Plenty of planets in the night sky right now. I missed the Jupiter/Mercury sunrise the other day, but I did catch an extremely bright Venus setting over the roof of my neighbors' house at -3.8 magnitude. By far the brightest planet in the night sky, Venus is often mistaken for airplanes or other flying objects. It's rare that I go outside just to get a photo of a planet by itself, without something more interesting or rare to capture - like a conjunction or interesting alignment. But on October 11, Venus was shining along the rooftop and I think the interesting foreground made it really stand out.
Foreground composition is something I've been working on in my photos overall, so this was a good chance to practice. The roofline isn't very interesting, but there's more going on than just a planet by itself in an empty sky. In hindsight I should have increased the f-number to get the chimney in focus. I always think back to this
depth of field test I did when I first got my Canon T5i camera.
![venus setting venus setting](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAHMb-JSEmgbHa8fqOjOft-1BfHpRLU6M6nGJWdqenmHEoJ4zF1f-IbFbRQZQ6tDal3y3gkjyrp0Y_t82D4OVhhEIS9L-OcS0Mo2M5sjW0L3gWYcwIXS_66eiK1eqImhayWQdrSHJMct2/s400/venus+setting.jpg) |
Venus setting, single frame with Canon T5i, ISO 400, 110mm, f/4.5, 1.6 sec |
Following my 'trying to get things in the foreground' theme, this photo of Mars in Sagittarius didn't turn out as interesting as I hoped with a few leaves floating between Mars and Nunki mag +2.1. I'll need to work on it, maybe when there aren't any leaves on the trees I can get some interesting foreground compositions.
![mars in sagittarius mars in sagittarius](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOX9RosLRdLfWtyR9qbbgkB2H0zBIhVIiNV2YEo581SbtZMyD8UyTXI5z86GtNx63l3ECGo5nmTDMvkf9YeJk7V79FL-89cJJZnHpdgKi4Y5t2CEbOJtPKHtr0HIOsNJN-gXX2HCv0Uy3m/s400/mars+in+sagittarius.jpg) |
Mars in Sagittarius single frame with Canon T5i, ISO 400, 110mm, f/4.5, 1.6 sec |
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