Sometime ‘almost’ really is good enough. When the moon is almost full the shadowed edge is has structure and detail of craters that is lost on a full moon. When the the sky is completely clear of cloud there is nothing to put context around an otherwise bright object in a black sky. This almost […]
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High above the Elder Range a waning gibbous moon makes it’s way towards a moonset that will never be seen. As clouds roll in from the west the moon gets an early night, disappearing beneath snowy white pillows. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Lunar Pillows’ 1/1000s f/4 ISO100 200mm
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The moon is waxing again and soon will be full. The pattern repeats over and over but the sky is always different. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Lunar Layers’ 1/25s f/4 ISO1600 200mm
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On my way home tonight I spotted this gorgeous waxing crescent moon setting amid wispy western clouds. No time to find an exotic location. It was enough to get a tripod out onto the footpath, fight off the pedestrians and time the shots between glaring oncoming headlights. And then it was gone. Photo: Robert Rath, […]
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With the excitement of the recent blood moon behind us I’m already planning for the next one and what I should do differently. There are the technical challenges and to that end the problems and solutions are becoming clearer. Practice and technique trump dollars spent every time! OK, perhaps an attempt to photograph the lunar […]
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