Quadruple Conjunction

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 14, 2011252 views11 comments

Hi All,

The Moon, Venus, Mars and Spica were very close together drawing a "Z" in the sky. At the left if the southern Milky way with the constellations of Crux and the pointers: Alpha & Beta Centauri.

The foreground is well... whatever I could get in a very rural environment and the hills at the background are about 100m high.

Thanks for the feedback!
Luis

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on January 14, 2011 at 9:18 AM

Hey Luis - the is excellent here. The artificial light on the fg isn't working well, though, partly because it is too strong and unnatural looking, but also because it is not highlighting anything interesting. I would suggest cropping out alot of the fg and burning down the rest to a silhouette.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 14, 2011 at 9:27 AM

Hi Luis, That is an amazing sky, and I very much enjoy looking at it. I agree with Doug about the foreground on this one, and think his suggestion is a good one. The sky is fantastic!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 14, 2011 at 12:38 PM

I agree with Doug and Luis as well. Very cool sky, and this would look great with a silhouette foreground

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM

Sorry I meant to say Doug and Nick !

Luis, what are the tech stats on this shot? You got some nice color in the stars and I do not see any movement.

Registered on October 25, 2010, 41 Posts, 831 Comments

Comment posted by Luis Argerich on January 14, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Ty for the feedback! I probably should crop the foreground, for some reason I liked the creepy shadows on the grass but I think it's better cropped.
Sometimes you get fixed with something that really doesn't add to the composition...

@James: It's a 30 seconds exposure on a 5dII with a Nikon 14-24 lens at 14mm F2.8 ISO3200.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 14, 2011 at 8:29 PM

The sky is really. I agree with the foreground crop suggestion.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 14, 2011 at 9:24 PM

Luis,

Hate to join the band-wagon, but the foreground takes away from what I think was your main objective, the night sky. Clearly you know your astronomy and the capture of the night sky is well executed. For me, it's not that the foreground lighting may look un-natural or uninteresting, but it's competing with the sky and drawing attention away from it.

No doubt a beautifully captured night sky.

Lon

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 14, 2011 at 11:34 PM

OK, maybe the foreground isn't optimal, but the sky stuff is still amazing.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on January 15, 2011 at 9:57 AM

The sky is terrific here Luis, but I have to agree with others about the FG. I think cropping it out, or at least the part lit by artificial light, would make a big difference.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 16, 2011 at 1:15 PM

Cool!!!!

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on January 17, 2011 at 11:02 PM

Thanks again for the feedback, the foreground is all gone in my next version!

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