I thought I had posted this but apparently not… Shot January 30 as Mars passed very close to the Moon. In the southern part of the country Mars actually passed behind the moon – a rare occurrence. (It’s surprising there is that much parallax – the moon was a lot closer to us than Mars was.)
Type of Critique Requested
Specific Feedback and Self-Critique
All comments welcome!
Technical Details
Sturdy tripod and head, remote release with IS off. Minimal tonal adjustments in Lr. Into PS for denoise and a little Detail Extractor. Cropped to 33% of the full frame. The “seeing” (thermal turbulence in the atmosphere) was awful that night and in most shots (I did about 20) Mars is an elongated spidery blob. 3-4 were sharp on it so I took the liberty of using the sharpest moon and layering in the sharpest Mars.