Venus and the Seven Sisters over Brisbane

The planet Venus is currently close to the star cluster M45, also known as the Pleiades or "Seven Sisters", in the evening sky. Here is a wide-angle view of them setting behind Brisbane's Story Bridge last night.

To capture the view, I first took an image of the sky using a 2 second exposure my Canon EOS R and a 35mm lens @ f/6.3 and 800 iso. Immediately after this, and without moving the tripod, I took a long exposure high dynamic range image of the foreground (which combined exposures of 2, 4, 8, 16 and 30 seconds at f/11 and 100 iso) to better capture the city lights and reflections. These two images were then combined as layers.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2osJ​CUu

S.R.M. wrote in post #19505382
The planet Venus is currently close to the star cluster M45, also known as the Pleiades or "Seven Sisters", in the evening sky. Here is a wide-angle view of them setting behind Brisbane's Story Bridge last night.

To capture the view, I first took an image of the sky using a 2 second exposure my Canon EOS R and a 35mm lens @ f/6.3 and 800 iso. Immediately after this, and without moving the tripod, I took a long exposure high dynamic range image of the foreground (which combined exposures of 2, 4, 8, 16 and 30 seconds at f/11 and 100 iso) to better capture the city lights and reflections. These two images were then combined as layers.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2osJ​CUu Venus and the Seven Sisters by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Beautiful image. Congrats.

SiriusDoggy wrote in post #19505705
Beautiful image. Congrats.

Thanks very much, Greg!

S.R.M. wrote in post #19505382
The planet Venus is currently close to the star cluster M45, also known as the Pleiades or "Seven Sisters", in the evening sky. Here is a wide-angle view of them setting behind Brisbane's Story Bridge last night.

To capture the view, I first took an image of the sky using a 2 second exposure my Canon EOS R and a 35mm lens @ f/6.3 and 800 iso. Immediately after this, and without moving the tripod, I took a long exposure high dynamic range image of the foreground (which combined exposures of 2, 4, 8, 16 and 30 seconds at f/11 and 100 iso) to better capture the city lights and reflections. These two images were then combined as layers.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2osJ​CUu Venus and the Seven Sisters by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Beautiful!

greyswan wrote in post #19506130
Beautiful!

Thanks Chris! Much appreciated.