Moon Mars conjunction last night

[JR]

Mars came within its closest encounter just a few degrees away from the moon last night. Best seen with the eyeball but this is a single 1/6 second back garden shot at iso 3200 using focal length 75mm on a zoom lens and Sony α3000, the best of exposure alternatives to deal with a bright and relatively dim object.

Processing was with Photoshop using a layer mask to prevent further over exposure of the Moon, curves to then lighten the background, and hue saturation to up the colour for Mars.

The image may benefit from viewing in low light.

James

[William Bottaci]

Hello James, I have to admit I wasn’t sure where to find Mars. Is it
the very red looking 'star' top centre?
As you say a very difficult situation.
William

[JR]

Yes, well spotted William at roughly 12 o'clock to the moon.

James

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> On 25 Feb 2021, at 18:48, William Bottaci <w.bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello James, I have to admit I wasn’t sure where to find Mars. Is it

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