Saturday night was a mostly good night. Dry, no wind, not excessively cold yet. The Moon was brighter that I wanted but what are you going to do?
I decided on shooting the Helix Nebula though it was fairly close to the Moon. The image is made from 132 one minute subs shot with my 11″ SCT at f/1.9 with an NBZ filter. The filter blocked most of the moonlight.
This Bradford Pear at the church across from Kroger on Chenal could cause traffic accidents. The trees are running a little late this year but are finally getting there.
Since the sun is on the left hand side, this must be from the north of Pinnacle Mountain. Correct! I arrived right at about sunrise and shot pictures every minute until the light was good. At first the sky was always blown out but I switched to manual to bring that under control and to my surprise, the foreground was still okay.
