Crescent moon, Saturn, Venus and Spica

[Andrew*]

A lovely juxtaposition greeted me this morning, overlooking another fresh carpet of snow.

Venus is the brightest at lower left, Spica lies to the R, and Saturn is above-left of the moon.

And yes - the clouds really are that colour, thanks to the Lights of Aberdeen....

Full shot:

Crop:

7.23am, 1st December 2010

Canon 450D with Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 lens at 17mm

5 seconds at f/4, ISO 100

Andrew

[russ]

Lovely images Andrew. The trees and snow really add to it.

[Pete Presland]

nice pics,i saw that this morning as well it cheered me up at least till i had to go to work

[DrNeb]

Ah i'd love to have that view where i live. thank you for sharing it.

[Cloudwatcher]

Number 1 does it for me.............. really has a 3D feel about it.

[lukebl]

Really nice shot. Beautifully framed and exposed.

Reminds me that this foul weather had better clear up soon before the moon comes round again. Seems like only yesterday that it was full!

[Beyond_Vision]

Very nicely framed Andrew a beautiful scene. I was hoping to have a go at this this morning but the clouds wouldn't play ball

Regards

Kevin

[barkis]

These are really nice pics Andrew.

Beautiful blending of earth and sky. No. 1 is a superb setting.

Ron.

[Coco]

Superb..

[Andrew*]

Thank you all for your comments. Also thanks to Tim for a mention in POW

I got this in a moment squeezed in before breakfast. Life's just too busy and this kind of snapshot is the only way I can keep my hand in. But I can't complain - it keeps me happy...

I should mention the exposure was boosted a bit as it was shot at ISO100. Perhaps that's why it's quite noisy, but for some reason (I can't remember whether it was because I forgot...) I didn't put it through noise reduction.

Andrew

[sheri_barri]

Gorgeous image Andrew!!