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Moon & Plejades conjunction, Canon EOS 6D Mk2, 20220308, Geert Vandenbulcke

Moon & Plejades conjunction, Canon EOS 6D Mk2, 20220308

Moon & Plejades conjunction, Canon EOS 6D Mk2, 20220308, Geert Vandenbulcke

Moon & Plejades conjunction, Canon EOS 6D Mk2, 20220308

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An impossible scene to capture in one take due to the huge difference in brightness between the Moon and the stars.  So this is a combination of images as a rendition of what it looked like through the eye with binoculars.  Our eyes and brain can see this brightness range while photography can not.  So the phase of the Moon was captured on 8 march, correctly exposed and somewhat overexposed for the glow.  An image of the full Moon taken on 17 March was used to render the earthshine. An image of the starfield with the Plejades was taken on 17 March as well.  Everything was combined in Photoshop.

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Moon & Plejades conjunction, Canon EOS 6D Mk2, 20220308, Geert Vandenbulcke

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