I was inspired by Astro Bob's
"Christmas conjunction" photos and wanted to take some twilight perspective shots of my own. I don't have any cool Christmas lights in my area yet, but I do have a couple pine trees. I wanted to see what I could do with Venus and the Moon relatively low in the sky, and also try some handheld shooting.
I'm an avid tripod and shutter release user, so handheld scares me a little when it comes to low light shots. But I do recognize that when it comes to getting the perfect angle for an alignment, you need the freedom to play a little to get it just right. Although I love my
moon/wind chime alignment, it was a huge pain to run back and forth trying to find the right position from the tripod height and not my own perspective.
![venus pine tree venus pine tree](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_avMc3Aod4GEBOU0uiepvR8NwcSvFm0tjruGE6TqifKnXVnkvMN8J2ajFuxD-cP5qOmj19-HKIvAsWcO08x02G_i4QsI73Njqoe6CQNW9BqL0bT95QV3y4cDKfgMYQwN6uhLhRNIA7YI/s400/venusoverpinetree.jpg) |
Venus above a pine tree. Venus looks so big because the pine tree is in focus and Venus is out of focus. |
![venus in a tree venus in a tree](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2vbgitLTptodwGwya1qmFGXwG8n03zwQUT9NQziPRQIiF2uZRzus3Lug9xPTItlS72VB4u5D275KOSZu4uGO4XQLkDJ6_LoG0e1mPc8DGP1tTAtlMfQa1Y3VWRMLbllI9q_FfiSEo_ne/s400/venusintree_handheld.jpg) |
Venus in a tree at twilight, handheld with DSLR |
![venus pine tree twilight venus pine tree twilight](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVneeLYJ3tnZRd3aZ5WDTTBtaRuhtUTa_wgH4TPdYkGXnrfXwRJl9U9A6o9LXr3tp52hiFs7ADMYYfSMbrsNQk2m2k-PxNh9vPBJU0J54OkU93SGxybucxoAnWhgVQkyN9AMDpD5RCKBT/s640/venuspinetreevertical.jpg) |
Venus on top of a larger tree |
![venus pine tree twilight venus pine tree twilight](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMZ6g9fV8fiMDLYcidGUMi3fRsonPZ5ZsCZvxBc6Y61AcXonIBEChEuKdyS4G_ebJVZGppEQMwxLgPm_LGKx5M2heTpuuFcm12ogdBhyouMc4aKLEvGSUMBGnKutgLVUKZhXx7-nKGJC7/s640/venusstarontop.jpg) |
Venus is the "star" on top of the tree! |
![moon in tree twilight moon in tree twilight](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqyGDZcImPMX2836I1LYWbsiXN1xe60fXusqnfY7Wq1ssw-CrUsQgnFte0-_Y9XdcIvsMWjFJ61HEMFsHCAn23IIXMcAxpbt56CtbnsomriPx5fQRFTVpPYAXLaa7d5RTgcnvVyqiUlJq/s400/moonoverpinetree.jpg) |
This is the moon over a pine tree |
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