A 220° panorama from northwest to southeast, but looking north at centre, to depict the scene at sunset of the waxing 8-day gibbous Moon in the northern sky as seen from the southern hemisphere. The angle between the Sun and Moon is just over 90°, shown here by the angle between the right-angle arms of the wharf, to the west at left, to the north at centre, and to the east at right. The Sun has set just north of west (this was April 4, 2017, so after equinox), while the Moon sits 13° east of due north. The Earth’s shadow rises as the blue arc at far right to the east opposite the Sun. The sky is darker toward the Moon, at 90° from the Sun, due to natural sky polarization. I shot this to serve as a demonstration of the geometry of the Sun and Moon angle and phase, and showing the location of the waxing Moon in the southern hemisphere sky. This is a stitch of 16 segments with a 35mm lens in portrait orientation, with the Canon 6D. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. The original is 23,800 x 4,900 pixels.
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.
