Keith's Odyssey to Planet Fitness: The other astro photos

Monday, November 3, 2025

The other astro photos

All of these night photos were taken in Kouchibouguac National Park, mostly on the boardwalk to Kelly's beach. A couple in the parking lot, and a couple on the beach itself. The first three were done on the first evening expedition, when there was only a tiny window between sunset and moonrise. The overnight clouds did not cooperate very well. We only had a couple cloudless nights.

My thought was to set up in the lee of the dunes and let the camera run. I was so disappointed to find they had removed the pair of red chairs. It would have been nice to settle in and relax as the camera did all the work.

The other disappointment was how not-dark it was. Even well after sunset there is still a lot of man-made light on the horizon with the resulting glow in the atmosphere on what I thought would be the main composition. I ended up trying lots of different compositions.

1. I had fun playing with different compositions for this beach sculpture. If I'd planned better I could have had a sequence of photos with the moon in different positions as it rose. Alas. I didn't know the sculpture was there till too late.

2. The parking lot by moonlight at the end of the session.

4. A stacked image, loving the aircraft lights reflected in the water.

6. I was hoping to see the stars reflected in the water.

9. Moonrise, not sunrise.

10. A beach photo by moonlight. See if you can find Linda. I keep intending to do more moonlight landscapes. Intentions are wonderful...

11. A constructed image. In hindsight I should have let the camera run longer. But one never knows what else will be happening in the sky. I've sometimes had two cameras going, pointing in different directions.