Horn Pond Sunset with crescent Moon, Venus and a very faint Saturn

Frank_Ryan_Jr, on June 19, 2007, said:

Wow! That is fantastic! Can you give the exact time and date you took this? I should be able to work out what planets you captured (its definatly Venus to the right and probably Saturn to the left) You also caught a nice effect known as 'earthshine' The moon (obviously enough) doesnt emit light (as the sun does) so the dark section is actually being lit by reflected sunlight off the Earth. If you take a zoom shot of the moon like this and play around with exposures you can get quite a bit of detail on the Moons surface. (although the part of the Moon in phase will be overexposed but it still adds a nice effect) Well done again!

kamalyn, on August 4, 2007, said:

Thanks!!! These were taken June 18, around 9 pm (eastern daylight time)in Massachusetts US. There was actually an alignment of Venus-Moon-Saturn- and the star Regulus (right to left.) But the upper two are VERY light, so can only be seen in the 'Original Size' version.

Erwin Woenckhaus, on September 20, 2007, said:

Hello Kamaly:

I have nominated three of your pictures for the elections. Please take a look!

Greetings from Chile.

kamalyn, on September 20, 2007, said:

Thank-you very much for the honor, Erwin! And congratulations on the many photos of your own that have been nominated. They are very worthy! Greetings from the US!

someGuyinmasset, on November 14, 2008, said:

Beautiful shot Kamaly. DeliCious.

kamalyn, on November 15, 2008, said:

Thanks, Guy!!! And especially for the first comments on this in over a year! The poor sibling of the alignment shot to the left arrow (that's actually been zooming up the view charts lately) so this one never gets any attention at all. :)

whoelius, on March 27, 2009, said:

Saturn!

kamalyn, on March 27, 2009, said:

and LOL, there was one behind me at the time, too! ;) (a now-departed car, lol)

Thanks whoelius! These two night shots (this and the darker one where the alignment shows) were a real surprise to me. The night before I'd noticed how close the crescent moon was to Venus while driving home from a week-end trip, but it clouded over before I could stop. So the next evening I intentionally went somewhere that I could see the two of them to try some night shots. I had NO idea there was an alignment like there was.

RobStamp, on August 10, said:

Hi kamaly, Thank you for your efforts to capture this event, the darker one is great. As a photo I prefer this wider view for the colour and composition, gives me more of a feel of standing there, and being spell bound by the sight.

Cheers, Rob

PS Looks like water, and I do not see a car. If that stirs your curiosity then a visit to my Moon and Venus shot will provide the answer ;)

If you want to venture from the NPC to the CSP, the entries do not end until the 16th.

jgevans, on August 12, said:

Gorgeous! You must be out kayaking again, you are so lucky. Marvelous photo! I'm really tempted to give this a Best of vote. Yep. Did.

Jean

kamalyn, on August 19, said:

Thanks Rob! I like this one better as a photo, too. Plus, all four objects are visible in this as well if one really looks. But the lake is very real here. An all too common subject in my photos. But this was taken from a bench along the bank of the lake - a great and peaceful ending for any day.

Thanks for that BoP Jean ! The photo appreciates it, since its darker brother gets most of the attention (and is one of the first GE shots visible in Massachusetts, along with the swan.) Not kayaking here, though. This is just from the little strip between the busy street and the lake.