An ice crystal halo around the first quarter Moon high in the northern winter sky, on January 27, 2015, taken from near Pinos Altos, New Mexico. The Pleiades is above and left of the Moo, the Hyades and Aldebaran at left. The green Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) is on the lunar halo at top. This is a stack of two exposures, a 13 second exposure for the sky and halo and and 0.8 second exposure for the Moon itself, though it remains overexposed. However, its intensity is reduced by blending in the area of the Moon taken with a short exposure, with masking done via a luminosity mask. Both image with a 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 800 to minimize trailing on this tripod shot.
The 5-day-old waxing crescent Moon, with Earthshine on the dark side. A high dynamic range composite of 5 images at 2-stop increments retains detail in the bright crescent while revealing the dark Earthlit portion. Merged with Photoshop HDRPro in 32-bit mode with ACR doing the tone-mapping.
A 180° panorama of the winter sky, taken Christmas Eve, 2014 at the City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico, with Orion rising at left and the waxing Moon (overexposed) beside Mars setting at right. Zodiacal Light can be seen behind the Moon at right. High haze and clouds are moving in. This is a 6-segment panorama taken with the Canon 6D and 24mm lens, for 40-second exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 2000. Stitched with Photoshop.
