The Full Moon rising behind the abandoned grain elevator at Dorothy, Alberta in the Red Deer River valley and Badlands. This was July 27, 2018. Saturn is at upper right. Mars had not risen from behind the clouds at this point. This is an HDR stack of 7 exposures blended with Adobe Camera Raw. With the 35mm lens and Canon 6D MkII. ON1 Dynamic Contrast filter added to the ground.
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.
