Orion and the winter stars setting over Cascade Mountain, Banff, on a moonlit March night. All illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon. Orion and Sirius are at left setting at the end of the Minnwewanka Lake Loop Road; Taurus and the Pleiades are at centre; Perseus and Cassiopeia are at right over the mountain. This is a multi-segment panorama, each segment 10 seconds at f/3.5 with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800, oriented portrait mode for the panorama. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
Mars at its brightest in 15 years, at opposition in 2018, shining over the grand old barn near home amid a field of canola. Illumination is from the waning gibbous Moon off camera to the left. This is a stack of 6 exposures, mean combined for the ground, to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 13 seconds at f/4 with the Canon 35mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800. An Orton style glow effect was added to the sky, and a Luminar “Abandoned Places” filter added to the ground. Diffraction spikes on Mars added with Astronomy Tools action set. LENR applied in camera for hot pixel reduction.
The view looking south at Herbert Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, with the Milky Way over Mount Temple and the peaks of the Continental Divide. Mars (left in clouds) and Jupiter (right) flank the Milky Way, while Saturn sits within the Milky Way. A couple of satellites and possibly a meteor (it could be a flaring satellite) punctuate the sky as well. The sky is blue with the last vestiges of twilight and from moonlight from the setting waxing Moon off frame at right. This is a four exposures for the ground mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky and reflections, all 30 seconds with the Laowa 15mm lens at f/2 and Sony a7III at ISO 3200.
