I stopped to take a photo, resting the camera on a fence post. The moon always looks much bigger to the eye than it appears on my photos - I suppose that's because there is nothing on a human scale in the blackness to compare it with.
I've just looked up which planets they are: Jupiter (top left) and Venus. Not that they look anything more than a couple of bright dots on my photo! According to this website Jupiter and Venus are gradually moving closer together (as observed from Earth), being at their closest on 13th March.
3 comments:
Great photo - it's not easy to photograph the night sky.
Sue, nb Indigo Dream
Thanks Sue. The hardest part was getting my cheap'n'cheerful compact (no manual focus) to focus on infinity. I pointed at some trees near the horizon, half pressed the button so it would hold its settings, then aimed up and fired. Oh - I'd also put the shutter release on a 2-second timer to give me a fighting chance of holding it still on the post.
I have that problem with my camera, its predecessor worked well.
Have you looked at http://www.heavens-above.com/
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