This scene was taken on Dec. 21, 2009 from my backyard in Victoria. The moon is shining from behind some thin cloud with Jupiter below and the early evening stars beginning to appear. A tripod mounted Canon T1i and 10-20mm lens set at 10mm focal length was used. Several exposures from 0.5 to10 sec at f/4 and ISO 800 were taken to cover the large range of intensities. The best were combined in Photoshop.