The evening scene on March 26, 2020 of the setting waxing crescent Moon below Venus which is below the Pleiades star cluster. At top centre is the Hyades star cluster and Aldebaran in Taurus. At left is Orion sinking into the twilight of a spring evening. The setting is the old farmstead near home. This is a stack of 7 exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one for the sky, all 10 seconds at f/2.8 with the 24mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 400.
The waxing crescent Moon with Earthshine and (above) Venus shine in the evening twilight sky over an icy pond near home, on March 26, 2020. Venus was just past greatest elongation from the Sun, and being spring with the high angle of the ecliptic, Venus was as high as it can get this year in an evening apparition. The Pleiades is at very top. This is a stack of 7 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one for the sky, all 2.5 seconds at f.4 with the Sigma 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 200.
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train at its last stop on its 2019 tour, in Gleichen, Alberta, near the Siksika Nation and near home, on December 18, 2019. At each stop, performers present a concert from the stage car to the trackside audience, and raise funds for charity. On this night it was clear enough that some winter stars in and around Orion actually showed up in the sky, though for Orion I blended in a longer 3.2-second exposure to make his stars show up better. This is a 6-segment panorama with the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800 and Rokinon 14mm SP f/2.5 lens stopped to f/4.5. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. An Orton glow effect added with Luminar Flex.
