An aircraft contrail at left, in the moonlight of a waxing quarter Moon. Taken from the Mimbres Valley near Lake Roberts, in southern New Mexico. This is a single 30 second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 800.
Venus (above the trees at left) and Mars above it, and an aircraft contrail at right, in the moonlight. Taken from the Mimbres Valley near Lake Roberts, in southern New Mexico. This is a single 25 second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/3.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 400.
Venus (bright object) and Mars (dimmer and reddish object above it) along the ecliptic path in the evening twilight sky over the Gila National Forest in southern New Mexico, north of Pinos Altos. The scene is lit by the waxing quarter Moon off frame to the left. Venus and Mars are converging toward a close conjunction with the Moon on Feb 20 and with each other on Feb, 21. This is an HDR composite of 4 exposures at one stop increments, to capture the range in brightness in the sky and ground, all shot with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 800, with the longest exposure at 25 seconds. Tone-mapped in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CC 2014.
