on, that image would look great on headed paper,

Well done.

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17 years 7 months ago #46194 by DaveGrennan

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WOW!! That is absolutely fabulous. The best image of such an appulse I;ve seen for some time. Very well done John!.

Regards and Clear Skies,

Dave.

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17 years 7 months ago #46195 by dave_lillis

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Perfect exposure and focus, you even cought a star or 2. A great image

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