I Never Pass It Up...

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 11, 2013928 views7 comments

Making a photo of the new crescent moon. This was from the evening of May 10th about 45 minutes after sunset. It is always such a thrill looking for, finding and then photographing that small sliver of light.

Nikon D2x, Nikon 400mm f/5.6, at f5.6 anf 1 sec at ISO 100.

Thanks for looking. More on this moon on the blog.

P.S. The white spot is Venus.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on May 11, 2013 at 5:56 AM

amazing

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 11, 2013 at 12:52 PM

Youssef, these are all the same, yet, very unique and different each time. Another nice capture of this crescent moon event.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on May 11, 2013 at 1:42 PM

gorgeous, shimmering light from the moon. even without venus it's a great shot in the line of crescent moon shots you have. with venus it's amazing.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 11, 2013 at 3:22 PM

Wow--that is some slim moon! Very cool...

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on May 11, 2013 at 3:31 PM

Stan,

It was a fairly young moon, only 24.75 hours old past conjunction as it is depicted in the photo. I first was it about 25 minutes earlier. The photo at that time was not all that interesting though. Here is the first photo.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 12, 2013 at 2:18 AM

Unbelievable!! Just gorgeous, so delicate.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 12, 2013 at 7:23 AM

This is a very interesting abstract of nature. The colors and bands of color are really nice and the moon and star really add interest. Great image.

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