The thin 41-hour-old crescent Moon in colourful twilight and sunset clouds, setting in the southwest on December 30, 2016. Earthshine is plainly visible illuminating the dark side of the Moon, despite the low atltitude and thin cloud. This is a single 0.8-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 135mm telephoto and Canon 6D at ISO 400. Shot from home in southern Alberta on the eve of New Year’s Eve!
The well-publicized - if not overly publicized! - supermoon (a perigee Full Moon) of November 14, 2016, seen here about 3 degrees above the horizon, rising out of low clouds. The yellow colour is natural, and illuminated the field with a golden glow. However, this is a stack of 4 exposures, from long to short, to create an “HDR” style stack as the longest exposure needed for the clouds blew out the bright Moon. A short exposure was needed for the Moon itself. I took 4 exposures at about 2 stop increments from 1.5 seconds to 1/15 second and blended them not with HDR software but with luminosity masks using the ADP Panel+ scripts from Aaron Dowling Photography. All exposures with the Explore Scientific FCD100 apo refractor at f/7 and Nikon D750 at ISO 100.
A diffuse arc of aurora and the rising waning gibbous Moon light the sky over the old barn near home at harvest time, September 19, 2016. The glows from Strathmore and Calgary light the clouds to the west at far left. The Big Dipper shines over the barn, with Capella and the stars of Perseus at right. The Pleiades are rising to the left of the Moon. This is a panorama of 5 segments, with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750. Stitched with ACR.
