Lunar Corona over Kings College, Cambridge

Cycling home from town a couple of weeks back, with a nearly-full moon on the rise, as the streetlights gave way to quieter, less light-polluted areas I noticed the thin cloud cover was producing this amazing corona.

Needless to say I got home, grabbed my gear and headed out. It was purely a case of finding the right architecture for this lunar rarity to feature as backdrop. This is a very standard and much-photographed view in Cambridge, but I'm willing to put money on the fact that it's never been photographed like this before

Only photoshop was a resize and sharpen for web, as well as a little highlight boost in the sky to make the stars shine a fraction brighter, so they'd be visible at the lower resolution.

Cheers!

J

www.jamesappleton.co.uk - Wedding, Landscape and Architectural Photographer...

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D MKII
Lens:	Canon 17 - 40 f/4 L
Recording media:	RAW (digital)

Title:	Lunar Corona over Kings College, Cambridge
Username:	JamesAppleton
Uploaded:	17 May 2009 - 8:12 PM
Tags:	Architecture
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