The waxing crescent Moon and Orion setting into the west and evening twilight from Cape Conran, on the Gippsland Cost of Victoria, Australia, March 31, 2017. Sirius is at top and the stars of Gemini at right. Taurus is below Orion with the Pleiades below the Moon just above the horizon, This is a stack of 4 x 30-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one 30-second exposure for the sky, with a short 2-second exposure of the Moon blended in to prevent to Moon from overexposing too much. All with the 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.
The western evening sky from the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia on March 31, 2017. The latitude is 37° South. The location is the West Cape of Cape Conran, looking west to the waxing crescent Moon above the Pleiades and below the Hyades in Taurus. At centre is Orion, upside down compared to the northern hemisphere view. The bright star at top centre is Sirius in Canis Major. Procyon is at right. Mars is just above the clouds at lower left. The Milky Way runs vertically from Taurus (below) to Canis Major (at top). Several star clusters are visible along the Milky Way, including M41, M46, & M47. This is a stack of 8 15- and 30-second exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground, and one 15-second exposure for the sky. All at f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm lens wide open, and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. An additional 2-second exposure was blended in for the Earthlit Moon to prevent it from being overexposed too much. A Soft Glow effect from ADP Panel+ adds the softer effect to the ground.
The waxing crescent Moon in deep evening twilight with stars beginning to appear, with the Moon in Taurus above the Pleiades cluster at right and below the Hyades and Aldebaran above. This was March 31, 2017 from Cape Conran, West Cape area, on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia. The Moon looks turned around from what we are used to seeing it in the northern hemisphere in the evening sky. This is a stack of 8 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground and one exposure for the sky. An added Orton Effect gaussian blur layer adds the dreamy soft-focus effect for the ground. Taken as part of a 700-frame time-lapse sequence.
