The Quiet Picture

Finding my voice in the silence of nature

Feb 28

Crescent moon and Venus

Moon and Venus (cropped to fix a botched composition in the field)Yesterday was half overcast, but when I came home the sky was starting to clear and Venus and the crescent moon were shining brightly in south-west. Photographing the crescent is one of my ambitions, so I set out although it was a little bit too late – there was very little light left in the horizon. Just half an hour earlier would’ve made a world of difference! The cool thing about the crescent is that it looks more like a full moon here. The 6-sec exposure picked up the shaded part, you can even make out all the moon features in the full-res image. If I’m really lucky, I’ll have another chance today, even if the moon and Venus won’t be this nicely aligned today.

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  1. Miika February 28th, 2009 12:39 pm

    Nice. I think today the weather might be better, or I’ll hope so at least :)

  2. Rane Olsen February 28th, 2009 4:21 pm

    Good luck with coming tryouts!

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