The space of night is infinite,
The blackness and emptiness
Crossed only by thin bright fences
Of logic

— Kenneth Rexroth
"Theory of Numbers"

December 1, 2008, Moon, Jupiter and Venus

December 1, 2008, Moon, Jupiter and Venus

I don't remember the settings. I setup the digital camera on a tripod, shutoff the flash, and turned on the selftimer. This one the ISO was probably set at 100.

nice picture ! you are

nice picture ! you are lucky to have it that dark in your back yard. tripple lucky considering the "urban" area.

This looks fine John, it

This looks fine John,
it does not look over exposed.
The sky is dark.
What was the time??

Exp time

ExposureTime - 1 seconds
FNumber - 2.60
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
MaxApertureValue - F 2.64
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
LightSource - Auto
Flash - Not fired
FocalLength - 21.00 mm
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2272
ExifImageHeight - 1704
SceneType - A directly photographed image