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Moon, Venus, and Mercury - 07/08/05 - Blue River near Tishomingo, Oklahoma
The Moon - 6 % illuminated cresent and Earthshine
Venus below Moon and Mercury to the lower left of Venus
Zoom lens set at 150mm F5.6 - Kodak 400 HD film - 7 second exposure
Moon and Mercury over sunset - 7:00 PM 03/11/05
The Moon was only 40 hours past new Moon - 4 % illuminated
50mm lens at F5.6 - Fuji 200 Super HQ film - 1/30 second exposure
contrast darkened 1 step by photo tech when negative was scanned on Fuji processing equipment
Film grain effect removed from scan with Noiseware software
Cropped to 2/3 height & full width size with Photoshop
Earthshine (thin sunlit crescent & Moon's darkside lit by sun light reflected off the Earth) : 7:47 PM 03/11/05
Low over horizon with lights in the distance - some Cirrus clouds just below the Moon
205 mm zoom lens at F3.5 - Fuji 200 Super HQ film - 5 second exposure
contrast darkened 3 steps by photo tech when negative was scanned on Fuji processing equipment
Film grain effect removed from scan with Noiseware software
Brightness darkened a little more with Photoshop
1st Quarter Moon - 9:00 PM 02/15/05
8" F8 dob reflector -eyepiece projection using 25 mm eyepiece - Fuji 200 Super HQ film - 1/30 second exposure