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Venus, Mars, and the crescent moon align with Pigeon Point Lighthouse on the California coast.
Single exposure with only Lightroom adjustments
Sony A7S, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 @f/2.8, 200mm, 1 second, ISO12,800
More info, for the truly geeky:
I knew this alignment was coming several weeks ago and put a reminder on my calendar for the afternoon to come up with a shot for it. I knew that the planets and moon were going to be roughly 260-270 degrees as they approached the horizon and started looking at westerly foregrounds. Since the sun was well down by the time the planets and moon were going to be close to the horizon, I knew that the foreground either had to be a very strong silhouette or self-lit (like the GG Bridge, city skyline, etc). There was a possible shot from Treasure Island of the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but I just didn't want to drive into the city yesterday, so kept looking.
I found that the alignment matched very well with typical shooting locations for Pigeon Point Lighthouse. I like the lighthouse, but it presents some pretty daunting challenges; fog, sea spray, moisture in the air, and the very bright lights from the hostel and the beacon itself. Nevertheless, I set out for the lighthouse around 5:00pm to give myself enough time
I knew I was going to be at 200mm (or more) for the shot, which means that I would need to keep the shutter duration at 2 seconds or less to avoid streaking the planets, stars, and surface of the moon. This requires a pretty high ISO (12,800 or more) at f/2.8 (and even higher at f/4) to be able to preserve any detail in the foreground. I decided to keep my 70-200 f/2.8 instead of adding the extender to give it more reach, but at the loss of a stop of light.
I took a bunch of test shots as the planets and moon were setting and the sky got darker and darker as the sun got further below the horizon. I settled on exposure brackets centered around 0.5s at f/2.8. Shooting 5 shots at 1eV steps, this gave me exposures from 2s down to 1/4s. I ended up using the 1s exposure. All at ISO12,800.
The moon is incredibly challenging, even when in crescent phase. The sunlit portion is WAY too many stops above anything else in the sky and on the ground. I decided to let the sunlit crescent blow out and went for details in the earthshine portion of the moon. By making this decision, I was able to use a single exposure to make the image. There is a lot of highlight and shadow recovery going on here, but the Sony A7S image holds up pretty well. There is noise, of course, but it is very well behaved.
I believe that this image would not be possible without the A7S. Keeping the stars and planets from streaking at 200mm requires very short shutter durations. This requires bumping up the ISO to 12,800 or even 25,600. The ISO performance and Dynamic Range of the sensor at these ISOs allows long-lens astro-landscape photography to become a reality (without compositing)
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Half past nine. Home time in Japan. Or not? Too many lanes are still empty. But just in time the sun is sending it's golden light into the enormous urban canyons of Osaka. Casting a cozy glow on the dull roads. A quite spectacular drama that you can just find in today's megametropolis.
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Twice a year, the sunset aligns with Toronto's east/west streets. This is the winter Torontohenge for 2018, taken from a vantage point above Queen St.
Kohler-Andrae State Park (WI)
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Captured: June 2016
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/4
Settings: ISO100, 70mm, f/8, 1/250 seconds
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Jupiter, Antares and Mars all line up across the scene while the Milky Way rises behind Delicate Arch. Delicate Arch is always the highlight for our students in our workshops. It's always fun to hike up in the dark and then back down at sunrise. If you have never experienced the night from this vantage point, I highly recommend you put it on your bucket list. Join a group, go with friends or whatever it takes. It's really a magical scene.
This image is made from 20 single exposures all stacked and aligned to create an almost noise free image.
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While I'm holding up my skirt, can you please take out a ruler and check if my stocking tops are neatly aligned? I think they're pretty okay but maybe a minor adjustment is still needed and I really can use your help with that. Maybe the stocking on the right needs a tiny extra pull upwards? Please check and adjust for me, but be gentle and tender because silky stockings are delicate and sweet satin girls are just as delicate as well.
Alignment is the adjustment of an object in relation with other objects, or a static orientation of some object or set of objects in relation to others.
A fisheye image was taken of the amazing five planet alignment in the pre-dawn hours of February 2, 2016. The image was taken at the base of a snow covered hill in Lancaster, PA. Mercury, Venus, the moon, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter can all be seen in this photograph taken with a Canon T6s and a 8-15 mm f/4L lens. Star spikes were added in Photoshop Elements to bring out the contrast and color of the planets and stars.
Loved the way the shadow from the tree outside lined up almost exactly with one on my photo canvas. Those shadows move fast though! Before I'd even taken a couple of shots, it was no longer aligned.
Another restful day, with Tim and me both still feeling unwell. I watered the plants and cleared a small pile of paperwork and that was about it - the rest of the day was all about relaxing. We had another game of Scrabble this afternoon too :)
- www.kevin-palmer.com - As I came back into Sundance, the sun came out and this rainbow appeared, perfectly aligned over Sundance Mountain.
For the very first time, SDO observed both the Earth and the Moon block its view of the Sun at the same time (Sept. 13, 2015). First the Earth blocked out the entire Sun for an hour. When it moved aside, the Moon was also blocking a portion of the Sun. Of course, none of this was visible from Earth. Due to SDO's elliptical orbit, occasionally the Earth or the Moon blocks its view of the Sun, but this double alignment was a first. The video shows the Earth moving out of the way and revealing the Moon over a brief 10-minute period. Incidentally, the edge of the Earth looks much fuzzier than the edge of the Moon because our planet has a thick atmosphere and the Moon does not. Credit: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA.
@ Newcastle-upon-Tyne
From a visit to Newcastle's quayside.
Taken at the point that the Tyne and Millennium bridges line up, the left side of the image also shows the Gateshead Baltic Quay.