The Moon and Venus dancing....

It was cloudy all day today...... with the odd shower thrown in for good measure. According to the weather forecast website that I follow there was to be a break in the clouds around teatime.... They were thankfully right!!! :0)Like magic the clouds parted.... and as the days light faded I was greeted with the the Moon and Venus dancing above the trees at the end of our garden.... PERFECT !! :0) I was using our Nikon D50 camera with a 300mm lens set up on a tripod. For the above shots the camera was set up at 1/13 of a second ISO at f9.Also I was able to capture a bit of the Da Vinci Glow (Earth Shine)... and you can also see from this photo a bit of glow from some passing clouds.I noticed Jupiter was almost due South and I was wondering if the 300mm camera lens would be able to pick out any detail of the Jovian Moons... I aimed the camera and tried a two second exposure... This was the result........Jupiter's satellites are clearly visible... Wonderful celestial show tonight...I would like to say a big Thank You to all the clouds for staying away :0)Clear ...