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Jupiter Junction
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Jupiter Junction

by Youssef Ismail

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 24, 2012189 views11 comments
The last several months the moon has been playing with Venus and Jupiter in the night sky post sunset and a day or two past conjunction. Sunday night was the first opportunity I had to capture one of these interludes.

I know I have been concentrating pretty heavily on the crescent moon photos lately and there is a reason for it that will become apparent in a short time.

For now I would relish any feed back on these.

Nikon D2x, Nikon 80-200mm f/4 at 200mm, f5.6 and 0.8 sec. Three exposures stitched for size.

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Zack Clothier on April 24, 2012 at 12:26 PM
A very peaceful scene, Youssef, the soft pastels fading into the deeper blue sky are really nice.
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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on April 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM
A peacefull scene indeed, love the simplicity of the image here, quite powerfull! :toast:
Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 24, 2012 at 3:44 PM
You must have the world's largest collection of crescent moon images! :wink: This is beautiful Youssef. I love the color graident in the sky, and the comp is sweet.
Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 24, 2012 at 5:48 PM
The Moon Man cometh. Sweet sky and nice simplicity to the image.

I am guessing you are changing the name of your business to something with moon or crescent moon in it. Wild guess.
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on April 24, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Ya know Harley, as I was posting this I had the notion to say something specifically to snub whatever you might have said about changing Organic Light to Moon Light or something similar but then what fun would I have had not "hearing" what you had to say :biggrin: No I have something else in the works with the moons. Let you all know soon. Thanks for the feedback.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 24, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Dang!!!

:biggrin:
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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on April 25, 2012 at 12:27 AM
Very nice Youssef and I like the wisps of white clouds.
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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on April 25, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Nice capture, Youssef. I'm not getting tired of seeing the moon and the planets come close. Something incredible about it. I was excited to get to see this happening from a small general aviation airplane on a night cross country flight, along with a great sunset.

I like the simple comp, which lets the two subjects shine. Also, the colors are perfect, and natural. TFS!
Registered on November 16, 2011, 67 Posts, 1127 Comments
Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on April 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM
Thought of you when I saw the crescent a few days ago. Wonderful capture, and looking forward to seeing the this project of yours!
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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 26, 2012 at 9:52 PM
Very nice addition to your collection.
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Comment posted by Anil Rao on April 27, 2012 at 2:44 AM
This is the type of photography that I really appreciate. Very nicely done, Youssef.
Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments