We are into the waxing crescent stage of the lunar cycle and moonlight photography is getting easier with more available light for those evening beachscapes. Bring on the lunar light. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Lunar Light’, 2s f/10 ISO800 15mm
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Almost
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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Lunar Pillows
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, Jupiter, Venus and Me
What better way to acknowledge the winter solstice with a kind-of self portrait under the auspicious light of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is directly beneath the Moon while Venus is the same distance below again and a little to the left. Day by day Venus and Jupiter are getting closer and closer together. […]
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Lunar Layers
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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