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Balancing Act

            The 5%-illuminated Moon was slowly gliding down to the western horizon tonight, seemingly balancing on the boom of a construction crane a few hundred metres from my home. The Moon wasn’t as close as the crane, obviously, moving through space in its orbit around the Earth, nearly 399,000 km (248,000 mi) away. Lights from the intersection near the construction site provided plenty of glow to make the crane’s formwork visible.

While I enjoy the long car trips I take to get to dark skies for my Milky Way images, it was nice only to have to walk from my desk to our balcony to photograph this scene.

I shot this single-frame photo with my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera attached to a Sigma 50-500mm f/5.6 lens @ 500 mm @ f/7.1, using an exposure time of 0.6 seconds @ ISO 1600.

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Miranda (show map)

Taken on: September 17, 2023

Tags:

Astronomy

Astrophotography

Crane

Crescent

Earthshine

Home

Miranda

Moon

Night

Nightscapes

Shadows

Silhouette

Silhouettes

Sky

Sutherland Shire

The Shire

Theta Virginis

New South Wales

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Sets appears in: • Nightscapes

Groups appears in: • Photography • BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing Live more » • Amateur Astro-Photography • PhotographingSpace.com « less

Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II, f/7.1, 0.6 sec, 500mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens:	50-500mm
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.6
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.5 (Macintosh)
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