The Moon, Venus and a Minarette!

It was one of those nights where every night sky lover was mesmerized by this magical close encounter of planet Venus with the waxing crescent which was perfectly illuminated (13%) to capture the Earthshine. The rain on Eid day cleared up all the haze from the atmosphere making the visibility crystal clear.

I always wanted to capture this shot of Golra darbars Minarette with the waxing crescent and there was no better occasion to shoot it on this Eid. I had to plan this shot and perfectly align the moon with the minarette as I was shooting from about 1 kilometer distance and photo pills app helped to execute it perfectly.

Wishing you all 2nd day of Eid and clearest of skies!

Location: Golra Sharif, E-11, Islamabad
Captured from F-11
23-04-23

Adeel Shafiq ©️

Canon EOS 1300D
Samyang 135mm f2 lens

Single image, ISO 1600, f/4, 2 seconds, 135mm cropped