Venus, Jupiter and Mercury Above the Golden Gate

late blue hour image of the June 9th close approach of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter with dimmer Mercury on the lower right of the two.

Nikon Z8 with 100-400 zoom lens

brightening of sky and darkening of the landscape with some contrast and selective highlight and shadow processing on the bright planets to sharpen the discs and even bring out two of the Galilean moons on Jupiter