Conjunction

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted August 21, 2009578 views14 comments

Venus, the Moon, Jupiter, and Mercury over Tucson, AZ. Taken December 28, 2008.

Just testing the waters here to see if this measures up to your standards...

Suggestions for improvement welcome.

Canon 30D
EF 24-70mm @ 30mm
5 sec @ f/2.8
ISO 200

- Sam

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 21, 2009 at 3:03 AM

Does it measure up to YOUR standards and convey what you are wishing? That is what really matters, imo. sometimes, images here are lovely but "typical" - meaning "nothing different" even if a great shot.

I like this a lot. This is "outside the box". great sunset, and gradient from blue to black.
Nice city lights, moon, and stars.

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on August 21, 2009 at 9:53 AM

Standards, shmandards. This is beautiful, interesting, and very well done!

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Comment posted by andy puttbach on August 21, 2009 at 1:48 PM

CoooooL!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM

Sam: Marvelous shot that works great for me. Superb capture of the moment. >=))>

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on August 21, 2009 at 9:42 PM

Outstanding. Very good exposure.

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Comment posted by Michael Hackett on August 24, 2009 at 12:09 AM

you captured 4 planets and a moon, not to shabby!

Registered on January 12, 2008, 71 Posts, 192 Comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 24, 2009 at 12:37 AM

Thanks for the feedback.

Mike -
I've actually got this image titled "Four Planets and the Moon" on my PBase gallery, so thanks for validating that!

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on August 24, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Beautiful image, the colors/gradient are just right, Congrats on the EP

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 24, 2009 at 2:45 PM

Sam,

Don't know how I missed this one. Beautiful work. Conratulations on the EP.

Pat

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Comment posted by David Cobb on August 24, 2009 at 8:45 PM

Cool shot. Congrats on the EP Sam!

David M. Cobb

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on August 25, 2009 at 11:39 AM

Congrats on the EP Sam !

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 28, 2009 at 1:57 AM

Thanks to all for the comments, and to the editors for the pick. I am humbled.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on September 14, 2009 at 4:25 AM

Wow, that's great Sam! The spacing between the planets and the moon works quite well.

Registered on December 19, 2008, 306 Posts, 4840 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 12, 2009 at 6:51 AM

Cool image Sam,
Excellent planetary exhibition

I like the timing, with the colors coming through nicely at the horizon. Great view of the Tucson city lights also..
Well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments