The waxing crescent Moon, and Venus (just above the mountain ridge) and, to the right, noctilucent clouds glowing low in the north over the Waterton River at the Maskinonge picnic area in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta on June 17, 2018. The Moon is beside Regulus in Leo. There was no wind this night, rare for Waterton. This is a high dynamic range stack of 5 exposures from dark to light, blended with Adobe Camera Raw. Taken with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 20mm lens. Additional contrast enhancement applied using Zone System Express 5 Photoshop extension and “Enhanced Contrast” function.
The 7-day old First Quarter Moon on May 21, 2018. A single shot with the Sony a7III camera on the 130mm Astro-Physics apo refractor with a 2X Barlow for an effective focal length of 1600mm at f/12, for an exposure of 1/20 sec at ISO 100. Shot with the Electronic Front Curtain Shutter and Silent Shooting to test vibration.
Jupiter in Libra is rising over the moonlit Badlands on Highway 10 east of Drumheller, Alberta. Light from the waxing gibbous Moon off frame to the upper right provides the illumination on April 26, 2018. This is a stack of 5 x 25-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one 25-second exposure for the sky, all at f/5.6 for depth of field, with the Rokinon 14mm SP lens and Sony a7III camera at ISO 800. Nik Sharpener applied to the ground.
