Converge

Hi everyone, 

While returning to my car after a day of bird photography, I noticed the crescent Moon and Venus growing closer together in the darkening sky. I decided to head to the nearest area that would provide relatively little light pollution. I crossed my fingers that they would in fact align and be in a photogenic position. To my delight, when I arrived at my shooting location along BC's Howe Sound, not only the Moon and Venus, but Mars as well, were perfectly aligned next to Anvil Island - just what I'd hoped for! I later found out that this alignment hasn't happened since September 2008 and won't happen again until 2017.

Calm, cloudless, winter nights are few and far between in this part of the world. I was very lucky to be able to photograph this spectacle with 765m Leading Peak reflecting on this normally very choppy water.

This is a composite of two exposures taken back-to-back; one for the overall scene and another to retain the detail visible to the eye on the surface of the Moon. I'm still quite a novice when it comes to night photography but I liked how this one turned out. I'd love to hear what you think!

Best of luck,