The only thing we generally see different from night to night when we look to the moon is its own shadow progressing across its face. That familiar pock marked disk of craters and ridges never changes. As for the ‘dark side of the moon’, it is the Moon’s dark side day of our tidal side’s […]
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‘Look at the moon’ you said as we headed out for the evening. As the full moon rises above the horizon seeming larger than normal it’s almost impossible to not notices its ancient glowing face. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard those words. Later that evening, high in the night’s sky, the moon […]
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The sun and its golden glow had long since disappeared beyond the western horizon. You could be forgiven for thinking the sunset was over. Looking high up into the eastern sky however the golden orange light of a west bound sun still clung to the clouds. There amidst that orange glow a waning gibbous moon […]
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I really like the moon when it’s not a full circle. The shadows on the horizon are often quite stunning in highlighting the lunar mountains and creating a real three dimensional presence. A few days before last night’s full moon I decided to revisit the technical challenge of a half reasonable moon shot with an […]
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The full moon carries a special fascination and being up for a technical challenge I thought I’d try and see just how good an image I could get from a 200mm lens. Actually it’s not quite full having just begun waning but I’m still happy with the result. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Full’, 1/400s f/7.1 ISO100 […]
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