by PeterR » Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:04 pm
3 faces of the moon from Stockholm, Sweden
All images © 2011 - Peter Rosén
A tiny crescent at sunset on the 5th of march 2011.
The moon was only 20h 40m old when it passed the church 1.6 miles away and less than 1° above the horizon.
The weather was so clear I was able to follow it all the way down behind the trees.
The next day, the 6th of march, I imaged the elusive features on the 1.7 days old moon when it was between 6° and 2° above the horizon
On the 8th of march I captured the moon with a strong earthshine on a starfield background.
To handle the extreme contrast of the scene I composited several pictures spanning 11,5 exposure steps.
[b]3 faces of the moon from Stockholm, Sweden[/b]
All images © 2011 - Peter Rosén
A tiny crescent at sunset on the 5th of march 2011.
The moon was only 20h 40m old when it passed the church 1.6 miles away and less than 1° above the horizon.
The weather was so clear I was able to follow it all the way down behind the trees.
[img2]http://astronet.se/img/Peter%20R/5174-110305-3m.jpg[/img2]
The next day, the 6th of march, I imaged the elusive features on the 1.7 days old moon when it was between 6° and 2° above the horizon
[img2]http://astronet.se/img/Peter%20R/moon_110306-08m.jpg[/img2]
On the 8th of march I captured the moon with a strong earthshine on a starfield background.
To handle the extreme contrast of the scene I composited several pictures spanning 11,5 exposure steps.
[img2]http://astronet.se/img/Peter%20R/moon_110308-5h.jpg[/img2]